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06/30/2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset agreed to establish a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. The agreement, supported by all 46 Council of Europe member states, will establish a tribunal... Read moreEurope, Ukr...

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06/30/2025

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Iran's retaliation: choreographed charade?

06/29/2025

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced that the recent killing of Palestinians trying to receive food from aid hubs may constitute a war crime, warning of a policy of "weaponized hunger" in the Gaza... Read moreUN warns of ‘weaponized hunger’ in Gaz...

06/28/2025

Amnesty International expressed concern over recurrent drone strikes conducted by Pakistan's military, which have caused unlawful loss of civilian lives. The rights group stated that the strikes in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have resulted in the deaths of 17 people this... Read morePakistan:...

06/27/2025

One result of the 12 days of war has been the intensification of repression inside Iran under the name of "defending the homeland" or "fighting espionage." According to reports, at least 700 people have been arrested on accusations of cooperating... Read moreIran: wave of repression in wake of bomba...

06/26/2025

In Episode 284 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg interviews Frieda Afary of the blog Iranian Progressives in Translation, author (most recently) of Socialist Feminism: A New Approach, and a longtime voice for democratic-secular opposition movements in Iran. How is the... Read morePodcast i...

06/25/2025

Two days after the US carried out air-strikes against Iran's nuclear sites in what is being dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer, Iran launched missiles at al-Udeid air base in Qatar, headquarters for US Central Command's regional operations and host to some 8,000 US... Read moreIran’s retaliation: ch...

06/24/2025

Amnesty International welcomed the conviction by the Central African Republic's Special Criminal Court of six former combatants for war crimes and crimes against humanity, calling the decision "a breakthrough in the fight against impunity in the country." However, Amnesty said that... Read moreConvi...

06/23/2025

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vowed retaliation against US and Israeli targets following American strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. "Operation True Promise 3 continues, and the aggressors must await responses that will make them regret and will go beyond their calculations,"... Re...

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06/23/2025

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Iranian opposition activists demand peace, regime change

06/23/2025

New York City's mayoral race has become embroiled in the national and global dilemmas, with progressive candidate Brad Lander getting arrested by ICE and progressive frontrunner Zohran Mamdani being aggressively baited as an anti-Semite by the campaign of the overall frontrunner, disgraced... Read m...

06/21/2025

A late May ceasefire between Yemen's Houthi rebels and the US appears to be holding, although Israel and the Houthis are still in conflict, with the latter saying this week that they have joined Iran's war effort. A new report... Read moreCivilian toll of US bombing in Yemen

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