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Cuba begins releasing prisoners under scrutiny of rights groups, US government

The decision to release the prisoners on the island comes after Washington's most intense pressure campaign in decades, although Havana denies any decision-making under US coercion.

Regla Yolanda Gonzalez poses for a photograph following her son's release from prison, part of a deal brokered by the Vatican that saw the Biden administration loosen sanctions on Cuba, in Havana, Cuba January 21, 2025.
IRAN’S CROWN Prince Reza Pahlavi meets with Iranian former left-wing political prisoners in Paris. Many who formerly would never would have the son of the shah have now backed his post-regime plan for Iran. Iraj Mesdaghi is second from left, next to Pahlavi, and bottom right is Mahshid Sepehri.

From revolutionaries to royalists? Why some of Iran's former leftists now back Reza Pahlavi

The US flag flutters at the US embassy in Caracas on March 14, 2026, ten days after the restoration of diplomatic relations following the capture of ousted leader Nicolas Maduro in a US military raid.

US push for Western Hemisphere dominance could extend to Cuba and Nicaragua, experts say

New York City mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani, left, and Andrew Cuomo.

Anti-Mamdani super PAC evokes ‘communist’ label as Cuomo seeks GOP voters in NYC mayoral race


China withdraws promise not to send troops to Taiwan after unification

Taiwan rejects China's sovereignty claims, says the island's people should decide its future and vows to defend its democracy.

Chess pieces are seen in front of displayed China and Taiwan's flags in this illustration taken January 25, 2022.

Marxist Zionism: Israel's often forgotten socialist past - opinion

Not only is a synthesis between Marxism and Zionism possible, but the practitioners of such a fusion played a noteworthy role in shaping modern Israel

 MERETZ LEADERS and activists celebrate on election night, March 2021. The single largest bloc of votes at Lehavot Habashan went to Meretz.

French Jewish leaders condemn Israel 'apartheid' bill as dangerous leftist obsession

French rabbi slams left-wing politicians who signed a draft resolution claiming Israel is an "apartheid regime." 

A man wearng a T-shirt with the message, "Boycott Israel Apartheid" holds a Palestinian flag during a protest action on a bridge overlooking umbrellas placed along the artificial beach along the "Paris Plages" event, in Paris, France, August 13, 2015. Paris' decision to celebrate "Tel Aviv on Seine"

Anne Frank diary-burning communist cult head arrested

Gazi Kodzo, the leader of the Black supremacist communist cult Black Hammer, was arrested for kidnapping, imprisonment after the suicide of a cult member.

 Black Hammer leader Gazi Kodo next to the Black Hammer logo

Israel is an 'evil state that must be destroyed' - South Africa's EFF

"Zionist maniacs" are "sick, fascist and inhumane whose actions eclipse those of an apartheid state," the radical left-wing communist party said in a statement.

Julius Malema, leader of South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), gestures during a media briefing in Alexander township near Sandton, South Africa August 17, 2016.

By boycotting Zelensky, Joint List shows how wrong it is - editorial

Why is the party that claims to be against “occupation” in one place now supporting occupation in another?

AFTER THE right-wing parties of the opposition voted against it, members of the Joint List celebrate the defeat of the citizenship law in the Knesset this week.

Austria communist party rejects BDS, recalls Nazi boycott of Jews

“Israel's right to exist is inviolable for the KPÖ [Communist Party of Austria]."

The Austrian Federal Chancellery, the government building where the Federal Chancellor and some members of the Austrian government have their offices hoisted an Israeli flag on its roof.

Thousands of Cubans join biggest anti-government protests in decades

The protests erupted amid Cuba's worst economic crisis since the fall of the Soviet Union, its former ally, and a record surge in coronavirus infections.

Police detain a person during protests against and in support of the government, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Havana, Cuba July 11, 2021

Exclusive - Polish chief rabbi to Polish Senate: Thou shalt not steal

Rabbi Schudrich intends to tell the Polish parliament that the country has a moral duty to compensate Jews – and non-Jews – whose property was confiscated after the Holocaust.

Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich talks with Warsaw bishop Kazimierz Nycz (L) as he sits near Israel Ambassador to Poland David Peleg during the laying of the cornerstone for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw June 26, 2007.

Chinese visit 'red' sites ahead of 100th Communist Party anniversary

The push to study the party's history this year is a boon to tourism in red tourist hot spots like Yanan and Xibaipo, say officials. But the trend is not new.

A souvenir marking the 100th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China is seen displayed outside the Memorial of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai, China May 21, 2021