Thai govt. repeals emergency order a day after march demanding PM’s resignation
Protesters had submitted an unsigned letter for prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to accept abuse of power. They also gave an ultimatum of three days to the government
Israeli government accused of shielding police officers who shot dead Iyad al-Hallaq
32-year-old Iyad al-Hallaq, a Palestinian man with autism, was shot dead at an Israeli police checkpoint on May 30. The police officer who shot him has been charged with only reckless homicide
West European countries see unprecedented surge in new COVID-19 cases
Spain has become the first European country to record more than one million cases with France set to follow suit. Italy, Germany and the UK are badly affected too
“French oil giant Total’s projects in East Africa violate human rights, environmental safeguards”
A report by Amis de la Terre France (Friends of the Earth) and Survie (Survival) says that the company’s projects have threatened more than 100,000 people’s livelihoods and created conditions for their displacement without proper compensation
8,000 Colombians march to Bogotá demanding to meet with president Duque
Meanwhile, four indigenous leaders were killed in other parts of the country as mobilizations took place in Bogotá.
Hopes rise of extension of New START arms control treaty as Russia offers to freeze arsenal
Russia on Tuesday offered to freeze its current arsenal, and proposed an extension of the treaty by one year. The treaty signed in 2010 capped the number of nuclear warheads by the two countries and its deployment
Anti-fascists across the UK honor volunteers of the International Brigade
Around 2500 volunteers from Britain and Ireland participated in the Spanish Civil War supporting the Spanish Left and Republican forces against the fascist forces led by Francisco Franco
US to remove Sudan from list of states sponsoring terror
US president Donald Trump made the announcement after the Sudanese transitional government agreed to pay a compensation of USD 335 million to the victims of attacks on US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998 and the USS Cole in 2000