Catalonia referendum: Call for pro-unity rallies in Spain
Rallies are expected in Spain against Catalonian independence, after Sunday's disputed referendum.
Demonstrations are planned in the capital Madrid and other cities, with supporters calling for a similar rally in Catalonia's capital Barcelona.
Meanwhile, Spain's government representative in Catalonia earlier apologised to those hurt during police efforts to stop the referendum.
But Enric Millo blamed the Catalan government for holding an illegal vote.
In the first apology by a Spanish government official over the violence during the referendum, Mr Millo said he could not help but "regret it and apologise on behalf of the officers that intervened".
Hundreds of people were injured as police, trying to enforce a Spanish court ban on the vote, attempted to seize ballot boxes and disperse voters.
FBI terrorism unit says 'black identity extremists' pose violent threat
Leaked report, citing concerns of retaliation over ‘perceptions of police brutality against African Americans’, prompts fears of crackdown on activists
The US government has declared “black identity extremists” a violent threat, according to a leaked report from the FBI’s counter-terrorism division.
The assessment, obtained by Foreign Policy, has raised fears about federal authorities racially profiling activists and aggressively prosecuting civil rights protesters.
The report, dated August 2017 and compiled by the Domestic Terrorism Analysis Unit, said: “The FBI assesses it is very likely Black Identity Extremist (BIE) perceptions of police brutality against African Americans spurred an increase in premeditated, retaliatory lethal violence against law enforcement and will very likely serve as justification for such violence.” Incidents of “alleged police abuse” have “continued to feed the resurgence in ideologically motivated, violent criminal activity within the BIE movement”.
Isis calls on women to fight and launch terror attacks for first time
‘Unprecedented’ change comes as group continues to lose territory in Syria and Iraq
Isis has called on women to take up arms as it continues to lose territory in Syria and Iraq, in an alarming development that could have global consequences.
In a new edition of its Arabic language newspaper, the terrorist group told female supporters it was an “obligation” for them to wage physical jihad.
“Today, in the context of the war against the Islamic State, it has become necessary for female Muslims to fulfil their duties on all fronts in supporting the mujahedeen in this battle,” the article said, adding that women should “prepare themselves to defend their religion by sacrificing themselves by Allah”.
Mexico: 11th journalist killed, setting path for record-breaking year
Rights groups have called on Mexican authorities to combat impunity, saying violence will continue "until that changes." With more than 100 journalists killed since 2000, Mexico is set to break another tragic record.
Authorities in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi said the bullet-riddled body of 23-year-old photojournalist Edgar Daniel Esqueda was discovered on Friday near the state capital's airport, bound and showing signs of torture.
Witnesses told the Mexican press freedom advocacy group Articulo 19 that the assailants told Esqueda they were police officers after he asked for their identity.
The San Luis Potosi police department denied any involvement via Twitter, saying "there has not been any police action against a reporter in the (state) capital.
As risks and borders rise, migrants turn back – but with new purpose at home
WORKING TOGETHER Returnees face myriad challenges, from social stigma to trauma. But they are also uniquely equipped to help educate others about the perils of irregular migration – and have a stake in healing the root problems that led them to leave in the first place.
DAKAR, SENEGAL—Back home in The Gambia, Mustapha Sallah and Karamo Keita were strangers: the first, a computer technician; the second, a shop keeper. But like tens of thousands of other West Africans, they had a common goal: to flee grinding poverty and a lack of opportunity, find work in Europe, and send money home.
Separately, each one crossed the world’s largest desert, evaded slavers, and paid thousands of dollars to be smuggled across war-torn Libya – where they were discovered and detained by authorities, they say. The men met in a squalid Libyan detention facility in January, where they hadn’t rested, washed, or eaten properly in days.
Gun control's racist past and present
Calls for strict gun control after mass shootings overlook how regulations have been used to disarm people of colour.
Gun control is again at the forefront of US public discourse following the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday that left 59 people dead and more than 500 wounded.
Stephen Paddock, 64, had stockpiled 23 firearms in his 32nd-floor room, many with legal "bump stocks" that served to convert the guns into fully automatic weapons.
These upgrades allowed him to wreak havoc on the 22,000 concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival for nine to 11 minutes, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said on Tuesday.
The mass shooting was the deadliest of its kind in the last seven decades.
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