Tag: Protests

Iraqi Sunni Muslim and Kurdish ministers boycotted a cabinet session on Tuesday to show support for protests that are threatening Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri...

Doctors from all quarters condemned the assault by young doctors on a senior doctor and demanded that Young Doctors Association (YDA) issue a formal...

Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister, has vowed to protect women in the wake of violent demonstrations against the "national epidemic" of sex crimes. He spoke...

Eight million people signed an Internet petition demanding an end to nuclear power and hundreds of thousands joined public protests. Yet Japan handed an...

Indian police on Sunday banned protests in central New Delhi following a wave of violent demonstrations over the savage gang-rape of a medical student...

Explosions and clashes have marked an opposition protest in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, where demonstrators are calling for an election-time caretaker administration to be...

Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi has annulled the controversial decree that granted him sweeping powers and rejected the Opposition demand for a delay in referendum...

Police in Bangladesh have fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters staging blockades across the country as part of an opposition campaign...

Singer Chris Brown has backed out of his December concert in Guyana following local protests against his 2009 physical assault on ex-girlfriend, Rihanna. Brown, 23,...

Shia Ulema Council Secretary General Allama Arif Hussain Wahidi lodged a strong protest over the blood shed of the Shia community, a few kilometers...

Thousands of people across the Middle East protested yesterday against Israel’s aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip, with some chanting “death to Israel” and...

Workers across the European Union are staging a series of protests and strikes against rising unemployment and austerity measures. General strikes in Spain and Portugal...

Thousands of protesters massed outside Greece's parliament Sunday as lawmakers prepared to vote on a 2013 budget that includes draconian cuts but needs to...

Lawmakers in Greece have narrowly backed a fresh round of austerity measures, despite violent protests across the country. The austerity package aimed at securing...

This year’s New York City marathon has been cancelled in the aftermath of the super storm Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced. In a statement,...

Non-approval of public transport route from Qasim Market to Misrial road Chakra chowk has aggravated travelling woes of the residents. The residents of the...

Angry demonstrators in Kenya held protests for a second day Tuesday in the western town of Kisumu, following the killing of a local politician,...