Analysis & Opinion

In the United States, where hundreds of Black people fall victim to police brutality each year, very few police officers are ever prosecuted or convicted for the violence they inflict on the communities and individuals they are supposed to protect.

Mr Obama - the first black president and husband of Michelle Obama - said the book would "try to provide an honest account of my presidency".

Libya’s internationally recognised Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj said on Wednesday he wants to quit by the end of October, which could feed political tensions in Tripoli amid new efforts to find a political solution to the country’s conflict.

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is at it, again: it has chosen to republish the derogatory cartoons of Prophet Muhammad which provoked a violent attack against it in 2015. The editors say it is "essential" to reprint these on the eve of the trial of the perpetrators of that violence.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has met the family of a black man shot in the back by police on a visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Angela Merkel is under growing domestic pressure to end her support for the joint German-Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline project over the confirmed poisoning of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Only a truly independent international investigation can renew the Lebanese people's hopes for their country's future.

The UK government has denied reports that it is to drop a recently introduced tax on global technology companies such as Facebook, Google and Amazon, due to fears that the so-called “Facebook tax” could jeopardise a post-Brexit trade deal.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden hasn't yet been tested for Covid-19, but his deputy campaign manager said Sunday that he hasn't had the virus.