UKIP are embroiled in another Islamophobia row after one of the parties MEPs compared a Muslim SNP minister to a convicted terrorist.
Two police officers have been shot during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri, in an incident during a protest against racial bias in the town’s police force.
Chelsea FC and West Ham United are under pressure to address racism and antisemitism at their clubs after a series of incidents with their fans singing offensive chants.
In the wake of the grand jury decisions not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson over the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown or the New York police officer that choked to death 43-year-old Eric Garner, US citizens are reporting the disparity in how white and black people are treated by police with the hashtag #CrimingWhileWhite.
A number of bystanders stepped in to wrestle a homophobic man to the ground after he attacked a gay man at Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport.