A key electoral test for austerity is set for the end of the month in Ireland. Workers have been assaulted by the outgoing and the previous governments for the past eight years.
A bomb killed Catholic police officer Ronan Kerr in Omagh in Northern Ireland last week.
The Portuguese government collapsed last week as economic crisis and resistance to austerity continued to create casualties across Europe.
A political earthquake shook Germany on Sunday. The first Green head of a federal state was elected in Baden-Württemberg.
The crisis in Japan is deepening as millions grapple with the devastating effect of the recent earthquake and tsunami, and the nuclear crisis that followed.
I once challenged Muammar Gaddafi when he suggested that Libya could support revolutionary movements around the world while maintaining agreeable trading relations with world powers.
More than 20,000 people are confirmed dead or missing in Japan. This is now the biggest disaster here—natural or otherwise—since the Second World War.
Japan is traumatised by the suffering and devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami.
The revolutions in the Middle East have thrown the imperial powers into crisis.
The shadow of imperialism has dominated Libya’s recent history.
The West’s interference in Libya began a new chapter this week.
The fact that the United Nations (UN) Security Council has voted to create a "no-fly zone" over Libya has led many to claim that West’s air attacks are legitimate.
