Caroline Hawley BBC Diplomatic Correspondent NurPhoto/Getty Human rights groups are warning of a “surge” of deaths of migrant construction workers in Saudi Arabia, as it prepares to host the World Cup in 2034. Labourers are already dying from preventable workplace accidents in the country, according to Human Rights Watch and FairSquare which have both published…
Leading human rights organisations have renewed calls for investigations into the killing of protesters by Kenya’s security forces during demonstrations against a rise in taxes last June. It follows a BBC Africa Eye investigation, exposing members of the security forces who shot dead three protesters at Kenya’s parliament, igniting public outrage and demands for justice….
Jamell Harris loads raw casting heads to be manufactured at the Stellantis Dundee Engine Complex on August 18, 2022 in Dundee, Michigan. Bill Pugliano | Getty Images DETROIT – Six of the top policy groups representing the U.S. automotive industry are uncharacteristically joining forces to lobby the Trump administration against 25% tariffs on auto parts…
Libyan authorities have accused aid groups of plotting to change the country’s ethnic make-up by encouraging African migrants to stay there, and has ordered them to close their offices. Ten groups have been singled out – including Doctors Without Borders, the UN refugee agency, and Norwegian Refugee Council. “This plan to settle migrants of African…
United Nations aid agencies have been sent questionnaires by the US asking them to state if they have “anti-American” beliefs or affiliations. Among the 36 questions on the form, sent by the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and seen by the BBC, is one asking if they have any links to communism. Some…
Jewish and Muslim groups condemned President Trump for calling Senator Chuck Schumer “a Palestinian,” saying that the president used the term as a racial slur. Mr. Trump made the comments on Wednesday at a meeting in the Oval Office with Micheál Martin, the prime minister of Ireland. A reporter asked Mr. Trump about tax cuts,…
Oil giant Shell has won a landmark case in the Dutch courts, overturning an earlier ruling requiring it to cuts its carbon emissions by 45%. The Hague court of appeal said it could not establish that Shell had a “social standard of care” to reduce its emissions by 45% or any other amount, even though…
