Syrian and Turkish defense ministers meet for the first time in over 11 years
Turkey has played a key role in prolonging the war in Syria by aiding anti-government forces and by launching repeated incursions into country under the pretext of targeting the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) forces
Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ becomes Nepal’s prime minister for third time
Dahal, of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), will be prime minister for two-and-a-half years after which he will be succeeded by his erstwhile rival K.P. Oli of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist)
Occupation, sanctions, Israeli and Turkish aggression intensify the suffering of the Syrian people
Syria has suggested that “cross border humanitarian aid” to rebel-held areas is discriminatory and a violation of sovereignty, and is demanding that all foreign aid to the country should flow through the government
Taliban bans women from attending universities in Afghanistan
Girls in Afghanistan have already been barred from secondary schools. Since the Taliban took power last year, they have gradually limited the access of women and girls to public spaces
Health workers in UK intensify their fight for fair wages and dignity
Underpaid and overworked, workers of the UK’s National Health Service are demanding a wage hike on par with inflation. Both nurses and ambulance workers went on strike in recent days
Venezuela rejects US ‘BOLIVAR Act’ that penalizes business with its government
The ‘BOLIVAR Act,’ approved by the US Senate last Friday, prohibits US federal agencies from doing business with anyone who has commercial dealing with the Nicolás Maduro government
Kristinn Hrafnsson of Wikileaks on press freedom and Julian Assange
Kristinn Hrafnsson, Editor-in-chief of Wikileaks, talks about the deterioration of press freedom in the last fifty years and how it affected a free press
Over 900 faith leaders in the US demand Christmas Truce in Ukraine
Faith leaders invoke the legacy of the 1914 Christmas Truce during WWI, calling for peace and negotiations in Ukraine