Protesters chase EU diplomats from Palestinian Museum over support for Israel's war on Gaza"The student's movement refused those visitors to come to the museum because of their position on the genocide in Gaza. For that we asked them to leave," student representative Omar Kayed told AFP. A source present at the scene said the crowd had been looking for a diplomat from Germany, which is among European states that have come under fire recently for supporting Israel in its war on Gaza.
https://www.newarab.com/news/eu-diplomats-chased-palestinian-museum-over-gaza-warICJ rejects emergency measures over German arms exports to IsraelThe ICJ ruled against the request in a 15-1 vote. “The circumstances are not such as to require the exercise of its power under article 41 of the statute to indicate provisional measures,” presiding Judge Nawaf Salam said on Tuesday. However, the judges did not grant the German request to throw out the case altogether. The court will still hear arguments from both sides on the merits of Nicaragua’s case, which will likely take months.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/30/icj-rejects-emergency-measures-over-german-arms-exports-to-israelhttps://archive.is/Lvb9DIsraeli police attack Communist Party’s Nazareth HQ on eve of May Day Determined to derail a planned May Day rally centered on ceasefire and anti-occupation demands, heavily-armed police forces raided the office of the Nazareth branches of the Hadash coalition (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality) and Communist Party of Israel (CPI) on Friday evening. April 26.
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/israeli-police-attack-communist-partys-nazareth-hq-on-eve-of-may-day/Libya demands improvements after leaked photos show tiny cell of Muammar Gaddafi's son in BeirutGaddafi has been held in Lebanon since 2015 after he was kidnapped from neighboring Syria, where he had been living as a political refugee. He was abducted by Lebanese militants demanding information about the fate of prominent Lebanese Shia cleric Musa al-Sadr, who went missing during a trip to Libya in 1978.
https://www.newarab.com/news/libya-concerned-over-gaddafis-son-after-leaked-cell-photosKazakhstan arrests a former interior minister over crackdown on unrest that left 238 deadThe prosecutor general’s office announced on Monday that Erlan Turgumbayev was detained on charges of “abuse of power and official authority resulting in grave consequences” in the crackdown. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is in charge of the police force. Turgumbayev was relieved of duty a month after the unrest. In Almaty, the country’s largest city, protests turned violent and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev issued shoot-to-kill orders as demonstrators stormed government buildings. Officials said 238 people were killed.
https://apnews.com/article/kazakhstan-turgumbayez-nazarbayez-nursultan-police-brutality-protests-4e9f93612f66dcdb624224f6e13b59aeReported Indian role in assassination plots a 'serious matter', White House saysThe Washington Post reported that an officer in India's intelligence service was directly involved in a foiled plan to assassinate a U.S. citizen who is one of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's most vocal critics in the United States. It said the officer was also involved in the separate shooting death of a Sikh activist last June in Canada.
https://www.reuters.com/world/reported-indian-role-assassination-plots-serious-matter-white-house-says-2024-04-30/The Argentine Congress Approves Milei's Omnibus LawThe ruling party received support from Republican Proposal - the party of former Argentine President Mauricio Macri - as well as the vast majority of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) and We Make Federal Coalition (dissenting Peronism). The Bases and Starting Points Law for the Freedom of Argentines, known as the 'omnibus law' due to the number of articles and the magnitude of the reforms it proposes, is the tool with which Milei's Executive intends to deregulate the economy and reduce the weight of the State.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/The-Argentine-Congress-Approves-Mileis-Omnibus-Law-20240430-0010.htmlEl Salvador’s congress approves changes to reform constitution, a move critics call anti-democraticThe move further consolidates power in the hands of Bukele and his party, with some critics saying it opens a possible path for the leader to stay in power. Previously, constitutional reforms had to be proposed and approved in one legislature, then ratified in the subsequent Congress following elections. Now, reforms can be swept through with just the vote of three quarters of legislators.
https://apnews.com/article/nayib-bukele-el-salvador-constitution-reforms-2b4ca5206bd892f01a2a406cbaadccb8Galloway's Workers Party to stand candidates everywhere in challenge to LabourUnveiling the largest left-of-Labour electoral challenge in history, Mr Galloway, who returned to the Commons in the Rochdale by-election in February, said the party was speaking to three Labour MPs about their possible defection. “We will have the same impact on Labour as Farage and the Reform Party has on the Tories,” Mr Galloway told a press conference held with dozens of Workers Party candidates in Parliament Square.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/galloways-workers-party-stand-candidates-everywhere-challenge-labourRights group says British officials advised Jakarta on counter-extremism plan and may be complicit in quashing dissent in world's largest Muslim-majority country"The UK government’s support for Indonesia’s P/CVE [preventing and countering violent extremism] approach is emblematic of its wider Prevent practices, both domestically and internationally: sidelining human rights laws, removing transparency and obscuring accountability processes," it said.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/rights-group-claim-uk-exports-prevent-strategy-indonesiaPolish farmers suspend blockade of Ukraine borderPolish farmers have called off their protest at the last border crossing with Ukraine, lifting a blockade that has dragged on for months, soured bilateral relations and buffeted Ukraine’s trade. Truckers in Poland began blocking the border late last autumn, angered by what they said was Ukraine’s use of a wartime easing of border restrictions to win market share.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/29/polish-farmers-suspend-blockade-of-ukraine-borderhttps://archive.is/dcqE8French police evict migrants from makeshift camp next to Paris City HallPOLICE evicted migrants from a makeshift tent camp next to the Paris City Hall early today,in the latest clear-out of homeless people that aid groups allege is a campaign to beautify the French capital ahead of the summer Olympics.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/french-police-evict-migrants-makeshift-camp-next-paris-city-hall