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WASHINGTON, November 26 (Sputnik) - Rhode Island police disproportionately arrest African American individuals at a rate that could foster racial tensions, similar to those in Ferguson, Policy Associate for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Rhode Island, Hillary Davis, has told Sputnik.

Tehran, YJC. Iran has slammed the UAE's new statements about the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf as interference in Tehran's internal affairs.

Two Chinese coastguard ships sailed into disputed waters off Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea Saturday, officials said, as the United States warned Beijing over increasing territorial assertiveness.

COLOMBO, Jan 13, 2015 (AFP) - Pope Francis urged "respect for human rights" in Sri Lanka and called for the "pursuit of truth" after a long civil war as he arrived Tuesday on the island for the first papal visit in two decades.

"The Northern Territories are an inherent part of Japan's territory, and we cannot accept the move," a senior ministry official also said, a day after Russia announced its military began military exercises on the Russia-held, Japan-claimed islands.

Tehran, YJC. -- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for African and Middle Eastern Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian rejected the claims raised by Bahraini foreign minister against Iran, saying that political impasse in the tiny island is the reason behind the "undiplomatic" remarks Tasnim news agency reported.

Sixty years after the Bay of Pigs invasion - the failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba - the island continues to celebrate its victory while the invaders who survived live on in the US with the satisfaction of having done their duty. BBC Mundo examines the military plan and the reality of what unfolded. Johnny López de la Cruz feels deprived of air. Locked up in a lorry with more than 100 other prisoners, he can barely breathe. Inside the vehicle, the detainees are getting desperate. They sweat. Several faint.