Muhammad Syafi’i remembers screaming in pain as hot cooking oil splashed across his stomach and dripped down his legs, his wet clothing sticking to his torched skin as it began to bubble and swell.

Tara Roberts, who lives in Atlanta, has spent much of the past six years below the sea, exploring shipwrecks that date back to the transatlantic slave trade. Her new book, Written in the Waters: A ...

A white couple from West Virginia were collectively sentenced to 375 years in prison for forcing their five adopted black ...

An international judge who ruled against the UK on the Chagos Islands has since also called for Britain to pay more than £18 trillion in reparations for slavery. Patrick Robinson, a Jamaican ...

The Princess Royal was left “shocked” by the devastation caused to homes by Storm Bert, residents said. Anne visited the town of Lydney, in the Forest of Dean, which saw around 50 properties ...

A dedicated Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Fusion Engineering will start educating its first cohort of students in September 2025, equipping STEM post-graduates with the skills to support the ...

Assem. Ruben D’Silva’s proposal would create a body within the Nevada System of Higher Education to analyze and study “the economic, political, social, educational, and historical impacts of slavery, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Mary McLeod Bethune was born in 1875 to former slaves. Found school for girls in 1904 with only $1.50. Friendship with first lady leads to federal appointment at National Youth Administration ...

The woman had her head shaved and was described as being starved to the point she looked more like someone ‘from a concentration camp’, neighbours said (Picture: 24HD) A woman was kidnapped ...

The defendants conspired together to move the victims, equipment, and cannabis around the UK. The victims were held in conditions of modern slavery where their movements were controlled. The ...

China China vows harsh response to US tariffs as officials to gather in Beijing "China bears the brunt of the burden, but when products tainted by modern slavery end up on our plates, it is clear that ...