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Steve Sweeney

Flames and smoke rise from the Matanzas Supertanker Base as

CUBA /

Firefighters struggle to contain blaze as Biden under pressure to lift blockade on Cuba

Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (left) Sweden's Fo

World /

Chinese ambassador warns of Nato expansion eastward into Asia

On 21 July, imprisoned Badinan civil activists from Sheladze

KURDISTAN /

Fears raised over hunger-striking Badinan political prisoners in Iraqi Kurdistan

An oil field near Qasr al-Hayr, Syria

World /

US occupying forces steal more than 80 per cent of Syria's oil, ministry says

Rami Arada, inspects the rubble of his family house after it

World /

Ceasefire holds as Palestinian resistance demands release of political prisoners

A father with child in Xinjiang

World /

Islamic envoys say China is protecting minorities in Xinjiang after five-day visit

A woman stands in front of destroyed buildings after the Rus

World /

Amnesty stands by report on Ukraine after its Kiev bureau chief resigns in protest

World /

Scores of MPs and journalists arrested in Iraqi Kurdistan ahead of protests against corruption

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Taiwanese President Tsai I

World /

Pelosi leaves Taiwan, but fallout from provocative trip continues

World /

Social media giants under scrutiny after blocking journalists reporting on death threats

World /

Protests in eastern Syria over alleged kidnap of children by SDF

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (centre) poses for photos afte

World /

China brands Pelosi's Taiwan visit ‘a major political provocation’

Donetsk People Republic Emergency Situations Ministry employ

World /

Former Tory MP accused of encouraging Ukrainian special forces to target Canadian journalist

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces fighters, take their po

World /

Concerns raised over press freedom in SDF-controlled areas of northern Syria

Officers stormed the private residence of APSP chairman Omal

UNITED STATES /

Black peace groups slam FBI raid over ‘Russia links’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) and outgoing

Special Report /

London-based organisation accused of endangering lives in Ukraine by publishing personal details on online ‘traitors’ list

USB union members protesting in Rome on July 20

World /

Protesters demand release of trade unionists held under house arrest

The bodies of nine people who were killed in an artillery at

World /

Iraqi troops prepare to mobilise at border after Turkish attack

Reporters Without Borders General Secretary Christophe Deloi

World /

Reporters Without Borders launches campaign to censor Russian media

World /

At least 3 soldiers killed in latest Israeli strike on Syria

The aftermath of the strike in the village of Parakhe

World /

Iraq calls for Turkey to withdraw troops after nine killed in strike on holiday resort

Zaporozhzhia nuclear power plant in 2015

World /

Ukrainian nuclear power plant said to be safe after missile strike

Journalist Mohammad al-Saghir has been held captive since Ju

World /

Global unions demand immediate release of Syrian journalist kidnapped by SDF

Mikhail Kononovich and his brother Aleksander

World /

Kononovich brothers thank supporters as trial resumes in Ukraine

World /

Turkey accused of war crimes after latest drone strike in northern Iraq

Ivan Bakanov, head of the Ukrainian Security Service, speaks

World /

Zelensky fires intelligence chief and prosecutor general on grounds of treason

Former HDP co-leaders Figen Yuksekdag (right) and Selahattin

TURKEY /

Figen Yuksekdag's rights violated after parliamentary immunity stripped, Turkey's Constitutional Court rules

World /

US accused of smuggling 40 tankers of oil over Syrian border

World /

Journalist found beheaded in eastern Syria in suspected jihadist killing

In this courtroom sketch, Joshua Schulte (centre) is seated

World /

Former CIA software engineer convicted over data leak

World /

Crackdown on Swaziland communists continues

A Lenin statue in central Kharkiv, prior to its demolition i

World /

Woman jailed for five years in Ukraine for posting communist symbols on social media

Ukrainian soldiers prepare to fire at Russian positions from

Ukraine War /

US-supplied weapons used in attack on Novaya Kakhovka kill at least five people

Hotel workers protest in front of the Acropolis in Athens

World /

Greek hotel workers to strike over pay and staff shortages

Kurdistan /

Turkish chemical weapon attacks continue as battle rages in Iraqi Kurdistan

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Prime Minister o

World /

Swedish anti-war group brands Nato bid undemocratic

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a press confer

World /

Communist Party of Ukraine banned and all its assets seized by the state

Slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is d

World /

US investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh branded whitewash that allows Israeli to kill with impunity

