Campaigner, Dr Ebun Joseph, talks to Shamim Malekmian about social injustice, being a middle child, and the battle to get Ireland’s first black studies university course on the curriculum in UCD.

Authorities in North Carolina are trying to quell public anger after a night of looting and arson added Charlotte to the list of US cities that have erupted in violence over the death of a black man at the hands of police.

Donald Trump said he was "very troubled" by last week's fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer in Oklahoma, as he made a fresh appeal to black voters who have supported Democrats in the past by overwhelming margins

JK Rowling said she “loves black Hermione” and defended the decision to cast a black actress in the role of Hermione Granger in a new stage play Harry Potter And The Cursed Child.

Blue and black or gold and white? No one can agree.

A US navy “black box” detector made its debut in the hunt for flight MH370 but Australia’s search chief warned it was crunch time as the box’s signal is set to expire soon.