Monthly Archives: January 2019
‘JERUSALEM is not for sale. Palestine will never let the US sell occupied al-Quds to Israel,’ Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said adding that the occupied city will remain the eternal capital of the state of Palestine. Abbas was speaking at an event marking the 54th anniversary of the Fatah party’s...
TORY Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s speech yesterday called for the UK to be ‘realistic about our global position’, insisting that this means recognising that Britain is ‘not a superpower and we do not have an empire’. Hunt’s speech in Singapore did however hold a message of comfort to those Tories...
PASSENGERS protesting against rail fare increases of 3.5 per cent, many of whom were also demanding the urgent renationalisation of the railways, were joined by RMT members outside rail stations across the country yesterday morning. The RMT leaflet handed out to supporters and passengers outside Lewisham station in south-east London...
THE EUROZONE risks breaking up this year, the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) warned in its annual predictions for 2019. The influential think tank said yesterday that ‘internal contradictions’ will force the region to ‘integrate economically’ or dissolve. The centre added: ‘It is possible to defer the...
SYRIA and Iran have signed an agreement for a long-term strategic cooperation between the two countries in Tehran. The agreement was signed on Sunday by Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade Mohammad Samer al-Khalil and Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami with attendance of ambassadors of...
FRENCH president Emmanuel Macron made his annual New Year address to the nation yesterday calling for ‘unity’ and an end to the ‘hateful’ attacks on elected politicians and the riot police by the mass uprising of workers and youth which has gripped France for the past seven weeks demanding...
AN EPIDEMIC of an antibiotic-resistant superbug is spreading throughout the hospital system in Palestine’s Gaza City, with doctors warning of a ‘global health security issue’ as the threat of the bug spilling over the Palestinian border has become very real. Gaza’s health system has been hit hard by the siege...
A WAVE of protests are taking place outside train stations across the country this morning as millions of commuters see their ticket fare rise by 3.5% today. From Sheffield to Norwich, angry passengers have organised over 23 separate protests outside major stations. For commuters who have to come into London...