Report shows hidden offshore assets of political and corporate elite and other stories
Today we look at the preliminary findings of ICIJ’s Pandora Papers, the massacre of protesting farmers in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and more
Anti-lockdown protests continue in Jordan
The current round of protests started after reports of the death of at least 9 people in a government hospital due to lack of oxygen on Saturday night
Pro-govt. groups gain advantage in Jordanian polls amid poor turnout
Pro-government figures and independents won a majority of seats with a large number of them from military backgrounds. Out of 130 elected members, 100 are first-time winners
Jordan goes to polls on Tuesday to elect a new parliament
The election for the 130-member House of Representative is happening amidst unprecedented economic and health crisis in the country. The government had recently cracked down on the country’s largest teachers’ union.
Jordan gets a new prime minister before next month’s parliamentary elections
The new prime minister, Bisher al-Khasawneh, will have the responsibility of tackling the rising economic hardships and the COVID-19 pandemic in the country
Jordanian govt. shuts down largest teachers’ union, detains its leaders
The Jordanian Teachers Syndicate, the largest union in the country with over 100,000 members, is being persecuted days after it staged a rally demanding that the government implement an agreement signed in October over hiking educators’ wages
- Lula calls for group to discuss cooperation model with South American presidents
- Israel starts resettling former illegal outpost of Homesh in occupied West Bank
- Early elections called in Spain following defeat of incumbent party in regional polls
- Government bid for EU membership deepens crisis in Moldova
- WFP expected to cut food aid to Palestine due to lack of funding
