Chilean Judge Convicts US-Trained Pinochet Agents for 1976 Murder of Ronni Moffitt The Institute for Policy Studies on Monday welcomed a judge’s homicide convictions and prison sentences for three agents of former US-backed Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet who murdered Ronni Karpen Moffitt, one of the progressive think tank’s employees, during a 1976 car bombing targeting her colleague, the exiled leftist diplomat Orlando Letelier.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/chilean-judge-convicts-us-trained-pinochet-agents-for-1976-murder-of-ronni-moffittWhistleblower investigating Ecuadorian president’s family business was murdered, activists sayMonika Silva Koniuszek, 41, was found dead in her home in Montañita, a coastal town in Ecuador’s Santa Elena province. The single mother of daughters aged four and nine, was found on the floor with a noose around her neck on 8 June.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/23/monika-silva-koniuszek-ecuador-president-family-businessN.L. health-care workers got an email promising a day off — but it was only a cybersecurity testOrganizations that represent health-care workers have been quick to slam the province’s health authority over the move. Registered Nurses’ Union Newfoundland and Labrador president Yvette Coffey said while cybersecurity education is important, nurses are upset over the email at a time when many are stressed over working conditions.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nlhs-phishing-email-9.7238374Retired Venezuelan Telecom Workers Demonstrate Nationwide to Demand Bonus RestorationThe swift grassroots response prompted the company to backtrack and pay the retired workers $150 over the weekend. The CANTV retired workers’ plight also drew support from the World Federation of Trade Unions. … Monday saw around 300 workers demonstrate again outside CANTV headquarters in Caracas. A commission from FETRAJUTEL, a trade union representing the firm’s retired workforce, met with the CANTV board but received no commitment that the remaining $50 will also be paid.
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/retired-venezuelan-telecom-workers-demonstrate-nationwide-to-demand-bonus-restoration/Exchanged shooting with light and medium weapons take place between National Guards and government forcesAl-Som Al-Bokm frontline west of Al-Suwaidaa witnessed clashes and exchanged shooting with light and medium weapons between the National Guards and government forces.
https://www.syriahr.com/en/383624/Israel continues to commit genocide by targeting children in Gaza, UN inquiry findsThe report focused not only on Gaza but also the occupied West Bank, which Israel continues to control despite the international court of justice declaring its occupation unlawful. In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the commission found a sharp increase in violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinian children, and documented evidence of torture, including sexual and gender-based violence, during mass arrests and detention.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/23/israel-deliberately-targeting-gaza-children-to-commit-genocide-un-inquiry-findsIraq coordinates return of 10,000 citizens from Syria under joint committee The move comes as Iraq continues efforts to retrieve its citizens previously held in Syria’s al-Hol camp, which housed families linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) for several years. Since 2023, Iraq has repatriated more than 21,000 Iraqi citizens, most of whom were relatives of suspected ISIS members, through 33 separate convoys.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/categories/iraq/1077953Libya’s eastern government bans entry for citizens of Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia and SomaliaThe ban, announced late Tuesday, says citizens of Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia are "prohibited from entering Libyan territory through all land, sea, and air ports." The government statement said exemptions will be made for diplomats and workers in the health and education sectors. Separately, tensions have risen in the last few months in both eastern and western Libya against the resettlement of refugees from other countries. There have been mass crackdowns on refugees, with thousands arrested, according to Amnesty International.
https://www.newarab.com/news/libyas-east-bans-entry-citizens-four-african-nationsOpposition grows to proposed Chinese copper mining in Sudan’s Red Sea stateOpposition is mounting in eastern Sudan over reports that the government is preparing to sign a long-term copper mining agreement with a Chinese company, with local political groups warning that the country’s natural resources should not be committed while war continues and key questions about Sudan’s future remain unresolved.
https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/opposition-grows-to-proposed-chinese-copper-mining-in-sudans-red-sea-stateKenyan minister orders halt to construction of US Ebola facilityMany Kenyans strongly oppose the facility, with deadly protests erupting since the complex was announced in May for US citizens evacuated from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is grappling with a widespread Ebola outbreak.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/23/kenya-minister-orders-halt-us-ebola-facility