Strikes

German transport sector faces major disruptions as unions call for strikes

Public sector union urges 120,000 employees in the transport and infrastructure sectors, including airports, shipping and motorway companies, to participate in the work stoppage.

Thousands rally in London to show solidarity with health care workers

Junior doctors in England are set to begin 3-day strike action on Monday, as Health Secretary Barclay urges them to have formal pay talks and call off the industrial action.

Protests erupt in Greece as death toll from train crash rises to 57

Anger over the crash prompted rail workers to go on strike to protest years of underfunding that they say has left the country’s train system in a dangerous state.

Winter of discontent: Why Britain is facing the worst strikes since 1970

Country could face additional strikes by workers over a salary dispute after talks between ministers and trade unions failed to put a halt to a wave of work stoppages.

Britain braces for Christmas disruptions as mail workers go on strike

Teachers, nurses, and railway employees, among others, have also staged or planned industrial action to demand higher pay in light of the soaring cost of living.

Cost of living protests gridlock Belgium, Greece

Nationwide strikes over soaring inflation and wages disrupt services in both European countries, with France and Britain girding for walkouts and protests.

Thousands of workers halt UK railways as summer of strikes continue

Tens of thousands of train workers in Britain stage a new round of strikes, paralysing rail service across the country in an escalating dispute over pay and working conditions.

Russia: Missile strikes on Odessa destroyed Western arms

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that Saturday's strikes on Odessa – one of three designated export hubs under the recent deal – showed Moscow could not keep its promises.

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency for second time in five weeks

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa invokes the tough laws to "ensure public order" after a nationwide strike brought the South Asian island nation of 22 million people to a standstill amid weeks of unrest.

Myanmar junta condoles deaths but blames anti-coup protests for violence

Myanmar military expresses sadness for protest death toll, which it puts at 164, and airs video testimony of a former top Yangon official alleging corruption by ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, including receiving cash, gold bars and silk.

US piles sanctions on Myanmar junta leaders, threatens with more action

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said, "we are also prepared to take additional action should Burma's military not change course," as anti-coup rallies continued in the country following the ouster of the government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Regime air strikes in Syria kill at least seven in past two days

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Russian and regime strikes hit two hospitals in two different towns in northeastern Syria and they were both closed due to the heavy damage.