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Demonstrators marched in Iran’s restive southeast on Friday amid reports on social media that security forces were surrounding a mosque at the center of weekly anti-government rallies. Anti-government protests have been taking place…
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Iranian activists on Sunday dismissed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s decree reportedly ordering amnesty or a reduction in prison sentences for “tens of thousands” of people detained amid nationwide anti-government protests shaking the…
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Protests against French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to reform the pension system gathered momentum on Tuesday, with more than 1.27 million people in the street according to the interior ministry. The number of demonstrators…
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Iranian police have arrested several people for disturbing security after they protested the drying up of a lake once regarded as the Middle East’s largest, official media said Sunday. Lake Urmia, in the mountains of northwest Iran,…
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Protesters in India threw stones at police and set fire to train coaches on Friday as demonstrations against a new military recruitment process raged for a second day, police said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government announced this…
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Police confronted stone-throwing crowds in at least two Indian cities on Friday as crowds protested in many areas of the country over derogatory remarks about the Prophet Muhammad made by two former members of the ruling party. Prime…
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Sudanese security forces killed Saturday a protester during the latest mass demonstrations against last year’s military coup, medics said. The killed protester, yet to be identified, died after “taking a bullet to the chest” during…
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Iran’s state TV on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of two French citizens, saying they met with protesting teachers and took part in an anti-government rally. The report identified the two as Cecile Kohler, 37, and Chuck Paris, 69, and said…
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The mayor of Canada’s capital declared a state of emergency Sunday and a former US ambassador to Canada said groups in the US must stop interfering in the domestic affairs of America’s neighbor as protesters opposed to COVID-19 restrictions…
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Paraguay to work with its diplomatic ally Taiwan to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, after protests in the South American country over the government's handling of the health crisis.…
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