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (right) said h

World /

Mexican president calls for Statue of Liberty to be torn down if Assange sentenced in US

World /

Kononovich brothers call for MEPs and European media to attend their ‘show trial’ in Ukraine

Biden will make his first trip to the Middle East next mon

World /

Kuwaiti socialists reject normalisation with Israel and US plunder of regional resources

From left to right: Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto,

World /

Finland's Left Alliance rejects deal with Turkey over Nato membership

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks on the balcony of th

World /

Assange granted honorary citizenship by Italy's Lucera municipality

Children gather outside their tents, at al-Hol camp, which h

World /

Occupied northern Syria ‘on verge of catastrophe,’ foreign minister says

A man rides a bicycle past a building damaged in Russian she

World /

German journalist faces three years prison over reporting from eastern Ukraine

Protesters hold signs in Portland, Ore., about the Supreme C

World /

Communists in US call for strikes and street protests to defend women's rights

Ukrainian soldiers prepare to fire at Russian positions from

World /

CIA operatives and network of commandos coordinating arms flow inside Ukraine

Mikhail Kononovich and his brother Aleksander.

World /

Greek communists submit new urgent question to EU over Ukraine's Kononovich brothers

Kurdistan Communities Union spokesman Zagros Hiwa

World /

PKK accuses Turkey of using tactical nuclear weapons in Iraqi Kurdistan

The British government on Friday, June 17, 2022 ordered the

World /

Mexico to offer Assange sanctuary as Amlo calls for charges to be dropped

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures as he talks during

World /

‘All eyes on Assange case,’ China warns, accusing US and Britain of hypocrisy on press freedom

Dakhla, Western Sahara

World /

Spanish businesses condemned for 'whitewashing' Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara

World /

Syria vows to retake land and drive out Turkish and US occupying forces

A sign in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hangs

World /

Australian government lobbying to secure release of Julian Assange, sources say

Alexander and Mikhail Kononovich with their lawyer

World /

Ukrainian communists pictured alive but face pressure to admit to trumped-up charges

Maurice Bishop during a visit to East Germany

World /

Campaigners say conclusive evidence proves US removed body of slain Grenadian PM Maurice Bishop

A house is on fire after shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukrain

World /

Shelling of Donetsk continues as Nato chief tells Western countries to brace themselves for years of war

Creative Commons / Meriç Tuna

World /

US accused of smuggling tons of grain from Syria

Soldiers of Ukraine's special operations unit sit in the car

World /

As many as 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers being killed each day as Ukraine appeals for more weapons

Julian Assange

World /

Assange extradition an ‘appalling symbol’ of the decline of human rights in Britain and the US, former CIA whistleblower says

View of Kalar from Sherwana Castle

World /

At least four killed in Turkish drone strike deep inside Kurdish territory

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky

World /

Calls to increase solidarity and secure release of jailed Ukrainian communist brothers

Kurdish journalists and media workers detained in the raids

World /

Kurdish journalists ask the world to be their voices as 16 jailed in Turkey

World /

Foreign mercenaries claim to have destroyed Russian tank with US supplied missile

Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, de

World /

Uighur group celebrates UN human rights chief stepping down

A woman brandishes the Ukrainian flag on top of a destroyed

World /

US asked to explain after Pentagon admits to operating 46 biolabs in Ukraine after months of denial

Nila Zelinska holds her granddaughter's doll that she recove

World /

Ukrainian former human rights chief admits promoting fake news to convince west to send more arms

DFG co-chairwoman Dicle Muftuoglu

World /

Kurdish journalists fear Turkish operations will continue until they are all behind bars

Ukrainian military maneuvering a tank near the frontline in

World /

Ukrainian forces accused of massacring priests in Donetsk region

Workers prepare a stage in preparation for the Summit of the

World / Bolivia, Honduras, Mexico and Guatemala boycott the event after Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela excluded

