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Gaza’s famine risk is surging, endangering hundreds of thousands of Palestinians

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that Gaza’s famine risk is surging, endangering hundreds of thousands of Palestinians amid deepening food insecurity and...

Labour has armed Israel more than the Tories!

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An explosive revelation came from the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) on Tuesday, declaring that arms sales to Israel under Labour in the past...

‘A savage and ruthless bully!’ – South Africa’s NUMSA union denounces...

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‘DONALD Trump is a creature of the US. NUMSA calls upon its brothers, sisters and comrades in the United States to deal with Donald...

‘Stop the starvation, stop arming Israel, end the genocide’

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  continued from lead article British/Australian doctor who had worked in Gaza, Mohammed Mustafa spoke wearing the scrubs that he wore in Gaza, saying: ‘These...

GAZANS WON’T MOVE! – one million refuse to be displaced...

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The Government Media Office (GMO) issued a statement on Sunday saying that the Israeli occupation army has detonated more than 80 booby-trapped robots in...

Catholic Church under attack by Israeli forces

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AN Israeli attack on the only Catholic Church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday has left two people dead and several others injured. Two women...

Three Gaza Strip Civilians Die From Starvation!

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MEDICAL sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday that three civilians had died from starvation and malnutrition over the past 24 hours, according...

Minneapolis unions call general strike – force ICE agents out of...

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A coalition of Minneapolis trade unions and community organisations is calling for a general strike to take place this coming Friday with the goal...

Iran’s Defence Council warns USA of ‘decisive response to any attack!’

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Iran’s Defence Council has condemned escalating threats, rhetoric and meddlesome remarks – particularly on the part of the United States – against the Islamic...

New York nurses win after 41 days of strike action! Postal...

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The largest nurses strike in New York City history ended at the weekend when the last holdouts in the 41-day labour action overwhelmingly voted...

Israel exacting a deliberate policy of starvation

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Amnesty International has accused Israel of enacting a ‘deliberate policy’ of starvation in Gaza as the UN and aid groups warn of famine in...

‘Compel Israel to comply with ceasefire agreement’ – Hamas call

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PALESTINIAN resistance movement Hamas has called on international mediators to take effective and concrete steps to compel Israel to comply with its obligations under...

Gaza’s children slaughtered – sometimes by missiles, sometimes by hunger, always...

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ON WORLD Day Against Child Labour, 12 June: Gaza’s crushed childhood turns into a struggle for survival, Hamas said yesterday. In Gaza, footballs, pencils, and...

Significant increase in Gaza malnutrition cases – UNRWA warns

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The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has issued a warning about a significant increase in malnutrition cases as Israel’s total blockade of the...

Changes to contacting your GP have negatively affected patient care

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General Practitioners (GP) contract changes that dictate how patients are able to contact their practice have negatively impacted patient care and practice staff, an...

Israel is condemned for storming the Madleen!

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Global condemnations have poured in after Israel stormed the humanitarian vessel Madleen in international waters, which was en route toward the besieged Gaza Strip...

Hundreds of Gaza babies and infants at risk due to lack...

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The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has issued an urgent appeal to save the lives of hundreds of infants and premature babies who...

‘Those who support Israeli aggression are partners in their crimes’ –...

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Iranian armed forces have launched the tenth phase of Operation True Promise III by firing a barrage of missiles and drones toward the occupied...

Compel Israel to fully implement ceasefire obligations!

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THE Hamas Movement said on Tuesday that Israel must be compelled to fully implement its obligations under phase one of the ceasefire agreement before...

Gaza’s babies dying of cold!

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TWO-WEEK-OLD Mohamed Abul-Khair died from hypothermia in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as a result of prolonged exposure to low temperatures. Earlier, the director general...

Venezuelan people demand the release of Maduro – a letter from...

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FRIDAY 2 January was a typical day in Venezuelan capital Caracas. The roads were unusually quiet and few people were out on the streets,...

Hamas rules out presence of foreign forces in the Gaza Strip!

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THE Gaza Strip’s Hamas resistance movement has ruled out the deployment of any foreign force to the Gaza Strip that would effectively serve as...

