Tunisia’s powerful UGTT labour union rejected on Friday any formal dialogue over political reforms that marginalise political and social forces in the country and include “ready-made decisions”, after President Kais Saied said the general trends toward…
HRW urges Iran to release teachers arrested in crackdown
Iran has arrested almost 40 teachers nationwide before and since May 1 protests, Human Watch Rights has said, calling for their release. Quoting the reformist Emtedad news website, the watchdog said that as of May 1 Iranian authorities had arrested 38 …
Lebanese elections: the absence of a progressive alternative
The Lebanese parliamentary election in May will be taking place two and a half years after the outbreak of the Lebanese Intifada in October 2019. However, amid a deep economic crisis and the absence of any viable progressive and secular political alter…
British elites made a killing off Afghanistan’s destruction
As Afghanistan’s proud people now struggle to emerge from the crater that NATO allies bombed them into, glazed and jaded eyes in Britain gaze past them. The invasion and occupation of Afghanistan by the United States and its NATO allies produced 5.3 mi…
India pumps up efforts to save nurse from execution in Yemen
Authorities in India are stepping up efforts to block the execution of a nurse on death row in Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa. Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar confirmed his country was directly involved in helping prevent the rebels f…
Kier Starmer faces police probe over lockdown gathering
Keir Starmer, leader of the UK’s opposition Labour Party, will face a police probe into whether a campaign gathering in 2021 breached lockdown rules, weeks after Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fined for breaking the rules. “We can confirm that an inv…
Explosion at Madrid building leaves 17 hurt, 2 missing
An explosion ripped through a four-story residential building in central Madrid on Friday, injuring at least 17 people. Emergency services said they were searching for two missing people. Video released by the city of Madrid showed paramedics attending…
Putin to send ‘doomsday’ warning to West at parade
Russian President Vladimir Putin will send a “doomsday” warning to the West when he leads celebrations on Monday marking the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany, brandishing Russia’s vast firepower while its forces fight on…
Saudi coalition releases Yemeni prisoners as part of truce
The Red Cross said Friday that a plane carrying Yemeni prisoners held by the Saudi-led coalition has arrived in the southern city of Aden as part of a truce deal between the warring parties. The International Committee of the Red Cross is facilitating …
World food prices fall slightly from record high: FAO
World food prices fell slightly last month after hitting a record in March but remain high due to the Ukraine war, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday. International sanctions against Russia as well as export flow disruptions resulti…