Biden's Summit of the Americas branded ‘a neoliberal failure’

Bolivia, Honduras, Mexico and Guatemala boycott the event after Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela excluded

Bolivia, Honduras, Mexico and Guatemala boycott the event after Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela excluded

Turkish tanks and troops are deployed near the Syrian town o

World /

Turkey's chemical attacks continue as Kurdish guerrilla fighters offer fierce resistance

Amineh Kakabaveh at Nordiskt Forum 2014 in Malmö, Sweden

World /

Iranian Kurdish MP holds the key as Sweden's government faces no confidence vote

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

World /

Mike Pompeo summoned by Spanish court to explain Assange assassination plot

World /

Global elite gathers for secret conclave

Mesopotamia Agency journalists Serdar Altan (left) and Dicle

World /

Gunshots fired as more than 70 detained during brutal crackdown by Turkish state

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives for a ceremo

World /

Turkey admits knowing Isis bombing suspects were in zones under its control in Syria

Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro (centre) and his runnin

World /

Leftist candidate to run-off against millionaire who praised Hitler in Colombian presidential elections

HDP election rally in Diyarbakır in 2018

World /

HDP vow to fight for democracy as show trial reopens in Ankara

Fusako Shigenobu (centre) who co-founded the Japanese Red Ar

World /

Japanese Red Army founder released after more than 20 years behind bars

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news

World /

Russian choppers patrol Syrian border days after it launched air strikes on Turkish-backed militants

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission s

World /

EU chief takes U-turn over Russian oil ban

Two children who died in a Turkish air strike in Iraqi Kurdi

World /

Two children killed in Turkish air strike on Iraqi Kurdistan as global silence continues

Supporters of Pakistan’s defiant former Prime Minister Imr

World /

Khan issues ultimatum to Pakistani government to call elections within six days

Volunteer welders work on metal pieces at a facility produci

World /

Russian missiles destroy Ukrainian drone factory

World /

Ukraine publishes list of ‘undesirables’ accused of supporting the Russian invasion

Sudanese protesters take part in a rally against military ru

World /

Sudanese communists warn of state persecution after latest arrest of senior party cadre

SYRIA /

At least three Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli air strikes on Damascus

Thousands of angry residents at the Makhmour refugee camp in

IRAQ /

Five killed in latest massacre as Turkey strikes refugee camp deep inside Iraqi Kurdistan

Peace campaigners demonstrate against the US's use of Britai

Britain /

No to US nukes in Britain: peace activists rally at Lakenheath

Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Masrour Barz

World /

Turkey accused of war crimes as chemical weapons used 44 times

People inspect the wreckage of buildings that were damaged b

World /

US accused of building military bases in Yemen in preparation for next phase of war

USB union with banner reading:

World /

Italian workers strike over military spending on war in Ukraine

Greek communists at a peace demo opposing the Russian invasi

World /

Communist-backed bloc wins Greek national student elections

Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Julian Assange appe

World /

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights calls on Patel to stop Assange extradition

World /

Swaziland communists condemn attack on student leader

Protesters outside the OPCW offices in Den Hague

World /

OPCW branded ‘a tool of imperialism’ after stonewalling Kurdish protests against Turkey’s alleged use of banned munitions

Swedish Minister of Foreígn Affairs Ann Linde poses for pho

World /

Swedish communists slam Nato membership plans

Local residents close the windows of an apartment building w

World /

Fears for Ukrainian rail worker charged with high treason

U.S. Battalion in eastern Syria in 2019

World /

US accused of stealing Syrian oil as sanctions waiver aims to divide country

World /

Ukrainian journalist arrested in Spain at behest of Kiev’s intelligence services

Palestinians look on as a bulldozer approaches their homes

World /

Palestinians call for action after Israeli court paves the way for mass expulsions in occupied territories

Union badges at the Starbucks outlet in Buffalo, New York

UNITED STATES /

Starbucks workers file claim after bosses offer pay rise to non-unionised stores only

KURDISTAN /

PKK confident of victory in ‘people’s revolutionary war’ against Turkish invaders in Iraqi Kurdistan

