An explosion and fire at a chemical warehouse in Shandong province in eastern China last Saturday killed one person and injured nine.
A general election has been called in Turkey for 1 November. This follows close on an earlier poll in June.
Protests broke out in St Louis, in the US state of Missouri, after police shot dead black teenager Mansur Ball-Bey on Wednesday of last week.
The glaring contradiction in Greece’s government is producing a political crisis.
Eight civilians died in a US strike on Atmeh, northern Syria, last week.
A series of massive explosions shook Tianjin, north east China, on Wednesday of last week. Chinese media reported that the blasts burned an area of some 20,000 square metres.
Indigenous groups and trade unions across Ecuador came together in a national day of strikes, road blocks and protests on Thursday of last week.
Hundreds of thousands of people protested in Brazil last Sunday for the impeachment of left leaning president Dilma Rousseff.
Leading South African Amcu miners’ union activist Makhanya Siphamandla was due to start trial this week. He is charged with attempted murder.
Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Allan is in danger of dying after spending more than 60 days on hunger strike.
Refugees fleeing Syria’s civil war are facing new dangers as they approach Greece’s islands from Turkey.
Greek MPs voted to accept a “bailout” from Greece’s international creditors last night, Thursday—with eye-watering conditions. The following is a statement from the Greek Socialist Workers Party (SEK).
