UK government’s bid to offshore refugees to Rwanda slammed by progressives
Last week, the UK signed a deal with Rwanda envisaging the deportation of single adult asylum seekers illegally reaching Britain to the East African country of Rwanda
Panamanians reject visit of US state secretary Antony Blinken
The US Secretaries of State and Homeland Security arrived in Panama to attend a regional meeting on migration cooperation in the hemisphere. Those protesting the visit highlighted that US imperialism is the root cause for migration in the region
Saudi fishermen go on strike protesting hike in fees, surcharges
Fishermen of the Gulf region’s biggest fish market in the eastern Saudi city of Qatif have demanded that the government immediately reverse the new surcharges
Israel airforce bombs Gaza
The attack marks a further escalation in Israeli violence inside the occupied Palestinian territories. There have been repeated attacks on the Al-Aqsa mosque compound during the month of Ramadan by the Israel forces
Oil production disrupted in Libya following protests demanding transfer of power
Prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah has refused to step down despite the Libyan parliament electing Fathi Bashagha as his replacement
Moldovan left protests law banning St. George Ribbons and other Soviet symbols
The Moldovan parliament dominated by the pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) voted in favor of banning the public display of Soviet and Russian symbols, including the St George’s Ribbon
Communists urge Finland and Sweden to maintain neutrality instead of joining NATO
Mainstream political sections in Finland and Sweden are persuading their respective governments to join NATO by fanning up the Russophobia that has been exacerbated by the ongoing war in Ukraine
Protests break out in Afghanistan following Pakistani air strikes that kill close to 50
The airstrikes carried out by Pakistan in the Khost and Kunar provinces has led to the death of civilians. Khost province is home to thousands of displaced people from Pakistan