Hundreds of thousands of workers in South Korea struck last week against “labour market reforms” pushed by the government of president Moon Jae-in.
Some 650,000 public sector workers struck in Tunisia as part of their campaign for higher wages
Workers across the private sector in Greece were set to strike on Wednesday
The protesters are focusing a feeling of utter disillusion with the present set-up
Thousands of French “Yellow Vests” protesters were met by police assaults, riot cop attacks and tear gas in Paris
Some 85,000 children in Yemen under the age of five have are thought to have died of hunger or disease in the last three years
Technology firms in the US are assisting Donald Trump’s racist assault on migrants
Israel’s prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu could be forced into an early election as demands for a new war on Palestinians grow louder
But the ‘Yellow Vests’ movement pulls in different directions, argues Charlie Kimber
Anti-fascists in Greece protested outside the Court of Appeal in Athens on Tuesday.
Israel’s leader Binyamin Netanyahu threatens a new war amid fresh attacks on Gaza, says Nick Clark
Prince Charles visited Nigeria in West Africa this week in the aftermath of a horrendous state massacre.