The marches, the first since the June 3 demonstration that left at least 128 people dead, also mark the 30th anniversary of the Islamist-backed coup that brought autocrat Omar al-Bashir to power in 1989.
Lynley Price
Posted inNation & World
Migrant rescue ship captain held in Italy gets $745,390 in donations
She struck a police boat while bringing 40 people to port on Lampedusa island.
advertisement
Posted inNation & World
Pregnant woman stabbed to death, baby delivered in London
Police say two men have been taken in to custody.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
In 2nd week in theaters, ‘Toy Story 4’ repeats at No. 1
Globally the film nets $496.5 million.
Posted inPolitics
Female candidates challenge electability question in debates
For some Democrats, Hillary Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump left them asking if the country is ready to elect a woman president.
Posted inNation & World
Migrant aid ship captain arrested after Italian police boat rammed
Italy’s anti-migrant interior minister had refused to let them disembark on Lampedusa.
Posted inNation & World
Iran vows to ‘soon’ breach uranium stockpile limits
The move would be symbolic but not put the country significantly closer to building a nuclear weapon.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Amsterdam’s hire-a-refugee program takes on tight labor market
At the end of last year, 53 percent of the city’s asylum seekers with residence permits who’d sought welfare benefits in 2014 had found work.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Oregon’s Republican state senators end walkout over carbon emissions bill
The nine minority lawmakers return after the Senate president says Democrats lacked the votes needed to pass legislation.
Posted inNation & World
Sudan protesters dodge crackdown before ‘million march’ against military rule
Sunday’s rally would be the first major demonstration since security forces brutally dispersed a sit-in this month that killed over 130.