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Russian Foreign Ministry summons UK ambassador – after drone attack on...

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THE RUSSIAN Foreign Ministry has summoned the British ambassador and warned London of ‘dangerous consequences’, following a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow’s Black Sea...

‘The Balfour Declaration is primarily responsible for war crimes and the...

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SYRIA’S top legislative body says the 1917 Balfour Declaration, through which Britain executed its plan of establishing a Jewish national home in Palestine, is primarily responsible for war...

TORIES’ PUBLIC ORDER BILL: – Bonfire of rights to appease the...

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LIBERTY campaigners, alongside Greenpeace UK staff and volunteers and representatives from other civil rights groups demonstrated outside Parliament on Tuesday as the Tories’ Public...

The West using ‘dirtiest tricks’ against Moscow and Beijing says Russian...

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THE COLLECTIVE West is using the dirtiest of tricks against Moscow and Beijing in a bid to maintain its hegemony, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey...

US workers join unions at Amazon-Starbucks & museums – as 63%...

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Workers at a combined Starbucks and Amazon store in Times Square filed a petition for union recognition last Friday, saying they’re being required to...

Bolivian unions mobilise against ‘right-wing coup plotters’

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FELIPA MONTENEGRO the leader of the Bartolina Sisa Movement, which represents the rights of rural Indigenous women in Bolivia denounced that she and her...

SA government says that ‘austerity is a necessary pain for the...

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IN THE much-anticipated medium term budget policy statement (MTBPS), the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, will, like his counterparts at the South African Reserve...

Massachusetts teachers win ‘illegal’ strike!

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TEACHERS in Haverhill, Massachusetts, have won their strike held last week, defying a state law banning teachers and other public sector workers from striking,...

Russia accuses the West of using sanctions to steal its gold...

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RUSSIA has accused Western countries of using sanctions to steal the country’s gold and foreign exchange reserves amid the raging war in Ukraine. Asked about...

Nablus under siege for two weeks!

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A DELEGATION of five ministers from the Palestinian cabinet visited the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Monday to investigate the ongoing Israeli...

US threatens Ukraine intervention if conflict escalates

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AMERICAN and allied forces may directly intervene in the ongoing Ukraine conflict against Russia even without a threat to any member of the US-led...

Russia Barred From Investigating Nord Stream Explosions

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THE Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said the ‘truth’ behind the September explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines would ‘surprise’ many Europeans if...

‘Russia is developing despite the difficult times’ says Dmitry Peskov

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RUSSIA is developing and will continue to develop, despite all the current difficulties, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday. ‘The country is...

Israel’s apartheid practices slammed by UN special rapporteur

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A United Nations human rights expert has slammed Israel’s ‘apartheid practices’ in the occupied Palestinian territories, saying the Tel Aviv regime’s actions against Palestinians...

NEU is to carry out national strike ballots of 300,000 teachers...

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‘TODAY the National Education Union is writing to employers with notification of our intention to carry out national ballots of around 300,000 teacher and...

Uprising In Tunisian Capital Against Kais Saied Coup

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Protesters clashed with police in the Tunisian capital of Tunis on Saturday, October 15, for the second night running. Riot police fired tear gas to...

US struggling to keep up with Ukraine’s demand for weapons!

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PENTAGON chief Lloyd Austin has signalled that the United States and its Western allies are having trouble keeping up with Ukraine’s demand for advanced...

French refinery workers extend strike for 10% increase

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FRENCH refinery workers have continued their strikes as a petrol crisis drags on across the country, with authorities threatening to resort to force to...

‘In short the worst is yet to come!’ – IMF Director...

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CONSISTENCY between fiscal and monetary policy is paramount for economic and financial stability as high debts and deficits push more countries into budget crises...

Case Against Palestine Action Collapses Again!

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The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped its charges against Palestine Action activists after levelling charges of ‘blackmail’ earlier in the year. In a recent report...

US unions sit-in, strike and recruit!

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Amazon workers at JFK8, the company’s Staten Island warehouse that voted to unionise earlier this year, held a sit-in, strike on Monday after a...

‘Confessions coerced in case after case’ in Bahrain – says Human...

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SECURITY services in Bahrain supported by the UK have been accused of ‘serious and persistent’ human rights abuses. A joint Human Rights Watch and Bahrain...

Rail workers striking in Scotland, across the UK & around the...

