Indefinite strike at Samsung enters second week
Over 6,000 workers at Samsung Electronics are participating in the first ever strike of company’s history in support of their demands of pay hike, paid leave and compensation
Students in Bangladesh demand reforms to public sector job quota
Public sector jobs in Bangladesh have a 30% quota for descendants of participants in the country’s liberation war in 1971. The provision has become unpopular among the youth who are facing an unemployment crisis
Defying threats of replacement, thousands of Samsung workers go on indefinite strike
The NSEU is making history in organizing the first ever mass actions in the 55 year history of the world’s largest memory chip maker
North Korea accuses the US of trying to build an Asian NATO
The US, Japan, and South Korea concluded their biggest ever three day military exercise on Sunday. North Korea termed it “reckless and provocative” and warned it can have “fatal consequences”
French court upholds arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
Several countries have condemned the court’s decision and termed the warrant against the Syrian president a violation of international law
Iran heads to presidential elections
The adverse economic impacts of unilateral sanctions imposed by the US have emerged in the debates held among six presidential candidates
Right-wing British outlet faces backlash over claims that Beirut airport is used by Hezbollah
The Telegraph, a right-wing British paper, published a piece alleging that Hezbollah has been storing Iranian arms at the Beirut airport
In response to Israeli threats, Nasrallah says Hezbollah is ready for an all-out war
Nasrallah also warned Cyprus of attacks if its government provides bases and airports to Israeli forces to launch attacks against Lebanon