Over 100,000 displaced following Turkish invasion of northeastern Syria
The attack by Turkey on the Kurdish forces in northeast Syria with the approval of the US has already led to the death of 14 civilians and threatens the councils, communes and self-managed cooperatives built as part of a multi-ethnic project in Rojava
Norwegian workers protest implementation of EU’s 4th railway regulations package
Unions said that the EU’s fourth railway regulations package would strip Norwegian officials of their regulatory authority, endanger the safety of passengers and promote competition and privatization
Sedition charges against signatories of open letter to PM Modi withdrawn
49 renowned public figures, including artists, intellectuals and activists, had been charged with sedition for writing an open letter to the prime minister, calling for an end to the mob lynching of Dalits, Muslims and other minorities
Future of Tía María mining project hangs in the balance
The Peruvian Mining Council held a public hearing on the Tía María mining project and the final ruling will decide the future of the mining project resisted for almost a decade
Defying repression, tens of thousands of Ecuadorians take part in national strike
The heavy-handed response of the Ecuadorian police and military to the massive mobilizations in the country has already cost eight lives with hundreds suffering grave injuries
Hundreds of Jewish settlers storm Al-Aqsa compound on Yom Kippur
Settlers violated visitation rules by trying to pray at the site and were accompanied by heavy police protection
Russians commemorate victims of anti-Yeltsin protests of 1993
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Left Front organized protests in several cities in memory of the 187 people who died when Boris Yeltsin ordered the military to fire on pro-parliament protesters
Assassination of Comandante Che Guevara
Che was part of Fidel Castro’s 26th July Movement that overthrow the US-backed brutal dictatorship regime of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba.