CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) – Sudanese authorities are blocking access to popular social media platforms used to organize and broadcast nationwide anti-government protests triggered by an economic…
View More Sudan restricts social media access to counter protest movement
HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Thousands of demonstrators marched in Hong Kong on Tuesday (Jan 1) to demand full democracy, fundamental rights, and even independence from…
View More Thousands march in Hong Kong against China 'repression' after grim 2018
Ayatollah Khamenei threatens retaliation against the US and UK for allegedly plotting to overthrow the Islamic republic. Iran’s supreme leader lashed out at the United…
View More Iran's supreme leader vows 'response' for unrest
Chants of ‘Death to America, Israel, Britain’ ring out as thousands rally throughout Iran backing the government. Thousands of Iranians took to the streets in…
View More Iranians hit the streets in show of government support
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Dutch police on horseback broke up a protest on Saturday by “yellow vest” demonstrators who threw rocks and fireworks at them,…
View More Dutch mounted police break up 'yellow vest' protest in The Hague
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – At least three Sudanese protesters were wounded by gunshots on Tuesday when security forces dispersed rallies in the capital, witnesses said, after…
View More Security forces disperse Sudanese demonstrators after week of protests
While Omar al-Bashir vows ‘real reforms’ to improve living standards, protesters demand that he should step down. Sudan’s embattled President Omar al-Bashir has vowed to introduce…
View More Sudan's Bashir vows reforms as protesters ask him to step down
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani called Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Saturday to express his support for Sudan after…
View More Qatar's emir offers support for Sudan: Sudan presidency
ISTANBUL (AFP) – Thousands of protesters on Saturday (Dec 22) took to the streets in Istanbul to demonstrate against the rising cost of living and…
View More Thousands protest in Istanbul against higher living costs
Pro-independence protesters are blocking roads in some parts of Catalonia as Spanish ministers hold a cabinet meeting in Barcelona. The decision to move the meeting…
View More Protests as Spain cabinet meets in Barcelona
GUERET (France) • At the bare bottom of Mr Florian Dou’s shopping cart at the discount supermarket, there was a packet of US$6 (S$8.20) sausages…
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Jakelin Caal Maquin was among a group of 163 people who handed themselves over to patrol agents on 6 December, and she later died of…
View More Protests after Jakelin Caal Maquin, 7, dies in US border custody
MYITKYINA, MYANMAR (AFP) – Thousands of protesters on Tuesday (Dec 11) took to the streets in northern Myanmar over the jailing of three anti-war activists…
View More Thousands protest against jailing of Myanmar anti-war activists
YANGON (AFP) – A court in Myanmar’s restive Kachin state has jailed three activists for defaming the military, their lawyer said on Saturday (Dec 8),…
View More Myanmar activists jailed over anti-war protests