Erekat calls on UK to recognise Palestine and reconsider plans to...
SECRETARY General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Saeb Erekat, has called on the United Kingdom to recognise the State of Palestine on the...
Medvedev doesn’t rule out Iran sanctions
RUSSIAN President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday he does not rule out sanctions against Iran but added that if used, they should be balanced and...
Over 60 million refugees worldwide
‘INDICATIONS from the first half of the year suggest 2015 is on track to see worldwide forced displacement exceeding 60 million for the first...
ABBAS CALLS FOR PROTECTION FOR THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE – as he...
PALESTINIAN President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called for the protection of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and ensuring Palestinians’ freedom of worship in Jerusalem in line...
More Than 1,000 Parents, Teachers And Heads Lobby Parliament For More...
MORE than a thousand parents, teachers, heads and support staff converged on Westminster on Tuesday to lobby MPs on school funding. Shadow education secretary Angela...
Lecturers Strike Escalating
AFTER defeating attempts by their own union leadership to call off the strikes by forcing their leaders to throw out an unacceptable deal, lecturers...
1,400 University of Bristol students on rent strike
OVER 1,400 students at the University of Bristol are participating in an ongoing rent strike to protest against the University’s Covid-19 response. This constitutes...
‘Syria owned by the Syrians’ insists President Assad – Part two
PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad stressed in Damascus that Syria is owned by the Syrians and that the peace is two things. First, fighting terrorists...
FIGHT FOR $15 AN HOUR – US Senate Democrats urge President...
IN a letter sent to the White House on Friday, Sen. Bernie Sanders joined Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other Senate Democrats in urging President...
HAMAS OFFICIAL CALLS FOR LONG-TERM CEASEFIRE – while Israel demands mount...
A HAMAS official on Tuesday renewed calls for a ceasefire amid mounting Israeli demands for a broad military offensive in the Gaza Strip. Writing in...
US ready to negotiate with Assad says Kerry
AS the devastating war in Syria entered its fifth year on Sunday, the US said it would have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar...
Harvard Students Battle For Union
SUPPORTERS of Harvard’s student unionisation effort held a rally in the Yard and delivered a petition to Massachusetts Hall on Wednesday, urging the University...
Abbas looking forward to meeting with Trump
RAMALLAH – March 16, 2017 President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday welcomed current international and Arab efforts to advance a comprehensive and just peace...
US public schools Day of Action
MONDAY’s Day of Action – a day when parents, students, educators and community leaders held events in more than 30 cities throughout America to...
UCU Members At Bath And Bristol Are Set To Walk Out
MEMBERS of the University and College Union (UCU) at the University of Bath and the University of Bristol are joining the latest wave of...
Rouhani answers Trump’s ‘insults and false accusations’
IRANIAN President Hassan Rouhani made a defiant televised speech to the nation on Saturday night in response to the anti-Iran stances of US President...
Iran-Russia Joint Naval Manoeuvres
IRANIAN and Russian naval forces have practised anti-piracy operations, during which they rescued two hijacked merchant vessels, on the second day of their joint...
Bedouins rally against Negev expulsions
PALESTINIAN Arab and Bedouin residents in the Negev announced Sunday that they would be rallying against a legislative proposal to be put before the...
Tory Budget: war on NHS, education & pay
IN REFUSING to lift the 1% public sector pay cap, chancellor Philip Hammond is condemning ‘just managing’ civil servants to wage cuts of up...
NHS ‘safe staffing forum’ demands minimum legal safe staffing level!
SIXTY Unison nursing delegates gathered in Warwick last week for the ‘safe staffing forum’ in which the worforce crisis in the NHS was discussed....
Syrian Army makes gains in Hasakah province
SYRIAN troops have managed to recapture a major district in the northeastern city of Hasakah, purging ISIL Takfiri militants from the area. Syria’s official news...
US SANCTIONS ON IRAN HAVE FAILED says Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
IRAN’S President Hassan Rouhani says, despite all the pressure exerted on the Iranian nation by the United States – especially through the imposition of...
Iranian Navy to hold joint war games with Russia and China...
THE COMMANDER of the Iranian Navy, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, announced on Tuesday that his country’s naval forces are due to hold joint war...
