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Iraqi PM addresses the nation, urges protesters to go home

04 Oct 2019

Iraq’s prime minister has addressed the nation over the turmoil gripping the country, calling on protesters to go home and saying their demands have been heard. Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi...

Eleven people killed in southern Iraq protests overnight

03 Oct 2019

Eleven people were killed during protests overnight in two southern Iraqi cities, including a policeman, police and medical sources said on Thursday, raising the death toll to 18 since anti-government...

Curfew imposed in Baghdad after deadly protests

03 Oct 2019

An indefinite curfew came into effect early on Thursday in Iraq's capital after two days of chaotic protests across the country that descended into violence and left nine dead. Iraqi...

Hong Kong mops up after 180 arrested in violent National Day protests

02 Oct 2019

Hong Kong authorities mopped up on Wednesday after the most violent clashes in nearly four months of anti-government unrest, including the shooting of a teenage demonstrator by police and the...

VIDEO: Half a million join Greta Thunberg at Montreal climate rally

28 Sep 2019

Half a million schoolchidren and adults marched with teen climate activist Greta Thunberg at a rally in Montreal as part of a wave of global "climate strikes," organizers said on...

Tens of thousands start second wave of global climate protests

27 Sep 2019

Tens of thousands of mostly young people marched to New Zealand’s parliament on Friday, kicking off a second wave of worldwide protests demanding swift action on climate change. The...

Hong Kong braces for weekend protests ahead of major Chinese anniversary

27 Sep 2019

Hong Kong was bracing for a weekend of unrest with pro-democracy protests likely to mount in the China-ruled territory ahead of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's...

20,000 apply for chance to ‘vent anger’ at Hong Kong leader

24 Sep 2019

Hong Kong’s embattled leader said on Tuesday more than 20,000 people have applied to take part in a dialogue session with her and “vent their anger” at the government after...

Protests against climate change rock world cities

21 Sep 2019

Hundreds of thousands of students and workers left their schools, colleges and offices on Friday and marched along city streets around the globe to demand that world leaders take urgent...

Hong Kong reopens after violent weekend of clashes and protests

16 Sep 2019

Hong Kong’s businesses and underground rail stations re-opened as usual on Monday morning, after a chaotic Sunday that saw police fire water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters...

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