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Israel continues attacks across Gaza, killing dozens

Israel scaled up attacks as South Africa approached the ICJ as part of its case on Israel’s genocide in Gaza to ask for additional provisions to halt Israeli aggression

Three killed in Pakistan protesting rise in the prices of essential commodities

Since the government signed a deal with the IMF, mass protests have occurred regularly against the massive reduction in state subsidies on essential commodities which has in turn driven up the prices of electricity and food items

The United States assembles the Squad against China

The US has relaunched its military cooperation alliance under a new name “the Squad”, but with the same goal: to counter and “contain” China

Zionism is the catastrophe

At seven months and seventy-six years of the Nakba, Palestinian writer and organizer Kaleem Hawa reflects on what this anniversary means amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza

On Nakba Day, Israel kills more health workers in Gaza, forces field hospitals to shut down

As Nakba Day is commemorated, Israeli forces killed another health worker and continued to threaten health services in the Gaza Strip

Biden to send one billion dollars in arms to Israel

Despite statements from US officials suggesting otherwise, the United States’ unconditional support of Israel continues in the face of ongoing genocide

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha to be released on bail after arrest ruled illegal

Police charged Prabir and NewsClick with colluding with foreign powers to sabotage India on the basis of a New York Times “hit piece” published in August 2023 which targeted several other anti-war organizations in the US as well

Student leaders are leading the left revival in India’s national elections

In West Bengal, where left parties were elected to rule for over three decades until 2011, over a half dozen young leaders are waging a battle to defeat sectarian, anti-people politics of the right-wing parties

US acknowledges that Israel likely used its weapons to violate international law

The Biden administration’s recent statements on Israel’s aggression in Gaza may seem significant, but Israel policy shows no significant changes

Iran warns it will be forced to change its nuclear doctrine if existence is threatened

Israel has repeatedly targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities accusing it of making bomb despite the supreme leader of the Islamic republic ruling such option out by calling it un-Islamic

Israel is losing

Seven months into Israel’s genocide, the US has been forced to shift its position on unconditional support to Israel

India’s BJP defends the super rich by giving wealth redistribution policy a sectarian color during general elections

Inequality has grown in India at a rapid pace in the last several decades with the top 1% of country’s population now owning more than 40% of national wealth and controlling over 22% of its national income