1,000 Teachers, Parents And Supporters March On Department For Education
ONE thousand teachers, parents and supporters marched through Westminster in the cold and rain, led by the National Education Union, (NEU) to demand that...
UK teachers longest hours!
TEACHERS in the UK work ‘some of the longest hours in the world’ a study of 35 countries in the world has found, with...
Australian unions national campaign over wages and jobs!
OVER the next two weeks, thousands of Australian trade union members will be marching across the country, campaigning for wage increases and job security. Union...
‘Kiev & Its Western Supporters Bear Full Responsibility For Any Escalation...
RUSSIA will do everything possible to guarantee its security and the safety of its citizens, should the crisis in Ukraine drastically deteriorate. However, Kiev and...
US nurses condemn Obama’s wage freeze
America’s largest union and professional association of registered nurses has condemned the Obama Administration’s decision to impose a two-year wage freeze on Veterans Affairs...
Rajapakse government supporters risking ‘complicity in mass arbitary detentions’ – says...
TAMIL NET reports that the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in its latest report has urged the International Community and the United Nations to...
Issawi Called For ‘Rage And Solidarity’ For Prisoners Day!
HUNGER striker Samer Issawi called for ‘rage and solidarity’ from his prison cell on Palestinian Prisoners Day. Issawi wrote in a letter sent through his...
NUMSA car workers to strike for 20% wage increase!
SOUTH Africa’s automotive sector, already reeling from poor sales, now seems set to suffer a further blow – as carworkers threaten to take strike action...
Palestine erupts against Trump visit and occupation
AT LEAST 13 Palestinians were shot and injured – at least one seriously – during clashes with Israeli forces in Ramallah in the occupied...
‘We Are Watching – We Are Waiting – We Demand...
BY Fra Hughes PAT FINUCANE was gunned down as he sat down to dinner with his family one Sunday evening in Belfast on February 12,...
Palestinian hunger strikers are fighting for their freedom!
PALESTINIAN prisoners have been hitting the headlines around the world with the escalating wave of hunger strikes for the release of high-profile prisoners in...
Kenya’s Nurses Strike Over Their Right To Collective Bargaining
KENYA’S Nurses have vowed to continue with their strike until the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) they signed with the Council of Governors is honoured. The...
HUNGARY OPENS TRADE OFFICE IN JERUSALEM – Israeli troops teargas school...
HUNGARY’S Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto last Tuesday opened a trade office in Jerusalem City, in the central occupied West Bank, that will have an...
Government Workers Marching Today!
WORKERS from three separate government departments, some of them engaged in indefinite strike action, will hold a joint demonstration and march through central London...
British surgeon training Palestinian doctors in complex limb reconstruction
BY PETER OBORNE & JAN-PETER WESTAD From Middle East Eye TERENCE English is a celebrated British surgeon. In 1979 he performed the first successful heart...
US ‘deal of the century’ legitimises Israeli crimes against the Palestinian...
THE CONGRESS of South African Trade Unions is ‘perturbed’ by the US’s Middle East Peace Plan. In a statement issued by COSATU national spokesperson Sizwe...
LA dock workers battle over jobs intensifies
DOCK workers at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports last Friday protested against a partial work stoppage ordered by a group representing West...
Police killings of unarmed black Americans impact on community!
Police killings of unarmed black Americans have adverse effects on the mental health of black American adults in the general population, according to a...
GAZA AIR STRIKES CONTINUE AS HUNGER STRIKERS ENTER 30th DAY!
ISRAELI warplanes early Saturday carried out several air strikes targeting different locations in the Gaza Strip, injuring Palestinians and causing destruction to Palestinian properties. A...
Wal-Mart To Sack Hq Workers In Arkansas
WAL-MART Stores Inc is planning to sack hundreds of workers at its headquarters in Arkansas as part of the retail giant’s efforts to pare...
Amcu Agreement On Wage Offer!
IMPALA Platinum said on Tuesday that an agreement has been reached with the AMCU trade union on a ‘broad wage offer to end...
Palestinian Political Prisoners Strike! – After Murder Of Ra’Id Al-Ja’Bari
PALESTINIAN prisoners in Israel struck on 10th September over the death of prisoner Ra’id al-Ja’bari which Fatah describes as an Israeli, ‘ugly crime’. ‘Isa Qaraqi,...