Rights groups, opposition parties in the UK oppose bill claiming it provides amnesty to war crimes
The controversial Overseas Operations Bill will provide partial amnesty to soldiers if the case is filed after five years from the date of the crime or if the investigation is not completed within five years
Communists allege discrimination in official commemoration of Slovak resistance
Slovak National Uprising Museum authorities have denied permission to the KSS, saying the 76th anniversary of the uprising will be held as an apolitical event. This is despite ruling party representatives being invited
Dutch socialist youth demand abolition of first class in railways to prevent overcrowding
Even during the raging COVID-19 pandemic, trains in the Netherlands have been running with overcrowded second class coaches and almost vacant expensive first class coaches
Indian construction workers in Serbia protest demanding salary, food and repatriation
The New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ) has expressed solidarity with the Indian workers and demanded proper action from authorities against Nikolić LLC, the company which brought the workers to Serbia
UNSC rejects US demand for snapback sanctions against Iran
The admissibility of the notice submitted by Pompeo last week was questioned by 13 out of 15 members of the UNSC. Even US allies have pointed out that having left the deal in 2018, it cannot ask for sanctions
Three coal miners killed in Orakzai mine blast
At least three coal miners, including two brothers, were killed and eleven others were injured in an explosion inside Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s dilapidated Orakzai mine on Sunday
Cambodian civil society calls for release of trade union leader
Rong Chhun was arrested earlier this month for allegedly inciting international tensions by taking up the matter of loss of land of farmers in the border regions after 2012 demarcation
Algeria announces referendum on new constitution in November
The new constitution, the fourth since 1962, will have term limits for the president and will give more powers to the prime minister and the parliament