After bombardment and popular resistance | Israeli forces withdraw from Abdin and residents return home According to SOHR sources, tense calm has been prevailing in the village since morning, after the withdrawal of Israeli forces from positions they had been stationed at Al-Moghor hill. Yesterday, Israeli forces advanced into those positions and established several tents, amid public rejection and movements by the region’s residents. Residents of Abiden Village later intercepted the Israeli patrols and threw stones on them, while several young men closed the road between Jamalah and Abiden Village by placing stones on the road.
https://www.syriahr.com/en/383820/Syrian parliament set to announce Sharaa's pick of 70 MPs, amid hopes for greater representationThe appointment of the 70 MPs comes after the president, in March 2025, signed a constitutional declaration stating there would be a five-year transitional period, with a 210-member parliament where he directly appoints one-third of the members. The rest are chosen indirectly through electoral committees.
https://www.newarab.com/news/syrian-parliament-set-announce-sharaas-pick-70-mps UN chief says UN agency for Palestinian refugees nearing 'breaking point' The U.N. has said it fired nine UNRWA staff who may have been involved in the October 2023 attack, which killed about 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals. A Hamas commander in Lebanon, killed in September by Israel, was also found to have had a UNRWA job. The U.N. has disputed links with Hamas and vowed to investigate all accusations.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/06/un-chief-says-un-agency-palestinian-refugees-nearing-breaking-pointThousands gather in anti-migrant demonstration in South AfricaTHOUSANDS of demonstrators gathered in parts of South Africa yesterday to protest against migrants living in the country without documentation, in the biggest such action since violence over the issue broke in 2008. The protests followed a June 30 deadline set by activist groups for the departure of undocumented migrants, who are accused of causing unemployment, low wages and rising crime.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/thousands-gather-anti-migrant-demonstration-south-africaKenyan police open fire at protest against reported abductions, witnesses sayKenyan police opened fire at a protest in Nairobi against reported abductions on Tuesday, killing at least one person, two witnesses told Reuters. The protest in the Mathare neighbourhood was triggered by the reported abduction of a businessman this month and came amid mounting concern over kidnappings of critics and crackdowns during protests in Kenya.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/kenyan-police-fire-live-rounds-during-protest-nairobi-least-one-dead-witnesses-2026-06-30/Police mobilized to break picket lines in 6-week Ontario community services workers’ strikeAfter the incident, OPSEU President JP Hornick told reporters, “What we’re seeing across the province is that some of these so-called replacement workers, I call them scabs, are not actually licensed appropriately. They don’t have relationships with the clients. We’ve seen agencies up here like they’ve been moving people into buildings that are meant for offices but now are being used to house clients. It’s actually disgusting and immoral.”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/30/xrnz-j30.htmlThe open wounds of Guatemala’s civil war: 68 victims of genocide identifiedThe remains of the victims, most of them men, had been kept in small wooden coffins, while others were stored in transparent plastic bags, stacked inside a small vault. They had remained there for 20 years until the two organizations, frustrated by the state’s failure to fulfill its promises, sought international assistance and, with support from relatives, managed to build individual burial niches.
https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-06-30/the-open-wounds-of-guatemalas-civil-war-68-victims-of-genocide-identified.htmlhttps://archive.ph/JWg5sCommunist Party of Austria wins consecutive term in country’s second-largest cityAccording to early results, the KPÖ secured 35.6% of the vote – an increase of nearly 7 percentage points from 2021. This places it ahead of the conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), which received 25.6%, and the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), which got 12.1%. The Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and the Greens, who supported the KPÖ-led administration since 2021, obtained 13.9% and 6.1% respectively. These results will enable a progressive coalition to continue shaping Graz’s policies.
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/06/30/communist-party-of-austria-wins-consecutive-term-in-countrys-second-largest-city/EU Court Says Private Jets Now Count As ‘Green’ InvestmentsThe court argued that the 2023 ruling was made with a number of errors, including that other modes of transport couldn’t necessarily be seen as low-carbon alternatives as they “lack the flexibility and speed” of private jets. Emissions of private jets related to the operation of aircraft, the court added, not to how they are manufactured, and the European Commission had failed to take into account that private jets could use sustainable fuel.
https://novaramedia.com/2026/06/30/eu-court-says-private-jets-now-count-as-green-investments/Rockstar workers push to unionize ahead of GTA VI’s launchWorkers at Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar Games have submitted a request for their union, the IWGB Game Workers Union, to be voluntarily recognized, according to a press release. The request follows Rockstar firing more than 30 staffers last year in a move accused of being “union busting.”
https://www.theverge.com/games/959668/rockstar-games-workers-union-gta-vihttps://archive.ph/mx5cTPakistan warns India against water weaponization at Indus Waters Treaty seminarThe attack triggered one of the sharpest deteriorations in relations between the rivals in decades. Both countries downgraded diplomatic and trade ties, closed their main land border crossing and revoked visas for each other’s nationals. The tensions later escalated into tit-for-tat missile strikes in May 2025 before a ceasefire was announced by U.S. President Donald Trump. Relations have remained frozen since.
https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-wars-india-water-weaponization-indus-1f8c5fff1fccdfec03192811e80ea6b7Gojek co-founder sentenced to 10 years in Indonesia over school laptops corruption caseNadiem Anwar Makarim was convicted of pushing his ministry to buy Google Chromebook laptops for schools during the pandemic as Google was considering an investment in Gojek’s parent company. The court ordered him to repay 809 billion rupiah (£33.9 millon) and imposed a fine of 1bn rupiah (£42,000).
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gojek-co-founder-sentenced-10-years-indonesia-over-school-laptops-corruption-case