IRGC colonel assassinated in Tehran, Iran vows revenge
Colonel Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, who had served in the al-Quds forces in Syria against ISIS, is the second high ranking IRGC official assassinated after General Qassem Soleimani in January 2020
Iraqi leftist poet Muthaffar al-Nawab dies aged 88
A member of the Iraqi communist party, al-Nawab wrote poetry against capitalism and imperialism. He had lived widely across the Arab world after leaving Iraq in the 1960s due to persistent political persecution against communists
Communist-backed Panspoudastiki emerges victorious in student union elections in Greek universities
Radical struggles waged by the Students Struggle Front (MAS) along with youth over the past few years saw Panspoudastiki KS emerging as the leading force in student elections
Israel decides to not investigate killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
Israeli authorities reportedly fear that the investigation may demoralize the army which operates “under caution” and also create controversy in Israeli society
Proxy war in Ukraine raises concerns of global food insecurity, underlines need for talks
While Ukraine refuses to engage in talks, Russian forces scored a major victory in Donbass following the surrender of hundreds of Ukrainian forces in Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant earlier this week
Anti-fascists in Austria commemorate anniversary of Mauthausen concentration camp liberation
The Mauthausen Camp complex in Upper Austria was one of the five major concentration camps operated by Nazi Germany during World War II. Around 90,000 out of the 200,000 inmates there were reportedly killed
Fathi Bashagha-led government in Libya decides to operate from Sirte after failing to enter Tripoli
While Bashagha was appointed as prime minister this year in February by the Tobruk-based Libyan parliament, the Abdul Hamed Dbeibah-led government has refused to resign and hand over power
After Cuba, US moves to ease energy sanctions on Venezuela
A day after easing restrictions on family remittances and travel to Cuba, the Biden administration announced the reversal of some energy sanctions on Venezuela. This comes amid widespread rejection of the exclusion of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela from the Summit of the Americas