Sydney, Australia – (AFP): Hundreds of activists have rallied in Australia to decry colonial Britain’s destructive impact on Indigenous peoples, as the country held a public holiday to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Chanting “Abolish the Monarchy”, they staged demonstrations in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, pro...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has signed an agreement with Nigeria to return ownership of over 500 looted Benin bronze artifacts. The deal signed by the Foundation of Prussian Cultural Heritage and Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments will see almost a third of the artifacts remain in German museums on loan, while the rest […...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – A group of Kenyans whose ancestors were forcibly evicted from their land by British settlers during colonial rule have filed a case against the UK at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to demand justice. The group’s lawyer, Joel Kimutai Bosek, told the media that the UK has been avoiding […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina marked on Monday the 97th birth anniversary of Alija Izetbegovic, the country’s first president and a pivotal figure in the troubled history of the Balkans. Izetbegovic — a politician, writer, and lawyer — who came to international prominence during the country’s bitt...
ANKARA (AA) – A mass grave containing the ashes of thousands of people has been discovered near a former Nazi concentration camp in Poland, according to the country’s Institute of National Remembrance (IPN). The remains were unearthed near the Soldau concentration camp, now known as Dzialdowo, which is located north of the capital Warsaw...
On June 19, 1865, Union Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas two months after the Civil War ended. This was to proclaim more than 250,000 enslaved people in Texas were free. President Abraham Lincoln had freed all enslaved people two and a half years earlier, with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. […]...
DUHOK, Iraq (AA) – Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient city dating back to the Mittani Empire around 3,400 years ago in the Tigris River in Duhok province, Iraq. “We found a 3,400-year-old ancient city in Semel district of Duhok dating back to the Mittani period,” Bekes Birifkani, director of historical artifacts and culture i...
CAIRO (AA) – Egypt has discovered 250 mummies and 150 bronze statues dating back 2,500 years at the famed necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo. In a statement, Mostafa Waziri, the head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the find includes 150 bronze statues of different sizes of various ancient Egyptian deities such as Anubis, [&hellip...
NEW DELHI – India’s top court has barred the government from using a colonial-era sedition law that critics say is used to suppress voices of dissent. Earlier this week, the Indian government informed the court that it has decided to “re-examine and reconsider” the law, known as section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IP...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – A pro-Russian march was held in Serbia’s capital during Victory Day events to celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War. Hundreds of people attended the Victory Day program celebrated across Serbia and the Republika Srpska, one of two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the ceremoni...
