(2022-01-24). Kurds rally against escalating attacks in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. greenleft.org.au Members of Sydney's Kurdish community rallied at Sydney Town Hall to protest escalating attacks on Kurds in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. Peter Boyle reports.
(2022-01-24). Situation Near London High Court as Appeal Hearing in Assange Extradition to US Case Takes Place. sputniknews.com Assange faces up to 175 years in prison in the United States for publishing thousands of classified documents that exposed war crimes committed by American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
(2022-01-24). Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh, Hailed by MLK as "Apostle of Peace & Nonviolence," Dies at 95. democracynow.org 
World-renowned Buddhist monk, poet, teacher and antiwar activist Thich Nhat Hanh has died in his native Vietnam at the age of 95. He was exiled from Vietnam for decades beginning in the 1960s after he spoke out publicly against the war. In 1966, he traveled to the United States and met with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., helping to persuade King to speak out against the U.S. War on Vietnam. King went on to nominate Thich Nhat Hanh for a Nobel Peace Prize a year later, calling him an "apostle of peace and nonviolence."
(2022-01-24). Turkey's Sociopolitical Crisis is getting Worse. journal-neo.org 
Turkey has lately shown signs of a clearly growing socio-political crisis in the country. Its economy is going through a difficult, if not disastrous, phase: the lira is plummeting, foreign exchange reserves are shrinking, external debt and unemployment are skyrocketing. All this raises doubts about the republic's financial and economic prospects and the sustainability of …
(2022-01-24). WHO predicts end of pandemic in Europe. rt.com 
The WHO's Europe chief says Omicron could be Covid-19's "endgame" | Speaking to AFP on Sunday, Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization's (WHO) Europe director, claimed that there might be an end to the pandemic in sight, despite record levels of Covid-19 cases across the continent. | "It's plausible that the region is moving towards a kind of pandemic endgame," he stated, adding that the Omicron variant of Covid-19, which has been shown to be slightly milder than previous strains, could infect 60% of Europeans by March. | Following this current wave of Omicron, "there will be for quite some weeks and months…
(2022-01-23). Strengthen NATO: Turkey sells combat drones to 16 nations, to acquire more U.S. F-16s. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Bayraktar TB2 combat drones have been used with murderous effect in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, Ethiopia, Western Sahara and the Donbass. The F-16 deal with the U.S. will include the acquisition and upgrading of 120 of the multirole combat aircraft. The more advanced Akinci drone is built with Ukrainian engines and may be provided to …
(2022-01-23). US logistics convoy targeted in Iraq's Babil. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — A logistics convoy belonging to the American troops was targeted in Babil province in Iraq on Sunday evening, local Iraq sources said.