Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visited Russia on Monday, April 27, where he met Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed regional and international developments focused around the US-Israeli war on Iran.

Araghchi arrived in Russia after concluding visits to Oman and Pakistan where he presented his country’s framework for a possible new round of talks with the US to find a diplomatic end to the war the US and Israel have been waging against his country since February 28.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/27/iran-continues-to-push-for-diplomatic-solution-after-second-islamabad-talks-fail-to-materialize/

“This is what the criminalization of abortion looks like in practice”

Advocates for reproductive rights in Kenya, where thousands die every year of complications due to unsafe abortion, expressed outrage at the ruling on April 24 by the Court of Appeal in the town of Malindi. The court overturned a 2022 High Court ruling and recriminalized abortion.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/27/kenyan-court-recriminalizes-abortion/

The way Iran has been able to stand up to the West has become a source of admiration across the formerly colonized world. Where does that confidence come from?

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/27/the-social-roots-of-irans-defiance-a-dialogue-about-civilization/

“The flotilla departs with a clear set of objectives,” stated the Global Sumud Flotilla, one of the networks taking part in the mission.

Dozens of vessels are again en route to Gaza in an attempt to break the illegal sea blockade imposed by the Israeli occupation, as part of a new global flotilla coalition.

“To challenge Israel’s illegal blockade, advance the opening of a permanent humanitarian corridor, and intensify coordinated pressure on governments and corporations complicit in its enforcement.”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/28/global-flotilla-sails-again-to-break-illegal-blockade-of-gaza/

🇪🇨 The right-wing government of Noboa continues its attacks on social movements.

In the Ecuador of Daniel Noboa, social movements are facing mounting levels of persecution. They have had to fight different types of persecution, from police brutality, and now financial attacks against its leaders.

YASUNIDOS, the environmental movement that spearheaded the popular consultation to keep oil in the ground, inside the megadiverse Yasuni National Park. The group is facing an over $18,000 fine, due by early May, for a 39 cents miscalculation in their booking reports.

This past weekend, terrorist groups carried out coordinated assaults in multiple locations across Mali, including the capital, Bamako. Mali’s Defense Minister Sadio Camara was killed in a targeted attack. The attacks carried out by separatist armed groups and jihadist militants have continued, with key infrastructure and civilians being targeted.

African regional blocs, including the Alliance of Sahel States and the African Union, as well as the head of the UN have condemned the senseless attacks by terrorist groups in Mali.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/28/nato-countries-fail-to-condemn-deadly-terror-attacks-in-mali/

At least 20 people were killed in an attack involving explosives in the Valle del Cauca Department of Colombia. Authorities have reported that 36 people are currently injured.

According to authorities, the attack was carried out by a group called Jaime Martínez of the EMC (Estado Mayor Central), one of the dissident factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that did not accept the 2016 peace agreements.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/28/20-killed-in-attack-on-pan-american-highway-in-colombia/

The US has pushed to prevent legal proceedings against the US-based South Korean e-commerce giant over a data breach, threatening to restrict defense cooperation and imposing trade barriers.

96 South Korean members of parliament, belonging to different political parties, wrote a joint letter condemning what they called US attempts to interfere in the country’s domestic affairs and “infringe on its judicial sovereignty.”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/28/south-korean-lawmakers-condemn-us-attempts-to-undermine-judicial-sovereignty/

US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday, April 23 that the 10-day ceasefire deal between the Israeli and the Lebanese governments was extended by three weeks.

Hezbollah reaffirmed that it does not trust the ceasefire negotiations, and vowed to continue resistance against the IOF.

“No matter the scale of threats, we will neither retreat nor yield, and we will not be defeated. Issue your threats as you will – those on the frontlines do not bow their heads and remain resolute in the face of tyranny. We will stand united with all honorable forces, alongside the Amal Movement, national political factions, and figures from across all regions and sects,” Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/28/israel-escalates-its-aggression-on-lebanon-after-ceasefire-extension/

Descendants of Holocaust survivors are challenging Germany’s pro-Israel revisionist history and linking the anti-Nazi resistance at Buchenwald to Palestinian liberation today.

📲 Read the full article by Leon Wystrychowski on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/29/from-buchenwald-to-gaza-holocaust-survivors-defend-the-legacy-of-anti-fascist-resistance/

🇲🇽 "In Mexico, the people decide"

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rebuffed remarks by US President Donald Trump that “Mexico is lost” and that its “only hope” is the United States. Sheinbaum reminded Trump that Mexico is a sovereign country and that the Mexican people are the ones who rule their own country.

The US presence in Africa is much larger than a base. It is a network of access points to allow for the rapid and flexible deployment of US troops onto African territory.

📲 Read the full article by Vijay Prashad on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/29/the-making-of-the-us-military-footprint-in-ghana/

Israel has intensified its assaults against Palestinians concurrently with its escalation on Lebanon, as part of its over two-year multi-front war in West Asia.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/29/israeli-forces-continue-killing-sprees-across-gaza-and-the-west-bank/

"This is unlawful seizure of human beings on the open sea near Crete, an assertion that israel can operate with total impunity, far beyond its own borders, with no consequences,” wrote the Global Sumud Flotilla, one of the initiatives participating in the effort.

Israeli military attacked global flotilla coalition to Gaza near Greek waters, kidnapping over 100 crew members and damaging vessels.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/30/israel-intercepts-global-flotilla-to-gaza-in-international-waters/

The killing of 19 people and displacement of 168 families by the Philippine Armed Forces has been met with outrage by human rights organizations across Southeast Asia and the United States. Among the 19 killed in the army operation, which lasted nearly 12 hours, in Toboso, Negros Occidental, were two US citizens, as well as Filipino student leaders, journalists, and human rights activists.

The massacre on April 19 has been justified by a familiar narrative: the Armed Forces claimed they were carrying out a counter-insurgency operation and that those killed were armed and members of the New People’s Army (NPA), a banned armed group affiliated with the Communist Party of Philippines (CPP).

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/29/19-killed-by-army-in-philippines-including-two-us-citizens/

On April 19, two foreigners and two Mexicans died in a traffic accident in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. The news, which could have been just another item on the long list of traffic accidents, took a turn when it was discovered that both individuals were members of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

In light of this, Mexico’s president demanded a thorough investigation into all aspects of this case, which has alerted Mexican authorities to the possible presence of additional CIA agents on Mexican soil who may have been operating without the consent of Mexican authorities.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/29/mexico-investigates-us-operations-after-two-covert-cia-agents-die-in-traffic-accident/

🇲🇱 Malians are mourning the victims of the terror attacks that were carried out across the country over the weekend. Mali's Defense Minister Sadio Camara was killed in the attacks carried out by separatist armed groups and Al-Qaeda-affiliates.

The Confederation of Sahel States (AES) condemned the assaults as “long-planned and coordinated actions aimed at inflicting heavy loss".