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IRAQI Kurdish President Masoud Barzani resigned yesterday in the wake of his disastrous bid for regional independence.
In a letter to the regional parliament, read out in a special closed session, the Kurdistan Democratic Party leader said: “I refuse to continue the position of president of the region after November 1.”
Mr Barzani advised parliament to reassign his duties and powers to prevent a “legal vacuum.”
Italians reject controversial judiciary reforms in a referendum that boosts the left, reports NICK WRIGHT
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
In an address to the Communist Party’s executive at the weekend international secretary KEVAN NELSON explained why the communists’ watchwords must be Jobs not Bombs and Welfare not Warfare