Amid fresh speculations of the resumption of US-Israeli hostilities, hundreds of thousands of Iranians took to the streets in different parts of the country on Tuesday and Wednesday as the two-week-long temporary ceasefire with the US came to an end.

The massive crowd waved Iranian flags and expressed support and solidarity with the country’s leadership and the armed forces, expressing their readiness to defend the country.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/23/iran-says-no-talks-with-the-us-unless-it-lifts-its-naval-blockade/

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te complained that China’s “authoritarian regime” stopped him from joining the celebration to mark 40 years of rule by Africa’s last absolute monarchy that has banned all political parties.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te was forced to cancel his scheduled trip to the southern African country of Swaziland at the last minute after Seychelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar denied him permission to use their airspace.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/23/denied-african-airspace-taiwanese-president-forced-to-cancel-trip-to-swaziland/

Solidarity with health systems under attack requires reconnecting with anti-imperialist, anti-colonial struggle legacy, activists warned on World Health Day.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/22/fighting-for-healthcare-means-fighting-against-war/

In yet another crime against journalism in the West Asia region, Israel targeted Lebanese journalists Amal Khalil and Zainab Faraj in a double-tap strike on the town of Al-Tayri in southern Lebanon.

According to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) blocked rescue teams from reaching the targeted house to recover Amal’s body for several hours by launching intensified airstrikes on the area.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/23/israel-assassinates-veteran-lebanese-journalist-amal-khalil-in-double-tap-strike/

🇦🇷“This is the first time… I feel that a president wants me to die.”

The far-right government of Javier Milei has been proposing cuts to social programs, and one of its latest attacks is on Argentina's disability law. People with disabilities and their families took to the streets to demand that their rights be respected and that the government stop cutting essential, life-saving policies.

Neither FIFA nor Italy supported the proposal by US Special Envoy Paolo Zampolli to replace Iran with Italy in the 2026 North American World Cup. Born in Italy, the US government’s Special Envoy for Global Affairs confirmed to the British newspaper Financial Times that he suggested this possibility to US President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

In March, Infantino had said that “the matches will be played where they are scheduled to be played, according to the draw”. “Iran has to come. They represent their people, they qualified, and the players want to play,” he later stated in mid-April during an economic conference organized by the CNBC television channel in Washington.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/24/italy-and-fifa-dismiss-us-proposal-to-replace-iran-at-world-cup/

🟣🟢 Feminist activists took to the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico in the March for Reproductive Justice, to demand their sexual and reproductive rights be protected and respected by the state.

Zóan Dávila, of the Feminist Collective in Construction, spoke at the march and declared that the rights of women and LGBTQ+ people are being threatened by a conservative minority that seek to control their bodies for their own profit and interests.

European Union member states failed – yet again – to take action on Israel’s numerous war crimes as the bloc’s Foreign Affairs Council chose not to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement. After the meeting, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas said there was “no unanimity on the proposal tabled by some member states for a full or partial suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/22/eu-fails-to-suspend-agreement-with-israel/

Students of the Faculty of Political Science in Zagreb walked out after Iddo Netanyahu, Benjamin Netanyahu’s brother, gave a secret guest lecture at the institution.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/24/students-in-croatia-protest-netanyahu-brothers-secret-lecture-our-faculty-was-turned-into-crime-propaganda-testing-ground/

Members of major left parties in India rallied in New Delhi in solidarity with workers who have been staging protests across the country seeking an increase in their minimum wage and an end to state repression.

The protesters raised slogans denouncing the arrest of hundreds of workers by the security forces and demanded the scrapping of four new labor codes enacted by the ultra-right-wing government in the country.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/24/indias-left-parties-back-un-unionized-workers-in-struggle-for-minimum-wage/

Mali faced a wave of coordinated terrorist attacks on Saturday morning, as armed groups launched near-simultaneous assaults on multiple cities, including the capital, Bamako. The attacks, which targeted military installations and strategic points, represent a major escalation of violence in the country in recent months.

On Sunday, as attacks continued in different parts of the country, news broke that Malian Defense Minister General Sadio Camara was killed in a joint FLA and JNIM attack in the town of Kati where Mali’s interim president Assimi Goita also lives. Camara was a top leader in the Goita government and his death is seen as a major blow.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/25/coordinated-terror-attacks-strike-mali-as-military-claims-control/

Israeli authorities are reportedly pursuing another six-month extension to the imprisonment of Palestinian pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, taken by Israeli occupation forces from Kamal Adwan Hospital over two years ago.

Over the past months, family members, health workers, and UN experts have raised the alarm over Dr. Abu Safiya’s condition, warning of torture and deteriorating health. “Dr. Abu Safiya’s lawyer has not been allowed to meet him for more than two months, ever since his transfer to Ketziot Prison and despite reports of violence, significant weight loss and medical neglect,” Physicians for Human Rights Israel recently wrote.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/27/israeli-authorities-pursue-another-extension-to-dr-hussam-abu-safiyas-imprisonment/

Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder, early Facebook investor, and founder and current chairman of Palantir Technologies, visited Buenos Aires and met with far-right President Javier Milei. Thiel’s visit has not gone unnoticed in the South American country, especially given the enormous economic and political power accumulated by Palantir, a data collection, integration, and analysis company that, according to New York Times columnist Michael Steinberg, received funding from the CIA through In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the US security agency.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/27/peter-thiel-has-private-meeting-with-argentine-president-javier-milei/