Strikes have been launched by US forces on three alleged drug smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific and the Caribbean, killing 11 people.
Barack Obama pays tribute to ‘true giant’ Jesse Jackson after Donald Trump swipe
Barack Obama has paid a warm tribute to Jesse Jackson’s “lifetime of service” – after Donald Trump took a swipe at him in his own eulogy.
Actor Shia LaBeouf arrested after allegedly assaulting two men
Hollywood actor Shia LaBeouf has been arrested after allegedly assaulting two men in New Orleans, police say.
Jesse Jackson built on Martin Luther King’s legacy and never forgot the hardships that shaped his life
Jesse Jackson was never just a politician. He was a presence.
Irishman held in ‘filthy’ ICE facility given reprieve from deportation
An Irishman who has been held in a US immigration facility for five months has received a 10-day reprieve on his potential deportation.
Jesse Jackson obituary: The civil rights activist who sowed the seeds of possibility
“Keep hope alive”. This was Jesse Jackson’s message, delivered at the end of his famous 1988 speech at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, his second campaign for the presidential nomination.
Calls for US congressman to quit for suggesting he would choose dogs over Muslims
US Democrats and an Islamic civil rights group have called for the resignation of a Republican congressman after he suggested he would choose dogs over Muslims.