India’s left groups and farmers demand halt to UK trade deal and similar free trade deals
Farmers claim that in the context of the Indian government’s failure to build competitiveness in the domestic agricultural sector with supportive policies, such agreements may facilitate new forms of colonialism.
Worker resistance stops Karnataka government’s plan to increase IT work hours
The Karnataka IT/ITes Employees Union (KITU) is the only registered union for IT and related industries in India’s southern state of Karnataka, the hub of the software industry in the country.
Farmer leaders arrested in Pakistan for opposing illegal land grab
Farmers, under the leadership of Mazdoor Kisan Party, have been fighting against the state-landlord nexus in the region for decades, demanding rights over the land they cultivate.
Fentanyl is a US problem, they must deal with it instead of threatening others with tariffs, says China
As per the white paper issued by the Chinese in March, the country has already initiated large-scale efforts to stop the trade of fentanyl and even offered more support.
Socialist Party of Malaysia demands Trump invitation be withdrawn, calls him a genocide enabler
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has been vocal against Israeli war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza and even demanded Israel’s expulsion from the UN.
Pakistan’s electronic media law hampers press freedom, claims world’s largest journalist federation
The PECA law amendments in January were opposed by Pakistan’s journalist unions and all civil rights groups and major opposition parties, who are calling some of its provisions draconian.
Iran says no dialogue without US pledge to stop aggression
Iran stated that it will not abandon its right to have a peaceful nuclear program and will seek compensation for the damages caused by the unlawful Israeli-US strikes last month.
Beijing denounces Trump’s use of “coercive tariffs” to pressure Global South to isolate China
The Trump administration has asked South Korea to join its move to block the growth of the Chinese shipbuilding industry as one of the conditions for lower tariffs.