Italy’s newly elected prime minister Enrico Letta has formed a coalition government. It brings together his own centre-left Democratic party with Silvio Berlusconi’s People of Freedom camp.
Hong Kong’s government was trying to end a four-week dockworkers’ strike as Socialist Worker went to press. It invited workers to talks with employers to try and resolve the pay dispute.
Cheering and chants in Bengali rang out across the western Greek countryside last Sunday.
Workers called a general strike for Wednesday of this week, 1 May, after the Greek government announced it was postponing May Day.
Riots and strikes are sweeping Bangladesh as workers demand justice for the hundreds killed making clothes for big name brands
The allegation that Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad used Sarin nerve gas against opposition forces has led some Western politicians to renew calls for military intervention.
Yusur Al Bahrani looks how the arrival of the Formula One Grand Prix in Bahrain has sparked off a new round of protests
The police manhunt for the people who planted the Boston bombs targeted two brothers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Savita Halappanavar died because of “medical misadventure”, an inquest jury in Ireland has ruled unanimously.
French president Francois Hollande reached record unpopularity in the polls last week. More than three quarters of the population say they are unsatisfied with him.
The Italian parliament has re-elected Giorgio Napolitano as its president in the sixth round of voting. The country has been gripped by a political crisis since a general election in February failed to deliver a majority.
Judges in Tunisia struck last week against a threat to the independence of the judiciary. There was a split in their professional association.
