Israeli forces impose curfew on non-local workers in rural Al-Quneitrah Israeli forces have warned residents of Hodr village in Al-Quneitrah country that non-local workers will not be permitted to remain past 7:00 PM. Military checkpoints also issued direct warnings to non-local laborers, ordering them to leave the village before the daily deadline
https://www.syriahr.com/en/386593/Israeli rights groups sound alarm over surge of mostly Palestinian inmates being shot by guards Physicians for Human Rights Israel and the Public Committee Against Torture (PCATI) in Israel say they have documented 22 cases. One is Israeli; the rest are Palestinian. Nearly all of the shootings have occurred since last autumn, whereas only a handful of such incidents had been documented by these rights groups in the prior decade.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/israeli-rights-groups-sound-alarm-over-surge-mostly-palestinian-inmates-being-shot-guards Iraqi Kurds suggest peace process between Iran and Iranian Kurdish opposition It is not the first time that Iran has negotiated with the Iranian Kurds. On 13 July 1989, during negotiations between Iran and Iranian Kurds, Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) leader Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou was assassinated in Vienna, while another former leader, Sadegh Sharafkandi in Berlin was assassinated on 17 September 1992. Also in 2011, the PKK-affiliated Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) and Iran reached a ceasefire agreement after Iran agreed to stop executing Kurdish political prisoners if PJAK ceased its attacks. PJAK did not respond to a request by MEE for comment.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraqi-kurds-suggest-peace-process-between-iran-and-iranian-kurdish-oppositionAlbania’s prime minister vows not to resign over student-led protestsThe unrest – in contrast to the largely peaceful protests of recent months – marks the veteran leader’s biggest challenge yet. On Thursday, after a night of running street battles between demonstrators and riot police, residents awoke to see the facades of shops smashed and traffic signals destroyed, with government buildings and banks burned and ransacked. An estimated 89 people, including 61 police officers, were injured.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/15/albania-prime-minister-edi-rama-vows-not-to-resign-student-led-protestsScottish Government’s Deal With IDF-Linked Firm ‘Breaks Boycott Pledge’GE Aerospace said on Monday it was spending £30m to modernise Glasgow’s Prestwich Airport, as part of a partnership with Ayrshire Growth Deal, the National reported. The project is led by the Scottish and UK governments, as well as three local councils. The US firm’s jet engines are used by Israeli military planes in Gaza, Campaign Against Arms Trade and other advocacy groups have said. In September, GE Aerospace shareholders raised concerns that the company had exported parts for military aircraft engines to countries accused of human rights abuses, including Israel.
https://novaramedia.com/2026/10/13/scottish-governments-deal-with-idf-linked-firm-breaks-boycott-pledge/Hundreds of Myanmar Migrant Workers Barred From Returning Abroad Over Tax, Remittance Hundreds of Myanmar migrant workers on leave have been barred from returning to their jobs after failing to provide proof of contributions to the military regime’s coffers. Over the past three weeks, the regime’s Labor Department has blocked the departure of over 300 overseas workers—mostly for failing to meet 2023 mandates to pay 2 percent income tax and remit 25 percent of their earnings through official channels.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/hundreds-of-myanmar-migrant-workers-barred-from-returning-abroad-over-tax-remittance.htmlDozens protest growing inequality during IMF-World Bank meetings in BangkokProtesters, some wearing masks of U.S. President Donald Trump, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva and other leaders, dragged a float of a big pink pig with dollar signs for eyes toward the venue, briefly blocking traffic near the rigorously guarded convention center where more than 15,000 officials and experts were gathered for the IMF’s autumn meeting. The protesters were also demonstrating against financial institutions and against what they said were the “vile abuses” of the Thai government and financial institutions.
https://apnews.com/article/imf-economy-oil-war-bangkok-8fd7f0f1b10ac0a3c13c2210110db288Brazil's Senate approves new working week without loss of payThe measure passed the Senate in two rounds of voting with the same result: 75 to one out of 81 members. The sole vote against it came from former vice-president Hamilton Mourao, who served under president Jair Bolsonaro. Flavio Bolsonaro, who opposed the initiative until early this week, voted for it remotely as he campaigned in southern Brazil. The amendment gives businesses 14 months to adopt the shorter working week, which was a key sticking point in the negotiations. Many business leaders and lawmakers wanted the changes to be made gradually over 10 years.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brazils-senate-approves-new-working-week-without-loss-payStudents, unions stage fifth ‘federal march’ over university fundingThe ‘Marcha Federal’ demonstration – the fifth of the Milei administration’s time in office – follows numerous strikes, protests on university campuses and court rulings ordering the government to implement the so-called University Funding Law, which has been ratified five times by Congress. The legislation provides for inflation-linked salary adjustments for lecturers dating back to December 2023, as well as the restoration of student grants and funding for university operations.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/students-unions-stage-fifth-federal-march-over-university-funding.phtmlVenezuelan Workers Protest for Fair Wages, End-of-Year Bonuses“It looks like the plan is to invite foreign capital by offering cheap labor,” FETRASALUD union leader Pablo Zambrano told press. “The Venezuelan workers must struggle to be fairly compensated for their work.” Protesters echoed a longstanding demand that existing bonuses be converted into wages. The monthly minimum wage was last increased by the Venezuelan government in March 2022 and currently stands at 130 bolívars, around US $0.15. Instead, the Nicolás Maduro and Rodríguez administrations have relied on non-wage bonuses which have no impact on vacation pay, social security contributions, or severance. The income floor for public sector workers was raised to $240/month in May.
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuelan-workers-protest-for-fair-wages-end-of-year-bonuses/