Turkiye issues arrest warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu over Gaza genocideAmong 37 suspects listed are Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and army chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, according to a Friday statement from the Istanbul prosecutor’s office, which did not publish the complete list. Turkiye has accused the officials of “genocide and crimes against humanity” that Israel has “perpetrated systematically” in its war on Gaza since October 2023.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/7/turkiye-issues-arrest-warrant-for-israels-netanyahu-over-gaza-genocidehttps://archive.ph/J2bQxUN approves US-backed effort to lift sanctions on Syria’s presidentSyria’s foreign ministry welcomed the vote, saying in a statement that the near-unanimous support “reflects the growing confidence in President al-Sharaa’s leadership” and “represents a victory for Syrian diplomacy, which has succeeded in restoring international recognition of Syria’s status and its pivotal role in the region.”
https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-syria-alsharaa-sanctions-us-trump-951e02a0c9e9384d944d838d4a2f540e==Tunisian opposition figures join hunger strike to support jailed politician=
Among them is Issam Chebbi, the leader of the centrist Al Joumhouri (Republican) Party, who is also behind bars after being convicted in the same mass trial as Ben Mbarek earlier this year. Wissam Sghaier, another Al Joumhouri leader, said some party members would follow suit. Rached Ghannouchi, the 84-year-old leader of the Ennahdha party, who is also serving a hefty prison sentence, announced he was joining the hunger protest.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/8/tunisian-opposition-figures-join-hunger-strike-to-support-jailed-politicianhttps://archive.ph/vA9dJTanzania police arrest senior opposition party official after deadly protests, target othersPolice in Tanzania arrested a senior official from opposition party CHADEMA on Saturday and authorities named nine others being sought in relation to violent protests that followed last week's elections. CHADEMA and some human rights activists say that security forces killed more than 1,000 people. The government has called those numbers exaggerated without offering its own death toll.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/tanzania-police-seek-arrest-opposition-leaders-after-protests-2025-11-08/Civil rescue groups in Mediterranean cut ties with Libyan coastguardThe 13 search-and-rescue organisations described their decision as a rejection of mounting pressure by the EU, and Italy in particular, to share information with the Libyan coastguard, which receives training, equipment and funding from the EU. In an effort to reduce the number of people arriving in Europe, the EU has long faced accusations of ignoring widespread abuse and systematic human rights violations against people in Libya.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/07/civil-rescue-groups-in-mediterranean-cut-ties-with-libyan-coastguardChanges to windfall tax could see oil and gas giants handed billionsProposals drafted by oil and gas lobby group Offshore Energies UK suggest removing the Energy Profits Levy at the end of this year, which would save the industry a mammoth £5.8bn in tax over the next decade. Politico, which first reported the story, said that the Treasury was weighing up energy bosses’ proposals to scrap the tax as soon as next year.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/changes-windfall-tax-could-see-oil-and-gas-giants-handed-billionsIndigenous Guatemalans denounce exploitation on Mexican farms: ‘Bananas are worth more than us’The practice of bringing Guatemalan laborers to work in Chiapas is a long-standing one. And there are two ways to do it. The first is through legal channels established in Article 52 of the Mexican Migration Law, which allows those living in Guatemalan border states to obtain temporary permits to work only in the southern states of Mexico. The other involves people known as “coyotes.” They drive to the Indigenous or peasant villages of northern Guatemala in trucks, recruiting manual laborers to work in southern Mexico for three or four months at a time.
https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-07/indigenous-guatemalans-denounce-exploitation-on-mexican-farms-bananas-are-worth-more-than-us.htmlBolivia: Arce blasts Evo in farewell message“From a political point of view, I am convinced that there was no greater error from all actors than the division of the political instrument, the division of the MAS-IPSP… all and every one of the actors should have strived more to preserve unity,” Arce asserted. His failure to seek a new presidential candidacy, he claimed, was precisely to preserve this unity, but the effort was in vain. He lamented that internal disputes quickly went public and lost all ideological orientation, reaching a point where some factions “preferred to make a pact with the right wing.”
https://en.mercopress.com/2025/11/08/bolivia-arce-blasts-evo-in-farewell-messageBolivia's new president Rodrigo Paz faces empty reserves and fractured congress Paz, who has pledged to maintain social programs while promoting private sector-led growth, initially resisted seeking IMF support. But one source close to the administration said Paz's economic team had already presented its program to the Fund in the hopes that it could open fresh credit lines.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bolivias-new-president-rodrigo-paz-faces-empty-reserves-fractured-congress-2025-11-07/Afghanistan-Pakistan peace talks collapse, ceasefire continues, Taliban says Zabihullah Mujahid said negotiations had failed due to Islamabad insisting that Afghanistan assume responsibility for Pakistan's internal security, a demand he described as beyond Afghanistan's "capacity". But, he said, "The ceasefire that has been established has not been violated by us so far, and it will continue to be observed."
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/afghanistan-pakistan-peace-talks-collapse-ceasefire-continues-taliban-says-2025-11-08/Myanmar Military Proxy Party Close to Ultranationalists, Admits USDP Naypyitaw ChiefMa Ba Tha is a Burmese acronym for the Association for the Protection of Race and Religion, a Buddhist ultranationalist group founded under the USDP regime in 2012. It quickly became notorious for inciting communal tensions by organizing anti-Islam protests including boycotts of Muslim-owned businesses. The group also successively lobbied USDP president Thein Sein to pass laws on race and religion that appeared to target Muslims by imposing restrictions on interfaith marriage, childbirth, polygamy, and conversion. Hla Swe attempted to draw a parallel between Myanmar’s military rule and democratically elected right-wing governments elsewhere.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-military-proxy-party-close-to-ultranationalists-admits-usdp-naypyitaw-chief.htmlFilipino caregivers in the US decry labor exploitation, neglect of PH gov’tIn a virtual press conference held last November 6, Migrante and Gabriela’s chapter in the US joined Filipino migrant careworkers who asserted their right to dignified work and shared their personal stories on abuse, exploitation, manipulation and mistreatment from their employers as well as how the Philippine government continued to turn a blind eye to their suffering.
https://www.bulatlat.com/2025/11/08/filipino-caregivers-in-the-us-decry-labor-exploitation-neglect-of-ph-govt/