USA

FBI to probe fatal police shooting of black teenager in Texas

The FBI has been asked to help investigate a white police officer’s fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Texas. A vigil has been held for

09/08/2015

USA

Ferguson one year on: events held to remember Michael Brown

Dozens of demonstrators have rallied in Ferguson in the US, one year after the police shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. Activists

08/08/2015

USA

US shooting: police officer charged with murder

A police officer has been charged with murder in the United States after shooting a motorist dead during a routine traffic stop. Ohio officer Ray

30/07/2015

World

Aboriginal Goodes takes break after fan abuse

28/07/2015

World News

Clashes at 'Reclaim Australia' rallies as rival groups face off

Tension over immigration and the integration of Muslims has come to the fore in Australia this weekend as rival groups demonstrated. The most heated

19/07/2015

USA

USA: Ku Klux Klan supporters of Confederate flag clash with African-American group

There have been angry scenes in South Carolina as Ku Klux Klan members protested at the removal of the Confederate flag from government headquarters

19/07/2015

USA

South Carolina Senate passes legislation to remove 'slavery flag'

South Carolina’s Senate has voted to remove the Confederate battle flag from flying above the state capital’s grounds. A bill to banish the flag to

07/07/2015

World News

Dawn Fraser apologises for racist attack on Kyrgios and Tomic

07/07/2015

Culture news

Misty Copeland becomes first African-American prima ballerina

Misty Copeland has been named principal dancer by the American Ballet Theater – the first time a black ballerina has held the prestigious role

02/07/2015

USA

Ku Klux Klan set for Confederate flag rally as black church fires probed

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is set to stroke tensions in South Carolina, it’s emerged, as investigators probe a series of fires at predominantly black

01/07/2015

USA

American Civil War flag offends many as symbol of slavery

Held for nine murders in Charleston, South Carolina, Dylann Roof has also fired up passions in the United States over the flying of a southern battle

23/06/2015

USA

South Carolina governor calls for Confederate flag removal

22/06/2015

USA

Charleston demonstrates its unity following church massacre

The soul-searching continues in the USA following the Charleston church massacre, as does the public anger. People joined hands on Sunday across the

22/06/2015

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Memorial service in Charleston

21/06/2015

USA

Charleston church massacre: racist manifesto turns up online

Photos and a manifesto surfaced online on Saturday allegedly belonging to the suspect in the Charleston church massacre. A website showed Dylann Roof

21/06/2015

USA

Charleston shootings: Obama condemns 'blight' of racism in US

President Barack Obama has condemned what he’s described as the “blight” of racism in the US. It came as Dylann Roof, the Charleston church shootings

20/06/2015

USA

Charleston killings: Daughter of one of the victims forgives suspect

The suspect in the Charleston church killings has faced families of some of the nine victims during his first court appearance court on Friday

20/06/2015

USA

UPDATE: Church Shooting Suspect appears in court for bond hearing

The suspect in the Charleston Church massacre is charged with nine counts of murder as America reckons with race and guns. Bond set at $1m. DOJ investigating as 'an act of domestic terrorism' as well

19/06/2015

USA

America's legacy of inter-racial violence stripped bare

It has been 50 years since unarmed marchers from Selma, Alabama set out in defiance of repression in 1965, to demonstrate African-Americans’

18/06/2015

USA

Pool party outcry: US police officer resigns

A US police officer has resigned after footage emerged of him wrestling a black teenager to the ground at a pool party in Texas.

10/06/2015