Bolivian Miners Escalate Protests Against PazThe mobilizations initially centered on demands for expanded mining zones, improved fuel access and regulatory changes. Protesters later attempted to march toward Plaza Murillo, where the Government Palace and Congress are located. Police responded with tear gas to stop the mining columns as dynamite explosions were reported across several streets in the historic center of the capital. Although a delegation of miners held prior talks with government officials, including Economy Minister José Gabriel Espinoza, who said authorities were “open to dialogue,” the negotiations failed to ease tensions.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/bolivian-miners-escalate-protests/Threatened indictment of Raúl Castro ratchets up US pressure on CubaAlthough Raúl is officially retired, he remains the most potent figure in Cuban politics following the death of his brother Fidel in 2016, and by targeting him Washington appears to be heaping pressure on Cuba’s communist leadership at the end of an already extraordinarily intense week.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/15/raul-castro-indictment-cuba-trumpPeruvian prosecutors seek to disqualify leftist presidential candidateNow the pressure against the leftist candidate is coming from the Peruvian Public Prosecutor’s Office, which is seeking a sentence of five years and four months, as well as a “permanent disqualification”, which would bar him from the electoral process. Meanwhile, Peru’s National Jury of Elections (JNE) has announced that it will announce the final results from the first round on May 17, defining who will head to the run off.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/15/peruvian-prosecutors-seek-to-disqualify-leftist-presidential-candidate/Israeli nationalists chant ‘death to Arabs’ in violent Jerusalem Day marchMarchers were bused in from around Israel and from settlements in the occupied West Bank in a vast operation funded by the Jerusalem municipality and government ministries. The finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, also took part in Thursday’s march. Once Palestinians had left the Old City, much of the tension was between government-backed marchers and members of a Jewish group, Standing Together, which had come to protect Palestinian residents from political violence. Suf Patishi, a Standing Together organiser, said a record 400 volunteers had turned up in hi-vis vests in the organisation’s trademark purple, on a day fraught with risks.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/israel-nationalists-jerusalem-day-march-anniversary-protestIran hangs man on Israel spy charges, another over protestsThe Iranian judiciary's Mizan Online website described Ehsan Afreshteh, 32, as "a spy trained by Mossad in Nepal who sold sensitive information to Israel" and said he had been executed. It later announced in a separate statement that Mohammad Abbasi, who had been sentenced to death over the killing of a police officer during the January protests, had also been hanged.
https://www.newarab.com/news/iran-hangs-man-israel-spy-charges-another-over-protestsBRICS talks end without joint statement as divisions over Iran war deepenSudan was also on the agenda. The African country remains in the grip of what the UN has described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Ministers called for an immediate ceasefire, saying that only a peaceful solution through dialogue could bring a lasting end to the civil war, which began more than three years ago. They also warned that Sudan could become fertile ground for what ministers described as “extremism” and “terrorism”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/15/brics-talks-end-without-joint-statement-as-divisions-over-iran-war-deepenhttps://archive.ph/XMFEsSamsung's South Korean union sticks to strike plan after talks offerSouth Korean labour union said on Friday it remained committed to a planned strike starting next week, even after the company proposed resuming pay talks without conditions, sending shares down as much as 9.3%. Government-mediated negotiations between the union and the company over pay and bonus schemes collapsed this week, heightening concerns about a strike at the world's biggest memory chipmaker.
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/samsung-elecs-union-says-samsung-proposed-unconditional-talks-strike-plan-holds-2026-05-15/Australia uses new law to ban neonazi networkThe ban, which would take effect at the end of Friday, makes it illegal to support, fund, train, recruit, join or direct the group, including if it reformed under a new name, Mr Burke said. Breaking the law is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. The group Hizb ut-Tahrir was in March the first group banned under the hate speech law. That organisation and the National Socialist Network were publicly identified by lawmakers and officials as the policy’s primary targets.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/australia-uses-new-law-ban-neonazi-networkZelenskyy’s ex-top aide arrested as Ukraine graft probe widensUkrainian authorities named Yermak on Monday as a suspect in a major corruption probe. His arrest is the closest anti-corruption officials have come to the president’s inner circle. Ukraine’s anti-graft agencies said in a statement that Yermak is suspected of participating in a criminal group that laundered around $10.5 million through an elite housing development outside the capital, Kyiv.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/zelenskyys-ex-top-aide-arrested-ukraine-graft-probe-widens-rcna345084Palestinian activist Ramy Shaath faces deportation from FranceThe notice also points to "repeated controversial actions and remarks" allegedly made during public appearances, including at a November 2023 protest in Paris, where he denounced what he called "Israel's criminal occupation of Gaza" and referred to "Israeli 'terrorists' who bomb houses and hospitals". An investigation into the offence of "defending terrorism" opened over the remarks was closed in October 2024.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260515-palestinian-activist-ramy-shaath-faces-deportation-from-francehttps://archive.ph/qQomdHuman rights groups urge Poland to stop facilitating US deportations to UkraineAccording to the NGOs’ findings, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted two operations – one in November 2025, the other in March 2026 – to send over 50 people to Ukraine through Poland. That prompted Amnesty and Human Rights First to send a letter to Poland’s foreign and interior ministers about the issue in mid-April, since when a further ICE flight containing an unknown number of people being sent to Ukraine landed at Rzeszów Jasionka Airport.
https://notesfrompoland.com/2026/05/14/human-rights-groups-urge-poland-to-stop-facilitating-us-deportations-to-ukraine/Hundreds of thousands to demonstrate in London for Nakba anniversary Protesters are demanding an end to Britain’s complicity in Israel’s military occupation, apartheid and genocide. The march marks the annual, globally observed occasion to commemorate the Nakba, or “catastrophe” in Arabic, in which 750,000 Palestinians were driven from their homes and 500 towns and villages destroyed in the foundation of the state of Israel in 1948.
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