protests
Fires set, fences moved: Police call Portland protest a riot
World
July 19, 2020
Fires set, fences moved: Police call Portland protest a riot
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Protesters broke into a building, set it on fire and started dumpster fires late Saturday night…
Public debt, populism and protests as Tunisia faces crisis
Middle East
July 18, 2020
Public debt, populism and protests as Tunisia faces crisis
TUNIS (Reuters) – The collapse of Tunisia’s shortest-lived government since its 2011 revolution has plunged its young democracy into a…
French protesters mark death of Black man in police custody
World
July 18, 2020
French protesters mark death of Black man in police custody
BEAUMONT-SUR-OISE, France (AP) — Protesters marched in a Paris suburb Saturday to mark the fourth anniversary of the death of…
Iran vows to ‘deal decisively’ with further protests
Middle East
July 18, 2020
Iran vows to ‘deal decisively’ with further protests
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran promised on Friday to deal “decisively” with further protests over economic hardship, a day after security…
Mass protests rock Russian Far East city again
World
July 18, 2020
Mass protests rock Russian Far East city again
MOSCOW (AP) — Tens of thousands of people in the Russian Far East city of Khabarovsk took to the streets…
Reality shows shortfalls of Trump’s claim to ‘best testing’
World
July 18, 2020
Reality shows shortfalls of Trump’s claim to ‘best testing’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Here are some snapshots from what President Donald Trump describes as the nation with the “best testing…
Tunisia protesters close main oil pumping station in the south
Middle East
July 17, 2020
Tunisia protesters close main oil pumping station in the south
TUNIS (Reuters) — Tunisian demonstrators shut an oil pumping station that feeds a coastal terminal on Thursday, escalating weeks of…
Young activists, localists top Hong Kong pro-democracy polls
World
July 15, 2020
Young activists, localists top Hong Kong pro-democracy polls
HONG KONG (AP) — Young activists and localist candidates dominated Hong Kong’s unofficial pro-democracy primaries over the weekend, with hundreds…
Statue of Black protester replaces toppled UK slave trader
World
July 15, 2020
Statue of Black protester replaces toppled UK slave trader
LONDON (AP) — An artist has erected a statue of a Black Lives Matter protester atop the plinth in the…
Thousands of protesting Israelis call on Netanyahu to resign
Middle East
July 15, 2020
Thousands of protesting Israelis call on Netanyahu to resign
JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis on Tuesday demonstrated outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling on…