A three-day ceasefire has come into effect in Afghanistan in observance of Eid al-Fitr holiday, after weeks of intense clashes throughout the country.

The white-domed building had on January 6 this year come under attack from the supporters of former US President Donald Trump over disputed election result.

Racist violence against Black people and other minorities has been “part of the very fabric” of the US, American academic Marjorie Cohn has said.

Demonstrators gathered outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department in Minneapolis to protest the shooting of a 20-year-old Black man Daunte Wright.

In an interview with Press TV, US journalist and analyst Abayomi Azikwe said the police practices in the US today have their origins in the slave patrols of the 19th century that were designed to keep incarcerated Africans under the control of white landowners, merchants and officials

The incidents of racist violence in the US have become increasingly acceptable, which is reflected by the parents’ demand to remove books addressing racism.

The country's main teachers' union has voiced deep concern about escalating levels of violence and sexual abuse directed towards teachers by their own pupils.

Russia expresses concern about the increasing number of civilian deaths in Myanmar, stressing that it is following the developments in the Southeast Asian country “very closely.”

A sharp rise spike in violent attacks against Asian Americans in the US raises the alarm.

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raises concern about reports of violence in Uganda ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections, calling for an "inclusive, transparent and peaceful" election process in the African country.