Newark Mayor Ras Baraka arrested during ICE detention centre protest | Migration News

US attorney says Baraka ‘committed trespass’ during protest of facility, which he argues opened without proper permits. Rights groups and Democratic officials have decried the arrest of the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, during a protest at an immigration detention centre. Mayor Ras Baraka had joined several lawmakers at the detention centre, called Delaney Hall,…

World could be witnessing ‘another Nakba’ in Palestine, UN committee warns | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s priority is a ‘wider colonial expansion’, the committee on Israeli practices in occupied territories said. The world could be witnessing “another Nakba”, or the expulsion of Palestinians, a United Nations special committee has warned. The committee sounded the alarm on Friday, accusing Israel of “ethnic cleansing” and saying it was inflicting “unimaginable suffering” on…

Mercenary and coup plotter dies

Former British Army officer and mercenary Simon Mann, who was part of a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea in 2004, has died of a heart attack while exercising, friends confirmed. The 72-year-old made millions of pounds from protecting businesses in conflict zones before he took part in the failed attempt to overthrow the west African…

Mexico is suing Google over ‘Gulf of America’ label, Sheinbaum says | US-Mexico Border News

Mexico has called on Google to not change the name of the Gulf of Mexico for US users, despite Trump’s executive order. Mexico has sued the technology company Google for adopting United States President Donald Trump’s labelling of the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America”. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced the lawsuit on…