By banning Russian media outlets, EU exposes its discomfort with alternative narratives of the Ukrainian crisis
In an unprecedented move, the European Commission has banned Russian news outlets RT and Sputnik across the EU, calling them ‘Kremlin Media Machines’ and accusing them of indulging in pro-Russia propaganda
Security forces arrest anti-Palestinian Authority demonstrators
Palestinian Authority forces used violent means to suppress the protests and beat up protesters with metal batons amid a wave of protests against the killing of activist Nizar Banat
Algerian leftist party leader Fethi Ghares arrested on trumped up charges
He has been arrested on multiple charges, including for allegedly allegedly insulting president Abdelmadjid Tebboune
UN expresses concern over deteriorating human rights situation in Algeria
The human rights office urged the Algerian government to stop its ongoing systematic crackdown on anti-government protesters and activists of the Hirak movement
Tunisian state news agency’s new CEO resigns after journalists protest
Journalists of the state-owned Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) had protested the appointment of Kamel Ben Younes due to its political nature and his record as a propagandist of the Zine El Abidine Ben Ali regime
- First commercial flight in last six years takes off from Yemen’s Sanaa airport
- Cuba describes easing of US sanctions as “a limited step in the right direction”
- Communists demand ouster of US military and NATO from Turkey
- Women in Croatia say enough to conservative obstruction of right to abortion
- Belgian workers demand scrapping of Wage Margin Act of 1996
