KKE returns to power in third largest city, SYRIZA suffers setback
Kostas Peletidis, was re-elected as mayor of Patras, the third largest city in Greece. He was the candidate of the KKE-backed People’s Rally and won 70.22 % of the votes
Report alleges war crimes in Sinai by both government and IS militants
A report by Human Rights Watch said both the government and IS militants had engaged in indiscriminate violence against civilians
In Greece, communists withstand conservative surge as SYRIZA crumbles
Following a decline of nearly 13% in SYRIZA’s vote share, prime minister Alexis Tsipras called for fresh elections which will be held in the first week of July
Israel set to go to the polls again as Netanyahu fails to form coalition
The new round of elections will be held on September 17. The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, passed a resolution on May 30, dissolving itself
Thousands of Kurds continue hunger strike in support of Abdullah Öcalan
It’s been 199 days since MP Leyla Güven began her hunger strike demanding an end to the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan, and Kurds from around the world have joined the protest in solidarity.
“My body, my choice”: hundreds march in Alabama against anti-abortion law
Protesters said the law would make abortion unsafe and disproportionately affect the State’s marginalized communities. There have been calls to boycott Alabama in the aftermath
“Germany’s denunciation of BDS movement as anti-Semitic is McCarthyite and unconstitutional”
The BDS movement said the resolution of the German parliament declaring it anti-Semitic was contradictory to international law and German democracy
Sudanese military suspends talks with civilian forces hours after attack on demonstration
The RSF shot live ammunition at the protesters, injuring 14. This the second attack on the protesters this week. On Monday, the RSF is believed to have killed four protesters and an army major.