US pressure may break Iranian influence in Iraq | Opinions

Over the past two years, Iran’s network of allies in the Middle East has taken painful blows. In Syria, the regime of President Bashar al-Assad collapsed. In Lebanon, Hezbollah was forced to... Read more »

A week of protests in Indonesia fuelled by glaring social inequality

Protests continued yesterday in many cities across Indonesia after a 21-year-old man, Affan Kurniawan, died from being hit by an armoured police vehicle as police aggressively tried to break up a rally... Read more »

Chicago mayor signs order to resist possible Trump troop deployment | Donald Trump News

The mayor of Chicago has signed an executive order seeking to protect residents against a possible decision by United States President Donald Trump’s administration to deploy federal troops to the city. Mayor... Read more »

South Korean president holds first summit with Trump

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung held a summit with US President Donald Trump in Washington on August 25. During the first in-person meeting between the two since Lee took office in June,... Read more »

Kashmir’s top cleric was a fiery freedom advocate. Now he preaches patience | Politics

Srinagar, India-administered Kashmir – On a sunlit June Friday in Srinagar’s Old City, the Jamia Masjid stands as it always has, ornate and imposing. Its 14th-century wooden pillars have been witnesses to... Read more »

Carney’s European tour deepens Canada’s war drive and sets the stage for austerity at home

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s whirlwind tour over the last week with stops in Kiev, Warsaw, Berlin and Riga, Latvia, confirms that the new Liberal government intends to deepen Canadian imperialism’s economic and... Read more »

Why has South Africa’s Malema been found guilty of hate speech again? | Civil Rights News

South African opposition leader Julius Malema was found guilty of hate speech by the country’s Equality Court on Wednesday this week over comments he made during a political rally in 2022. This... Read more »

How Australia’s pseudo-left Socialist Alternative covers for the union bureaucracy

A session at last weekend’s “Socialism 2025” conference in Sydney, run by Socialist Alternative (SAlt) provided a revealing insight into the pseudo-left organisation’s attitude to the trade union bureaucracy and the working... Read more »

Qantas fined $90 million over illegal sacking of 1,800 workers

Last week, Federal Court Justice Michael Lee ordered Qantas to pay a fine of $90 million over its illegal sacking in 2020 of 1,820 baggage handling workers. At least $50 million of... Read more »

US Open wins keep Alcaraz, Djokovic on track for semis clash | Tennis News

Carlos Alcaraz has stormed into the third round of the US Open with a blistering straight-sets victory, while Novak Djokovic overcame an early scare to advance. Alcaraz, who could meet Djokovic in... Read more »