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A self-described “free speech” rally on Saturday in downtown Boston was dwarfed by thousands of counterprotesters opposed to the organizers’ right-wing views. Organizers of the “Boston Free Speech Coalition Rally” expected about 100 people to attend, according to a permit they obtained for the event. A Facebook page for the …

City officials expect a gathering of thousands of participants and counter-protesters on Boston Common on Saturday afternoon for a “free speech” rally set to include speeches from several far-right political figures – prompting fears that the event could turn violent. More than 500 police officers will be on hand for …

Stephen K. Bannon, the embattled chief strategist who helped President Trump win the 2016 election by embracing their shared nationalist impulses, departed the White House on Friday after a turbulent tenure shaping the fiery populism of the president’s first seven months in office. Mr. Bannon’s exit, the latest in a …

A Missouri lawmaker is under mounting pressure to resign after she said on social media she hopes President Trump is assassinated, following his response to violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. Democratic state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal went on her personal Facebook page Thursday morning to vent two days after the president blamed “both sides” …

Chinese state media has released a propaganda video that lambasts India over a border dispute, sparking accusations of racism. The English-language clip, which accuses India of committing “sins”, features a Chinese actor in a turban, mockingly speaking in an Indian accent. Xinhua published the clip on Wednesday which is from …

President Trump is not the only world leader facing criticism for a delayed condemnation of Saturday’s white nationalist march in Charlottesville, Va. For three days, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — an outspoken critic of anti-Semitism around the world — said nothing about the anti-Jewish chants and Nazi swastikas paraded …

The memorial to President Abraham Lincoln, who led the US through the Civil War, has been vandalised in Washington DC. The vandals appear to have used red spray paint to write “[expletive] law” early on Tuesday morning, the National Park Service said in a statement. Crews are removing it with …

Local officials in several states have renewed calls to remove Confederate monuments from public spaces, following the outrage at the deadly violence surrounding a white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend. In Kentucky, Lexington Mayor Jim Gray announced plans to move two Confederate statues from a public area near …

The White House on Sunday sought to quell criticism of President Trump’s failure to denounce by name the white supremacists behind a spate of violence in Charlottesville, a response that associates said was based largely on Trump’s own read of the hate-fueled melee with counterprotesters. In a statement, and through …

An American tourist in Germany was beaten up by a passer-by after he began giving the Nazi salute outside a cafe in Dresden, police said Sunday. The incident occurred about 8:15 a.m. Saturday as the man left a cafe called Europe in the Neustadt district of Dresden, police said in a …

In the middle of Emancipation Park in Charlottesville on Saturday, two young women, one white and one black, took each other’s hands and held them tightly, and with their other hands they gripped the steel barrier in front of them. A few feet away, a young white man with a …

Chanting “White lives matter!” “You will not replace us!” and “Jews will not replace us!” several hundred white nationalists and white supremacists carrying torches marched in a parade through the University of Virginia campus last night. The fast-paced march was made up almost exclusively of men in their 20s and …

John Tomlin, 24, arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after Jameel Mukhtar and Resham Khan were left with life-changing injuries last month. The chief suspect in an alleged acid attack on two cousins in east London has handed himself in to police. John Tomlin, 24, has been arrested on …

Eight people have been injured in a shooting outside a mosque in southern France, officials have confirmed. Worshippers leaving the Arrahma mosque in Avignon were approached by two hooded suspects at about 22:30 local time (21:30 GMT) on Sunday. The suspects, carrying a handgun and a shotgun, arrived in a …

A British man has been jailed after hitting a Muslim teen with a slab of bacon after hurling insults at her and her mother. Alex Chivers was sentenced at a London court on Thursday to six months in jail for assault and a public order offense. The 36-year-old admitted to …

“Bully”, “Sexist” and “Fascist” – These are few of the phrases thrown at Trump by political pundits and commentators. After he won the elections, thousands of people in America flooded the streets to protest against him. Moreover, Trump has always been condemned for his race-based appeals to white voters. Many …

By Shazia Ahmad* — Like many other first-generation Muslim kids in the Capital Region in the ’90s, I grew up spending hours of my weekend at the local mosque, learning the ABCs of Arabic (or more accurately, Alif, Ba, Taa). Our parents came from a wide array of countries, but …