Tag: Protests
Protests in Catalonia after independence leaders held
Thousands of protesters descended on the streets of Catalonia on Saturday after Spain’s supreme court detained five separatist leaders for their role in last...
Massive clashes erupt in IOK against killings of three youth
SRINAGAR: Massive clashes erupted in Islamabad district of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) against the killings of three youth by Indian forces on Monday.
Youth took...
PTI to take to streets if ‘Nawaz uses Parliament to attack...
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday said that disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif is now using the Parliament to attack the...
Iran marks 39th anniversary of Irani revolution after deadly protests
TEHRAN: Iranians are on the streets marking the 39th anniversary of the 1979 Iranian revolution, just weeks after anti-government protests rocked cities across the...
Iran’s hijab protests cap years of evolution
A spate of unprecedented protests against Iran’s mandatory headscarves for women have been tiny in number, but have still reignited a debate that has...
Iran apprehends 29 women as headscarf protests intensify
TEHRAN: Tehran police have arrested 29 women for appearing in public without a headscarf as protests against the dress code in force since the...
South Korean activists protests after North Korean warning
SEOUL: South Korean activists tore photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Wednesday, a day after the North warned such actions could derail...
Thai sentenced nine in anti-government protests’ leaders dating to 2013
BANGKOK: Thailand on Wednesday charged nine leaders of anti-government protests in 2013 and 2014 with inciting insurrection and sedition in an attempt to oust...
Sudan authorities arrest Reuters, AFP journalists in Khartoum
KHARTOUM: Sudanese authorities have detained a Reuters stringer and an AFP reporter who were covering protests in the capital Khartoum, the country’s external information...
Protests erupt as 10-year-old-boy goes missing in Karachi
KARACHI: A group of protestors took to the streets near Karachi’s Sadar area on Friday night after a 10-year-old-boy went missing from the area.
The...
Erdogan, Essebsi discuss recent Tunisia protests on phone
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held phone talks Thursday with Tunisian leaders about protests over rising living costs in the North African country...
Trump’s London visit called off amid fears of mass protests
LONDON: Donald Trump has backed off the idea of visiting Britain next month to open the new US embassy in London amid fears of mass...
Police get 36-hour deadline to arrest Zainab’s killer
--LHC CJ says will not tolerate delay in case, orders police to submit details of all child sexual abuse cases in Kasur
--Normalcy returns to...
300 arrested in third night of Tunisia’s violent protests
TUNIS: More than 300 protesters have been arrested and the army deployed in several Tunisian cities after violent demonstrations swept the country for a third night...
Iran protests: Deaths in custody spark human rights concerns
TEHRAN: Human rights activists in Iran have raised concerns about mass arrests during the country’s largest protests in nearly a decade after at least three demonstrators...
YDA assures CJP of not holding strikes, protests
Welcomes the decision of taking actions against private medical colleges
LAHORE: The Young Doctors Association (YDA) agreed not to hold protests and strikes in the...
Death toll of Iran protests reaches 50: Opposition
TEHRAN: Iranian Protests have reached the ninth consecutive day on Friday amid rising calls for more demonstrations under the slogan “The Friday of Anger...
