The Croatian Democratic Union secured the most mandates in the parliamentary elections on April 17, outpacing center and green options. The results of the election suggest a likely shift to the right.

Students stage an occupation the same day as Columbia’s President appears before congress in so-called antisemitism hearing.

Tech workers are joining the Palestine solidarity movement in leading coast-to-coast sit ins at Google offices across the country.

What will the complex calculus of the new Middle East crisis resolve into, and what will be the impact on India?

The West jumps through rhetorical hoops to defend Israel and condemn Iran after Iranians respond to attack on diplomatic premises in Syria.

Credit must be given to Tehran for reading the tea leaves early enough, as incipient differences began cropping up between Washington and Tel Aviv.

Basil Farraj writes about the life and struggle of Walid Daqqah who spent 38 years in occupation prisons and died from intentional medical neglect by Israeli prison authorities.

There’s a striking contrast between German judiciary stance during Hitler’s time and Indian judiciary’s on the executive’s trampling upon the Constitution.

Police conducted arrests of attendees, while German authorities prevented conference guest and Gazan doctor Ghassan Abu Sitta from even entering the country.

Police cracked down on a protest of thousands of workers in the capital who demanded the government listen to its demands to send food to the community kitchens and address the growing hunger in the country.

In India, construction workers’ bodies have condemned the Indian government’s move to “to put the lives of construction workers of at risk by sending them to Israel and make them indirect partners in its genocidal attacks on Palestinians.”

Israel continues to carry out targeted assassinations against non-combatants, this time murdering three sons and four grandchildren of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

“The single most impactful public health intervention that could be implemented in Gaza today would be a cessation of hostilities,” write the health experts

If peace doves get released tied to the purse strings of wealthy Arab states, the biggest winner might yet be Biden.

Hundreds of health activists are gathering at the 5th People’s Health Assembly to discuss strategies for health justice amid the crisis in Argentina and the Israeli war on Gaza.

Israel has killed aid workers and levelled false charges against agencies such as UNRWA, revealing its use of starvation as a weapon.

Chinese analysts estimate that there is a common will in Beijing and Washington “to prevent negative factors from influencing the general stability of bilateral ties.”

In is an interesting coincidence that ‘Best Friends’ Netanyahu and Modi have been put on the defensive by the judiciary, which they so tried to control.

In a joint report released on April 2, the United Nations and the World Bank revealed that the damage and destruction to essential infrastructure in Gaza inflicted by the genocidal Israeli war in just its first four months is estimated to be worth around USD 18.5 billion. The report, financed by the European Union (EU), and titled the ‘Interim Damage Assessment Note’, states that the destruction in Gaza since October is “unprecedented.”

Through its latest vicious set of attacks against healthcare in Gaza, Israel leaves no doubts that it is set to destroy all remaining health infrastructure in the Strip.

Mobilizations for Palestinian Land Day drew crowds around the world who called for an end to the genocide and total liberation of Palestine.

A new tax reform in Brazil foresees a tax to discourage the consumption of ultra-processed foods, linked to 57,000 deaths a year — but the industry is fighting back.

General practitioner Hanne Bosselaers sheds light on the importance of health work in maintaining a sense of community and resistance in Palestine, and solidarity actions that health workers can join.

44-year-old Faye won the March 24 election with 54.2% of the vote, according to the official provisional results from the National Voting Census Commission. He has promised to restore the republic’s institutions, renegotiate mining and energy contracts, and work towards monetary reform, including potentially a new currency.

As the Coast Guard ends its search for six missing construction workers, the US laments over preventable deaths.

Egyptians, already reeling under a cost of living crisis amid record-high inflation, are suffering a further erosion of purchasing power.

Neon artist Phil Garip had his artwork censored and excluded from an organization he is a part of, for using the phrase “from the river to the sea”

Following a massive pressure campaign by the Palestine solidarity movement, the Canadian government announced intention to halt weapons exports to the Zionist state.

The State of the Global Climate report, released in time for World Meteorological Day on March 23, aims to pave the way for informed discussions at a climate ministerial in Copenhagen on March 21-22.

The 100,000-strong International Alliance of App-Based Transport Workers has expressed its solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle for liberation.

Past efforts to ban the enormously popular app in the United States have failed. Recent success could be linked to the popularity of the Palestine solidarity movement

A leader of the Ansar Allah movement criticised the US for providing weapons to Israel’s genocidal war and held airdropping aid to Gaza as insulting to Palestinians.

The country is entrapped in the predicament of countries that get sandwiched between great powers.

As Venezuela prepares to head to the polls in July, the US has already started drumming up suspicion and doubt around the electoral process.

The workers’ demands include stable working conditions and aligning incomes with living expenses. They are mobilising at a time when the government is preparing to implement a highly unpopular round of healthcare reform.

This Ramadan, there is no early morning meal (Suhoor) and no late-night meal (Iftar). There is only the perennial noise of Israeli fighter jets and groans of hunger in bellies.

The Public Services International (PSI) recently launched a new report examining the mental health of health workers in Liberia, Brazil, Sweden, Australia, and Canada

Putin’s recent meeting signifies a major initiative in the Kremlin’s geo-strategy, with global ramifications, as the conflict in Ukraine meanders toward a new phase.

An interview with renowned archaeologist Gary M. Feinman on the emergence of a global data set from our past that humanity can use to prosper—and avoid the biggest mistakes.

Saudi Arabia which was on the cusp of advancing normalization, has now been forced to take a step back as support for the Palestinian cause and rejection of Israel has skyrocketed.

US Undersecretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland’s exit could be a reflection of the collapse of the whole architecture of the US’ Ukraine strategy that she designed.

Kenyan health workers’ union, KMPDU, is preparing for new round of actions in response to police brutality against trade union officials during a demonstration.

The global desire for an immediate stop to the Israeli bombing is now at an all-time high.

Over a hundred actions were held over the weekend to demand Israel back down from its threat to invade Rafah.

The thrust of Putin’s state of the union address lies in his refusal to accept a fate for Russia in existential terms arranged by the West.

The Zócalo was overflowing with people for the campaign launch of Claudia Sheinbaum who is running to be the next president of Mexico.

The Intercept, Raw Story, and AlterNet have claimed that ChatGPT, a popular AI tool, was trained with copyrighted articles without proper attribution or respect for copyright laws.

Israel is threatening to carry out a full-scale invasion of Rafah, a tiny section of Gaza where 1.5 million Palestinians are now packed, on March 10. Ahead of the deadline, a global day of protest is scheduled for March 2.

Israeli forces killed at least 112 Palestinians after opening fire on a crowd awaiting a food aid truck in northern Gaza on February 29. The massacre took place as one quarter of Gaza’s population is at imminent risk of famine while Israel continues to blockade aid to the besieged strip.

Li Hui is expected to visit Russia, the EU headquarters in Brussels, Poland, Ukraine, Germany and France.