WATCH:Japanese mother and African American father,become the first bi-racial woman to be crowned Miss Japan
With a Japanese mother and African American father, Ariana Miyamoto has become the first bi-racial woman to be crowned Miss Japan. The question of whether a person of mixed race should be eligible to win the competition has since provoked a heated argument on...
WATCH:What is it like being black in India? BBC News
What is it like being black in India?
That's what BBC Pop Up wanted to find out after Benjamin Pratt, a student from Sierra Leone now living in India, told us that many African immigrants are victims of racism and prejudice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djuAvmn37ug
Russian envoy to Turkey shot dead in Ankara
Russia's Turkey envoy Karlov dies after being shot at Ankara exhibit, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman announces
ANKARA-Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov has died after being shot multiple times at an art exhibition in Turkey's capital Ankara on Monday evening.
The announcement came from Russia's Foreign...
Journalist killings ease from record highs as murders down, combat deaths up
By Elana Beiser and Elisabeth Witchel
Deadly violence against the media eased in 2016 from recent record levels as the number of journalists singled out for murder declined.
The number of journalists killed in the line of duty is on track to decline in 2016 from...
Apple, Google, and Uber join list of tech companies refusing to build Muslim registry
Apple, Google, and Uber have all broken their respective silences on whether they would participate in helping build a Muslim registry for the incoming Trump administration, BuzzFeed reports. In a statement issued today, an Apple spokesperson said, “We think people should be treated the...
‘Unpresidented’ Trump tweet on China sets off deluge of mockery
US President-elect Donald Trump got plenty of attention -- but not the kind he was looking for -- after a tweet calling out China for its seizure of an unmanned US naval probe.
"China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters -- rips...
Thousands wait to leave Aleppo as new deal is reached
Tens of thousands of Syrians stranded in rebel areas of east Aleppo, days after government claimed victory.
Tens of thousands of civilians are anxiously waiting to leave eastern Aleppo after a new deal was reached between rebel fighters and the Syrian regime.
Al-Farouq Abu Bakr, a...
Young Somali-Australians get chance to grow business skills
The Iftiin Somali graduate program has paired nine Muslim Somali university graduates with early-and mid-career professionals from the Young Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC) network.
The mentoring program is a six-month program that includes regular one-on-one meetings and workshops.
‘Iftiin’ is the Somali word for...
Nadia Hussan’s mother fled war-torn Somalia in the 1980s and now the teenager has won a scholarship to leading private school
A girl whose mother fled war-torn Somalia in the 1980s has won a scholarship to the leading private school that Kate Middleton and Samantha Cameron attended.
Nadia Hassan, 16, a comprehensive school girl from one of London’s poorest areas, has been accepted to Marlborough College.
She...
Double homicide: Two Somali-Canadian women slain, suspect arrested
BY AEDAN HELMER
Two women are dead and a young man is in custody as the Ottawa police major crime unit investigates the city’s 23rd and 24th homicides of 2016.
Police were called to a McCarthy Road home at about 9 p.m. Friday after the victims,...
