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New violent clashes in France in water protest: AFP
French security forces again clashed with protesters Saturday as campaigners sought to stop the construction of reservoirs for the agricultural industry in the southwest of the country, AFP ...
Kenya says 238 protesters arrested, 31 police hurt
Kenyan police said Tuesday they had arrested 238 people during the previous day’s violent protests over the surging cost of living that also saw 31 police officers injured.Protesters had joined ...
Israelis protest against planned judicial overhaul for 11th week
Israelis packed city streets on Saturday in nationwide demonstrations now in their 11th week against plans by the hard-right government to curb the Supreme Court’s powers, which critics see as a ...
France faces another day of nationwide protests against Macron’s pension plans
France faced a seventh day of demonstrations on Saturday against President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension reform plans amid ongoing rolling strikes which have affected refineries, public ...
Israeli reservist colonel dismissed over judicial reform protest
The Israeli air force said on Thursday that it had dismissed a reservist officer in the military for trying to orchestrate group walkouts from training flights as part of a spreading protest at ...
Israel’s PM Netanyahu airlifted to airport after protesters block road
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to be airlifted on Thursday to the country’s main international airport for an official overseas trip, after throngs of cars and protesters prevented him ...
Tunis governor refuses protest permit citing alleged plot
A Tunisian opposition coalition said on Thursday it would hold a demonstration on Sunday despite being denied permission by the authorities who cited an alleged plot against state security by the ...
Sudanese protester killed as marches enter 17th month, despite talks
A Sudanese protester was killed on Tuesday after being shot in the chest during a demonstration against military rule, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said in a statement.Sudanese police ...
Protesters storm stage at Taiwan massacre memorial
Around a dozen demonstrators stormed a stage where Taipei’s new mayor was speaking on Tuesday, calling him a murderer and demanding he apologizes for the bloodshed during a 1947 massacre in ...
Tunisia opposition says it will hold new protest over arrests on March 5
A Tunisian protest coalition said on Friday it would not stop working to unite the opposition against President Kais Saied despite the arrest of its top leaders, and added that it would hold a ...
Tunisia’s press syndicate head says he faces prosecution over protest
The head of Tunisia’s press syndicate said on Tuesday he faced a police complaint over a protest last year, calling it an attempt to intimidate his organization and silence criticism of the ...
Tunisia unions protest over economic woes, official’s arrest
Thousands of Tunisian trade unionists held protests across the country on Saturday over worsening economic woes and the arrest of a top union official.The North African country is in drawn-out talks ...
Protests break out in Nigerian city over cash shortages
Angry bank customers burned tires and blocked streets in a southwest Nigerian city on Wednesday in protests over scarcity of naira cash, police and residents said.The protests in Ibadan, 130 km (80 ...
Iran releases journalist arrested during protests: Media
Iran released Friday a journalist arrested during months-long protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, local media reported.Iranian authorities have detained thousands since ...
Hundreds of Myanmar anti-junta protesters rally in Bangkok
Hundreds of noisy protesters staged a rally against Myanmar’s junta in the Thai capital on Wednesday, in stark contrast to a chilly silence in the streets of Naypyidaw on the second anniversary of the ...
Thousands of Israelis rally against Netanyahu’s new government
Thousands of Israelis gathered in central Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government to overhaul the legal system and weaken the Supreme Court — ...
Thousands of Tunisians rally against president on revolution anniversary
Protesters pushed through police barricades as they demonstrated against Tunisian President Kais Saied’s seizure of near total power in central Tunis on Saturday, the anniversary of a key date in the ...
Western countries ‘lack the moral credibility’ to criticize Iran: Tehran
Tehran on Thursday slammed the Western countries that called for an urgent UN Human Rights Council meeting on its crackdown on the protests rocking Iran, saying they lacked “moral credibility.”The ...
Iran’s Khamenei says ‘enemies’ may target workers as protests rage
Protests raged on at Iranian universities and in some cities on Saturday as Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned the country’s “enemies” may try to mobilize workers after failing to topple the Islamic ...
At least 378 killed, including 47 children, in Iran protest crackdown: New toll
Iranian security forces have killed at least 378 people – including 47 children – in a crackdown on protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death, a rights group said in an updated toll Saturday.The Islamic ...
Iran forces shoot dead at least three protesters in Kurdistan: Rights group
Iranian security forces shot dead at least three people Saturday at protests in the western province of Kurdistan sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a human rights group said.“The government’s ...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fire on protester’s family and seize body: Rights group
Iranian Revolutionary Guards opened fire on family members mourning a slain protester and seized his body from hospital, as clashes raged around the country overnight, a rights group said Saturday.The ...
Iranians take to the streets to mark 2019 protests in fresh rebuff to ruling clerics
Iranians went on strike in several cities on Tuesday to commemorate the 2019 protests over fuel prices, a display of dissent that was crushed by security forces in the bloodiest crackdown in the ...
Iran braces for mass protests called by activists on Nov. 15
Iranian activists behind protests over Mahsa Amini’s death called on Saturday for major demonstrations next week, marking three years since a bloody crackdown on unrest sparked by fuel price hikes.The ...
At least 326 killed, including 43 children, in Iran protest crackdown: New toll
Iranian security forces have killed at least 326 people in a crackdown on nationwide protests since Mahsa Amini’s death in custody, Iran Human Rights said in an updated toll Saturday.The Islamic ...