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French president Francois Hollande called for an emergency meeting with his defence council on June 24, after showing the United States has been spying on all France's presidents since 2006.
鈥淭he French people have a right to know that their elected government is subject to hostile surveillance from a supposed ally,鈥 said WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
More than 200,000 people marched through central London on June 20 as people came from across the country to show their anger and opposition to further spending cuts.
Julian Assange,鈥 鈥琭ounder and editor,鈥 鈥琽f WikiLeaks had been a refugee in the Ecuadorian鈥 鈥珽mbassy in London for three years as of June鈥 鈥19.
The key issue in his extraordinary incarceration is justice.鈥 鈥琀e has been charged with no crime.鈥 鈥琓he first Swedish prosecutor dismissed the misconduct allegations regarding two women in Stockholm in鈥 鈥2010.鈥 鈥琓he second Swedish prosecutor's actions were and are demonstrably political.
Until recently,鈥 鈥瑂he refused to come to London to interview Assange鈥 鈥-鈥 鈥瑃hen she said she was coming.鈥 鈥琓hen she cancelled her appointment.鈥
The Kurdish town of Kobane in northern Syria was attacked on June 25 by forces from the self-styled Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, which crossed from Turkey. This was the first significant IS attack on the town since a five-month siege was repulsed in January.
The attack appears to be a Turkish-backed response to recent military gains made by the Kurdish-led forces of the Women's Defence Units (YPJ) and People's Defence Units (YPG).
Regional elections held in Spain on May 24 installed an historic pro-Basque state government in the Basque autonomous community of Navarre for the first time. It ended 16 years of rule by the pro-Spanish, centre-right Navarrese People's Union (UPN).
The UPN won only 15 seats, down four from 2011. Its ally, the right-wing Spanish People鈥檚 Party (of Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy), won two, half of its quota in 2011.
The Aboriginal Medical Service Western Sydney released this statement on June 26.
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The Aboriginal Medical Service Western Sydney (AMSWS), an Aboriginal community-controlled health service based in Mt Druitt, is being forced to shut down after the federal government decided to stop its funding from July 1.
All funds allocated to AMSWS have been used in the delivery of health services to the Aboriginal community of western Sydney.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 26 that same-sex couples had the right to marry under the Constitution. Same-sex marriage will now be legalised in all 50 states.
Turkish-backed terrorists have massacred civilians in Koban锚. Photo: Kurdish Resistance & Liberation/Facebook.
More than a thousand people rallied in Melbourne on June 26 against the forced closures of remote Western Australian Aboriginal communities. Melbourne organiser of the protest, Meriki Onus from Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance said the Victorian community wished to stand by Aboriginal communities in other states, who were losing their communities.
Photos by Ali Bakhtiarvandi
President Rafael Correa speaks to thousands of supporters from the presidential palace in Quito's main square, June 15, 2015. Photo: EFE.
Asylum-seekers and their supporters have been dealt a cruel blow this week thanks to the shameful, bipartisan support for offshore detention within the Australian parliament.
A High Court challenge to the legality of Australia鈥檚 offshore detention of asylum seekers has been undermined by an eleventh hour bill rushed through the House of Representatives and Senate, unamended and with ALP support, on June 24 and 25.
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