Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Wednesday afternoon suppressed a protest demanding release of detained martyr bodies in Israeli refrigerators, in synchronization with the court session of the case of five detained bodies.
Clashes broke out in front of Jacir Palace Hotel at the northern entrance of Bethlehem near the 300 checkpoint and the wall, between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian protesters,Read more
Shops and offices opened as usual across Zimbabwe on Wednesday despite a planned “shutdown” protest against President Robert Mugabe, who has vowed to end a series of anti-government demonstrations.
Riot police patrolled in the capital Harare and other cities, with minor clashes breaking out in the second city of Bulawayo, AFP reporters witnessed.
Organizers of the planned shutdown blamed theRead more
Police in Zimbabwe have fired tear gas and water cannon at opposition supporters who had gathered for a protest march in the capital, Harare, the BBC reported on Friday.
They have also beaten up people wearing red T-shirts, the colour of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change party (MDC).
Protesters are calling for electoral reform ahead of polls in 2018.Read more
Japan lodged a fresh diplomatic protest with China on Wednesday, accusing the country of again sending its coast guard ships into waters surrounding contested islands in the East China Sea.
The two countries are locked in a long-running dispute over the uninhabited islets and tensions over them have been a frequent irritant between the countries.
Tokyo has lodged at leastRead more
A group belongs to the (Party) organised a protest against the visit of the US Army Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford, the biggest US official to visit Turkey after the failed coup attempt.
Protesters gathered at the Ankara Municipality building then headed to the US Embassy, where they were Turkish police prevented them from enteringRead more
Iran’s representative to the IAEA will submit a note of protest to the nuclear Agency over the leaked confidential information about Iran’s long-term nuclear plans, Mehr News Agency reported on Sunday.
Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Behrouz Kamalvandi, made the remarks in reaction to the leaked confidential document about some aspects of Iran’s long-term nuclear plans, addingRead more
Parents are keeping their children off school for the day in a protest about primary tests in England, the BBC reported on Tuesday.
More than 40,000 parents have signed a petition calling for a boycott of primary school tests, which are due to be taken later this month.
Parents supporting the Let Our Kids Be Kids campaign have complained ofRead more
Hundreds of Iraqis staged a protest outside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Friday.
The protesters took to streets upon a call by influential Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al Sadr, disregarding the Iraqi government's rejection to stage the demonstration.
They demanded measures to eliminate corruption.
Sadr had issued a statement on Thursday saying his movement would ignore the ban but alsoRead more