UNSC says no to international investigation into Nord Stream blasts
Russia has claimed that the ongoing national investigations being carried out by some European countries are not transparent, and accused them of not cooperating with it, despite Russia being the main affected country
Strike action by public service employees and transport workers paralyzes Germany
For over a year, trade unions in Germany have been demanding a fair increase in wages to combat inflation and compensate for the continuous fall in real wages
Judicial reforms in Israel delayed amid massive protests
Palestinian activists and organizations have questioned what kind of democracy Israeli protesters were defending, especially as over 70 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces this year with little pushback from Israeli citizens
Rural employee guarantee scheme workers continue sit-in in India amid government apathy, police repression
Hundreds of people working under the Indian government’s rural employment guarantee scheme are carrying out a 100-day protest in Delhi over unpaid wages, an exclusionary digital payments and attendance system, and budget cuts
Climate activists protest European Gas Conference in Vienna
The three-day conference in Vienna will be attended by energy giants and will assess the impact of the 2022–23 winter on the security of the gas market in Europe
Ahead of Burmese New Year, 400 garment workers laid off at garment factory
Fitex Myanmar, a manufacturer for clothing brand Amisu, had fired its staff en masse last year as well
Over 10 million in Pakistan lack access to safe drinking water
Six months after catastrophic floods devastated one-third of Pakistan, a large number of people have no alternative but to use and drink potentially disease-ridden water. Tens of thousands of impoverished, hungry children are fighting a losing battle against acute malnutrition and water-borne diseases, says UNICEF
US forces carry out airstrikes in eastern Syria, civilian deaths reported
The strikes were carried out after a drone attack on a US base in Syria’s Hasakah killed one US contractor and injured six others. US forces have been illegally deployed on Syria since 2015