US Senate fails to block arms sales to UAE despite concerns of misuse and regional arms race
Two resolutions presented to block the sale of F-35 jets and Reaper Drones to UAE were defeated by a simple majority of 49 to 47 and 50 to 46 in the 100-member Senate
On Human Rights Day, a global call to #FreeAssange
Organizations and militants across the world are writing to the UK government with the demand to free Julian Assange who has been lodged in Belmarsh prison for months
Polish authorities seek to ban communist party
The Polish Prosecutor General Zbigniew Ziobro has filed a submission in the Constitutional Tribunal seeking a ban on the Communist Party of Poland (KPP) accusing it of adhering to a totalitarian ideology
At least eight people killed in anti-government protests in Iraq’s Kurdistan region
The protesters, mostly government employees and unemployed youth, are demanding timely disbursal of their delayed salaries and employment
Assassination of social activists continues in Colombia
Between November 30 and December 7, six Indigenous leaders, two Afro-descendant leaders, two environmentalists and one social leader were murdered in Colombia
10 Iranian ships are on their way to Venezuela with fuel
According to reports, a fleet of 10 Iranian ships is carrying millions of barrels to help Venezuela deal with shortages in the domestic market. The ships will carry Venezuelan crude during their return journey
Braving police restrictions, Greeks honor Alexandros Grigoropoulos
12 years ago, on December 6, 2008, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, a 15-year-old school student was shot and killed in Athens by two special guards of the Greek police
US companies sold more than 60% of all arms in the international market in 2019
US sanctions against Russia and China have helped maintain its hegemony in the global arms trade with 12 of its companies featuring in the world’s top 25 arms producing and military service providers