Special court in Colombia grants amnesty to former FARC leader Rodrigo Granda
Rodrigo Granda was sentenced to 70 months in prison on charges of rebellion in April 2006. He was known as the Foreign Minister of FARC and is now a member in the national board of the Comunes party
Sri Lanka passes 22nd constitutional amendment bill curbing presidential powers
Abolition of the system of executive presidency was one of the key demands of the four-month-long anti-government protests that rocked Sri Lanka this year amid a catastrophic economic crisis that forced former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down
Leftists denounce rampant decommunization attempts in Eastern Europe
The rise of the far-right and the ongoing Russia-NATO war in Ukraine have led to a spike in Russophobia and attacks on communists and their symbols in Eastern Europe
Military airstrikes in northern Myanmar kill 80, injure dozens
The airstrikes come days before the foreign ministers of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) states are scheduled to meet to discuss the crisis in Myanmar
Conservative Anže Logarto to face independent Nataša Pirc Musar in Slovenia’s presidential run-off
The first round of the election was a setback for the incumbent center-left-liberal coalition government of the Social Democrats, Freedom Movement and Levica, led by Prime Minister Robert Golob
Pashtun leader Manzoor Pashteen faces terrorism and treason charges for speech
On Monday, October 24, the Lahore police booked Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader and activist Manzoor Pashteen on terrorism charges for a speech he made at a civil society conference
Xi Jingping elected to lead the Communist Party of China for record third term
Xi will be the head of the seven-member standing committee of the political bureau of the CPC’s Central Committee, which has vowed to work for building a prosperous and strong socialist China by the middle of the century
Israeli forces kill six Palestinians in early morning raids in occupied West Bank
Repeated Israeli raids on Palestinian residential areas in the occupied territories have killed around 120 people already this year, making it the deadliest since 2006