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Iraq

Iraq: Baghdad Green Zone protests turn violent as security forces open fire

Iraqi protesters who stormed into Baghdad’s protected Green Zone were fired on by security forces.

20/05/2016

France

France PM Valls condemns violence during labour law protests

Thursday’s latest protests against France’s controversial labour reforms drew the most wildly varying turnout estimates yet: 90,000 in Marseille according to the organisers, 3,500 said the…

19/05/2016

Greece

Clashes in Idomeni as migrant frustration boils over

There have been more violent clashes over night between police and migrants in the tent city that has been created on Greece’s northern border with the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)

19/05/2016

Venezuela

"Go, Maduro" chant protesters as opposition returns to Caracas streets

The pressure is mounting on Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, and it appears his Socialist party may be losing the streets as the opposition rallied in Caracas for a third day in a week, several t

18/05/2016

France

France poised for fresh strike action over labour reform bill

French president Francois Hollands says he will not withdraw a controversial labour reform bill despite resistance in parliament and fresh tensions on the…

17/05/2016

Kenya

Kenyan police fire tear gas at protesters calling for electoral body to resign

With 15 months until elections, opposition supporters had been staging a sit-in along the highway outside the offices of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission in Nairobi, who they accuse

09/05/2016

Greece

Protests turn violent as Greek parliament prepares to vote on new austerity measures

Masked protesters clashed with riot police in Athens, ahead of a vote on a unpopular reform package to secure much-needed bailout funds.

08/05/2016

Italy

Italy: protest turns violent over Austria's border fence plans

A protest against Austria’s move to tighten border controls has turned violent, as scores of activists clashed with Italian police who blocked their

07/05/2016

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Scuffles in Turkish parliament

Scuffles break out between members of Turkey’s ruling AK Party and pro-Kurdish opposition party during a discussion on whether to remove lawmakers

03/05/2016

Ukraine

Tensions in Odessa on anniversary of 2014 deadly clashes

A bomb alert and the discovery of three grenades left in a bag have overshadowed commemorations in Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odessa. The incident

03/05/2016

USA

Seattle May day march turns violent

At least five police officers have been injured and nine people arrested during violent May Day protests in the U.S. city of Seattle. There were ugly

02/05/2016

France

Paris May Day rally against labour reforms turns violent

Tear gas and arrests during Paris May Day rally Marchers opposed to labour reforms Protesters clashed with police in Paris on Sunday during a May

02/05/2016

World News

Hundreds arrested as German anti-immigrant AfD party congress begins

“Nazis out” was the cry from left-wing protesters in Germany on Saturday as delegates of a right-wing, anti-immigration party arrived for its annual

30/04/2016

Venezuela

Venezuela's second city looted

Security has been stepped up in Venezuela’s second city Maracaibo after looting prompted by shortages of basic goods. There were reports of at least

29/04/2016

France

Clashes in Paris at French labour reform bill protest

Police clashed with protesters in Paris on Thursday. Thousands of protesters took part in a march against a labour reform bill in Paris on Thursday

28/04/2016

Venezuela

Political unrest intensifies in Venezuela as power cuts and shortages spark looting

Venezuela's political crisis shows no sign of abating as sporadic looting is reported and protests against the government of President Nicolas Maduro intensify.

28/04/2016

Israel

Israeli forces shoot dead 16-year-old Palestinian boy and his sister

Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have shot dead two Palestinians at the Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank. Police said the

27/04/2016

Greece

Clashes erupt in Greek migrant camp

Clashes between migrants in a Greek detention camp and police erupted on Tuesday. Tempers flared after two ferries shipped the latest group of

27/04/2016

World News

Italian protesters clash with Austrian police at Brenner Pass

Italian demonstrators call for an end to the deportation of migrants under recent deals, in a confrontation with Austrian police at the Alpine

24/04/2016

France

"Up all Night" protest once more ends in violence in Paris

Police use tear gas, more than 20 people arrested

16/04/2016