Journalist Howard Bryant discusses the history of social protest among African-American athletes. His new book, The Heritage, traces the tradition back to Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali and others.

A mother caresses the head of her sleeping malnourished baby, at the mother and child centre in the town of Diffa, Niger. Credit: UNICEF/Tremeau By Mark LowcockUNITED NATIONS, Jun 13 2018 (IPS) I am increasingly concerned by the situation in the Sahel. In Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal, nearly 6 million people are struggling to meet their …

Nasrin Sotoudeh was taken from her home, according to her husband, Reza Khandan, who said she managed to call him after she was detained. He said she was told she would be serving a five-year sentence at the Evin prison in Tehran after being convicted in absentia.

The global chemical weapons watchdog says the nerve agent was used in a rebel-held village.

The attack on the Red Sea port aims to drive out Iranian-aligned Shiite rebels known as Houthis, who have held Hodeida since 2015, and break the civil war’s long stalemate. But it could set off a prolonged street-by-street battle that inflicts heavy casualties.

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Shia leader joins forces with Iran-linked Hadi al-Ameri to discuss coalition government

A Swiss self-hypnosis device, “30 Rock” as background noise and other habits that creative people have while on deadlines.

The Trump administration had sued to block the AT&T-Time Warner deal, arguing that it would lead to fewer choices and higher prices for consumers.

A federal judge has approved the merger of AT&T and Time Warner. NPR’s David Folkenflik and Yuki Noguchi report: Judge Richard Leon rejected arguments by Justice Department lawyers that the combined company would be too large and too powerful and that the $85 billion deal would harm competition and hurt consumers. Time Warner owns CNN, HBO, Warner Bros. Entertainment and …