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Anti-migrant protesters rally despite Ramaphosa warning

Hundreds of anti-migrant protesters marched through a township outside Johannesburg on Monday, a day after South African president Cyril Ramaphosa pledged action against groups accused of fuelling xenophobic violence...

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UK police arrest protesters near base used by US

British police said they arrested seven people on Sunday at a protest near an air base in eastern England used by US forces, accusing them of supporting the banned group Palestine Action...

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Protesters rally in London against UK far-right rise

Tens of thousands of people marched through central London Saturday to protest the far-right, six months after Britain saw one of its largest-ever far-right demonstrations and weeks ahead of key local elections...

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Protesters ransack a Cuban communist party office

Protesters angry over Cuba’s persistent blackouts and food shortages vandalised a provincial office of the Cuban Communist Party overnight Friday into Saturday, state-run media said...

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Anti-war protests spread across world

As news circulated that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had been killed in US and Israeli airstrikes on Tehran, anti-war protesters gathered across the United States, including outside the White House and in New York’s Times Square to voice...

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Thousands rally in France to support cash-strapped police

Thousands of protesters including far-right politicians rallied across France on Saturday in support of the country’s cash-strapped police force, with some of the demonstrators launching smoke bombs and blowing whistles...

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Protesters breach London prison, dozens arrested

Eighty-six people were arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass after protesters breached the grounds of a London prison in support of a pro-Palestinian hunger striker, UK police said Sunday...

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ICT sets January 20 to deliver verdict

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday set January 20 to deliver the verdict in the crimes against humanity case over the killing of six protesters at Chankharpool during the July 2024 mass uprising...

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2 cops among 4 hurt in clash outside Indian assistant HC in Ctg

At least four people, including two police members, were injured in a clash between the protesters and the police outside the Indian assistant high commission in Chattogram following the death of Sharif Osman bin Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Mancha...

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Hungarian protesters demand Orban quits over abuse cases

A demonstration in the Hungarian capital Budapest Saturday drew tens of thousands of protesters demanding that prime minister Viktor Orban resign due to perceived inaction over allegations of child abuse in state-run institutions...

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Attacks on bauls, protesters go on

Groups of people identifying themselves as Tawhidi Janata have continued to attack Baul artistes and those protesting at the attacks on them at different places...

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Days of violent anti-govt protests grip Pak Kashmir

Days of violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police have gripped Pakistan’s Kashmir on the border with India, with nine confirmed killed among scant news to emerge after an internet blackout...

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Madagascar anti-govt protesters call for general strike

Anti-government protesters in Madagascar called on Wednesday for fresh demonstrations and a general strike, seeking to force president Andry Rajoelina to step down, after nearly a week of action by the youth-led movement...

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E Timor axes plan to buy SUVs for MPs

East Timor’s parliament has bowed to public pressure and dropped a plan to buy SUVs for lawmakers in one of southeast Asia’s poorest nations, but sceptical protesters returned to the streets on Wednesday...

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Protesters block highways, railways in Faridpur; 3-day hartal called in Bagerhat

People of Bhanga in Faridpur continued blocking highways and railways for the fifth consecutive day on Sunday while a political platform protesting at the decision to reduce parliamentary seats in Bagerhat on the same day announced a revised schedule for a three-day hartal, demanding the restoration of parliamentary constituencies...

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Nepal PM vows to follow protesters’ demands

Nepal’s new leader vowed Sunday to follow protesters’ demands to ‘end corruption’ as she began work as interim prime minister, after ‘Gen Z’ youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor...

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17 killed in Nepal protests against social media ban

Nepal police on Monday opened fire, killing at least 17 people as thousands of young protesters took to the streets of Kathmandu demanding the government lift a social media ban and tackle corruption.

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‘Death for death,’ grieving mother of July victim tells ICT

The grieving mother of class X student Shahriar Khan Anas, who was among the six protesters shot dead during the July 2024 mass uprising in the capital’s Chankharpool area, on Sunday demanded the death penalty for those she held responsible for the killing of her son...

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Protesters block Cumilla-Sylhet Highway for its repair

Locals on Wednesday morning staged demonstrations and blocked several points of the busy Cumilla-Sylhet Highway, demanding its immediate repairs and long-awaited plan to upgrade the route into a four-lane one...