Trump tried to break us, he couldn’t, and he came back

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BY CLARA SANCHEZ GUEVARA TRUMP stopped buying oil from Venezuela to break it. He couldn’t and he came back; and it cannot be said with...

Israeli Prisons Are Graves For The Living!

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NEWLY released Palestinian abductees have stated that Israeli prisons subject prisoners to horrific conditions, describing the detention centres as ‘graves for the living’. Their testimonies...

US union leaders released after mass rallies across the US

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DAVID Huerta, the 58-year-old president of Service Employees International Union California, was released from federal custody on Monday on a $50,000 bond after a...

Clashes in Argentina as laws passed to extend working hours and...

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IN A marathon session that lasted until after 4.00am on Thursday, the Argentine Senate approved the interim motion for labour reform proposed by the...

Russia Condemns Western Schemes To Topple The Iranian Government

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has condemned Western countries for seeking regime change in Iran, saying their attempts to destabilise the country are a...

Ringleaders of foreign-backed riots arrested in Iran!

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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) forces have identified and arrested ringleaders and terrorist elements involved in the recent foreign-linked riots in Iran’s southwestern...

Gaza ceasefire framework agreed

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HAMAS and other Palestinian factions agreed on Thursday to a framework for a Gaza ceasefire after months of mediation by Qatar and Egypt. ‘From our...

‘We will defend our country and bring back President Maduro’

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LATIN Americans who could not get on to the speakers’ platform at the Venezuela Solidarity rally outside Downing Street on Saturday, addressed the crowd...

US forces seize Venezuelan tanker in Indian Ocean!

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THE US military boarded another tanker in the Indian Ocean carrying Venezuelan oil, the Pentagon has said, in the latest escalation of Washington’s sanctions enforcement...

Nigeria electricity workers commence indefinite strike

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The Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies and the National Union of Electricity Employees (SSAEAC) at the Kano Electricity Distribution Company in...

The US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been serving as a security...

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GAZA authorities say the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has been serving as a security front for the Israeli regime under the guise of...

UNRWA warns that the health sector in Gaza is in critical...

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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned that the health sector in the Gaza Strip is in a...

Hands off Venezuela! – Free Maduro!

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A THOUSAND workers and youth demonstrated outside Downing Street on Saturday, 10th of January, in support of Venezuela and for the release of their...

No to National Guard in Washington DC! Yes to Medicaid, say...

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ANGRY workers and youth demonstrated near a traffic checkpoint set up by police and federal agents in Washington DC, on Wednesday night as President...

India general strike brings country to a halt!

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Workers across India stopped work on Thursday as part of the Bharat Bandh (general strike). They were protesting against labour reforms and economic cuts being...

‘Global action needed to break siege of Gaza and end starvation’...

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Hamas spokesman Jihad Taha has called for more active global efforts to break the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip and put an end...

SA trade unions occupy council offices in Northern Cape demanding proper...

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THE SOUTH African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) and the Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Workers Union (IMATU) occupied the Sol Plaatje council chambers last...

31,000-strong strike at US health privateer Kaiser Permanente!

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Up to 31,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in California and Hawaii went on indefinite strike on Monday in the latest work stoppage at the...

Workers across Colorado are standing up and organising, says Starbucks Workers...

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Workers from a number of trade unions and their allies rallied on Wednesday in the Civic Centre Park neighbourhood of Denver Colorado in support...

WHO’s fast-track medical plan ‘is not realistic’ for South Africa

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A new curriculum promising to ‘fast-track medical students into the workforce’, which has been launched by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for...

Unions in US major cities back Minneapolis strike against ICE

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There is a growing strike movement across the United States against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s clampdown on Minneapolis as millions of workers...

Thousands join Cuba’s ‘March of the Fighting People’

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On Friday, thousands of Cubans joined the ‘March of the Fighting People’ to honour 32 Cuban soldiers who were killed during a US military...

US nurses union ‘outraged’ at Trump’s invasion of Venezuela

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THE American National Nurses United union (NNU) has strongly condemned US President Trump and his administration’s illegal invasion of and regime change operation in...