World /

Iraqi tanks roll into Shengal as Kurdish officials call for peace

Firefighters try to put out a fire following an explosion in

World /

Ghost of Kiev legend revealed to be invention of Ukrainian morale-boosting campaign

Local residents close the windows of an apartment building w

World /

Civilians leave Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol as Pelosi visits Ukraine

GUERILLAS: Women fighters of the PKK train outside of the Ma

World /

Kurds call on trade unionists to take action to stop Turkey's war in Iraqi Kurdistan

A woman walks through the site of an explosion in Kiev, Ukra

World / Russian strikes on Ukraine's capital Kiev kill two

Polish anti-war activists warn against increased militarisation ahead of drills

Russian strikes on Ukraine's capital Kiev kill two

Russian strikes on Ukraine's capital Kiev kill two

The Kurdish flag flies in Erbil, the in Iraqi Kurdistan

World /

Turkey launches major new invasion of Iraqi Kurdistan

Soldiers wearing the patch of their Nato mission stand durin

World /

Russian invasion of Ukraine has become a proxy war with Nato, CPRF says

World /

Italian dockers say Genoa is centre of arms trafficking operation after tanks found on Saudi ship

People walk past a crater from the explosion in Mira Avenue

World /

Fall of Ukraine's Mariupol feared imminent as Russia dismisses chemical attack claim

The first human in space Yuri Gagarin

World /

Russia celebrates Cosmonauts Day

Last offensive: A wrecked Russian vehicle on the outskirts o

World /

Russia and Ukraine trade blame for missile strike on civilians as new offensive looms

World /

Italian workers demand withdrawal from Nato and end to militarisation of Ukraine

World /

Forced marriage still a menace in Afrin, say reports

A supporter of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan chants sl

World /

Imran Khan calls supporters onto streets after losing premiership in confidence vote

Leyla Guven

World /

Turkey’s constitutional court rules the state violated rights of former HDP MP Leyla Guven

World /

Israel launches eighth air strike on Syria this year

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan

World /

Pakistan's PM Imran Khan vows to fight to the last ball ahead of no-confidence vote

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the screen, addre

World /

Zelensky under fire after neonazi addresses Greek parliament

Demonstrators use whistles as they march during a 24-hour na

World /

Greece grinds to halt as workers stage 24-hour strike over low wages and rising prices

Kurds waving the flag of the Kurdistan Region in Erbil

World /

Kurdish communists demand freedom for Ocalan as events mark his 73rd birthday

Kurdish YPG soliders in 2015

World /

Solidarity actions called in support of jailed YPG volunteer Libre Flot

Staten Island based Amazon distribution centre union organis

World / ‘We want to thank Jeff Bezos for going to space because while he was up there, we were organising a union,’ Amazon Labour Union founder Chris Smalls says

Amazon workers in New York celebrate historic unionisation victory

‘We want to thank Jeff Bezos for going to space because while he was up there, we were organising a union,’ Amazon Labour Union founder Chris Smalls says

‘We want to thank Jeff Bezos for going to space because while he was up there, we were organising a union,’ Amazon Labour Union founder Chris Smalls says

GUERILLAS: Women fighters of the PKK train outside of the Ma

World /

PKK must be delisted as a terror organisation, European Court hears, as campaigners urge support for Kurds' right to resist

Ukrainian soldiers carry a body of a civilian killed by the

Scotland /

Ukraine's government continues crackdown on opposition as Russia shells Kiev and Chernihiv

Demonstrators dance around a burning effigy of the Russian P

World /

South Ossetia's president announces plans for the breakaway Georgian region to join Russia

A doll is seen at a site of Saudi-led airstrikes targeting t

World /

Saudi's Ramadan ceasefire is meaningless while brutal siege of Yemen continues, Houthis say

Police officers remove the flag of Ukraine from a historical

World /

Police remove Ukrainian flags from Berlin's Soviet Memorial

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks from Kyiv, Ukr

World /

Communist Party of Greece to boycott Zelensky's address to parliament

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (centre) gives a spee

World /

Fears for Orthodox priest kidnapped in Ukraine as peace talks continue