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Railway workers in Scotland took 24-hour strike action on ScotRail yesterday after the RMT union rejected a real-terms pay cut. ScotRail bosses have offered 5%...

‘US-UK Hands Off Assange’ – say human chain protesters

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‘US-UK Hands off Assange!’ said demonstators in Parliament Square before several thousand made a human chain around the Houses of Parliament on Saturday. ‘There’s only...

Workers strikes and demonstrations are gaining momentum throughout Europe!’ – says...

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THROUGHOUT Europe, strikes and demonstrations are gaining momentum, notes France’s CGT trade union federation. Faced with inflation and the energy crisis, demonstrators demand wage increases...

Iranian oil minister Owji says oil & petro-chemical exports are continuing...

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IRANIAN Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji says Iran’s crude oil and petrochemical exports continue without disruption after the Biden administration announced a new round...

Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance slams Saudi refusal to renew ceasefire

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Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement has slammed the Saudi-led coalition for failing to renew the UN-brokered truce deal and deteriorating the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn...

75,000 children in London in temporary accommodation

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More than 75,000 children are stuck in temporary accommodation due to insufficient housebuilding and low benefits, new studies have concluded. Reports from University College London...

Iran will deal heavy blows to terrorists threatening the country’s security

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THE Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Intelligence Organisation has strongly condemned the latest terrorist attack in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan, warning that...

CWU pickets demand the TUC calls a general strike – as...

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The Communication Workers Union (CWU) took strike action on Friday and Saturday and explained the reasons for doing so. In a letter to all its...

Over 40,000 nurses have quit the NHS in the past year...

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A RECORD over 40,000 nurses have quit the NHS in the past year – one in nine of the workforce, an analysis by the...

World Federation of Trade Unions strongly condemns state repression in Sri...

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THE WFTU (World Federation of Trade Unions) has ‘strongly denounced’ and condemned state repression against the workers and the people of Sri Lanka. A WTFU...

South African trade union members bar ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe from...

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African Trade Unions (Cosatu) members barred ANC Chairman Gwede Mantashe from speaking at their 14th national congress on Monday. ‘Hamba Gwede’ (Go Gwede) and ‘asinamali’...

US National Nurses United condemn TRAPs schemes as the means for...

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THE AMERICAN National Nurses United (NNU) applauds the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) efforts to investigate the exploitative and coercive employment-related Training Repayment Agreement...

Israeli settlers invade al-Aqsa Mosque compound

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ISRAELI settlers have once again invaded the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of Jerusalem in the latest act of provocation against...

US war games plan to intimidate North Korea

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AN US aircraft carrier and warships from its strike group arrived in South Korea on Friday for the first time in nearly five years...

Desperate Tories Turn To Fracking

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IN ITS first acts of desperation, the new government of Prime Minister Liz Truss has decided to announce that the moratorium on fracking has...

On the eighth anniversary of the September 21st Revolution thousands of...

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ON the eighth anniversary of the September 21 Revolution, thousands of Yemeni people poured onto streets in the northwestern city of Sa’ada and other...

Occupation authorities are waging a relentless war against the Palestinian youth...

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ISRAELI occupation forces on Tuesday and Monday night detained at least 14 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied territories, six of them from East...

The West Has Been Behaving Brazenly In Ukraine

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‘THE WEST has been behaving brazenly in Ukraine for years, Russia was forced to react in order to save people in Donbass,’ Serb member...

BRITAIN’S GROSS INHUMANITY AND INJUSTICE IN KENYA! – including tortures, sexual...

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FORMER chief justice of Kenya, Willy Mutunga, has attacked the British government over its ‘act of gross inhumanity and injustice’ after two Kenyan tribes filed a case...

Hamas Commends President Boric Of Chile For Refusing To Accept Credentials...

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THE Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has commended Chilean President Gabriel Boric’s refusal to accept the credentials of the Israeli regime’s new ambassador to the...

AICCTU unions condemn Modi government lies!

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THE MODI government’s ‘lies and myth-making’ at the National Labour Conference have been denounced by the All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU). The...

The Borders Of The Kherson Region Are Securely Protected, Says The...

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THE borders of the Kherson region are securely protected by the Russian military, and any attempts by the Ukrainian armed forces to advance towards...

Biden Urges Railroads And Trade Unions To Avoid Railroad Strike That...

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THE BIDEN administration urged railroads and unions to reach a deal to avoid a railroad work stoppage, saying on Monday it would pose ‘an...