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Piggy protest in Taiwan parliament

Taiwan’s new premier Lin Chuan failed to give his first administrative report to parliament on Tuesday morning, as members of the opposition Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), took to the stage o

01/06/2016

France

French union blockades spark petrol shortages

French police break up protest outside oil refinery Six out of eight refineries blockaded 2000 petrol stations running out of petrol Tourists stranded as petrol shortages bite French police began

23/05/2016

France

Protests against France's labour reforms spread across the country with transport targeted

France is on the brink of an unprecedented social and economic crisis.

23/05/2016

France

Roads, railways and refineries hit in two-day French strike

French transport workers on the railways and roads have delivered a patchy response to the Communist CGT union’s call for strike action to protest against labour law…

18/05/2016

Europe News

Thousands sign online weedkiller petition

More than 12,000 people have signed a petition urging EU officials not to grant an extended licence to a widely-used weedkiller.

18/05/2016

Venezuela

Venezuela's state of emergency extends presidential powers

Maduro extends powers over security State of emergency follows week of violent riots Opposition still seeking referendum to oust president

17/05/2016

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Blinded by the light

North Korea holds a torchlight parade and mass dance party in Pyongyang to celebrate the end of the Seventh Workers’ Party Congress.

12/05/2016

World News

National issues highlighted in Europe's May Day rallies

May Day celebrations turned sour in Istanbul as Turkish police fired tear gas and sprayed water cannon at anti-government protesters. They were

01/05/2016

Iraq

Baghdad security under scrutiny after protesters invade Iraq parliament

It was a protest that took the Iraqi security forces by surprise. As hundreds of supporters of a prominent Shi’ite cleric invaded Baghdad’s Green

30/04/2016

Iraq

Iraq: al-Sadr supporters storm Baghdad Green Zone and parliament

Hundreds of supporters of Shi’ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have stormed the Iraqi parliament in protest at MPs’ failure to convene for a vote on

30/04/2016

Iraq

Iraq: al Sadr supporters storm Green Zone and parliament

Hundreds of supporters of Shi’ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed Baghdad’s Green Zone on Saturday and some entered the Iraqi parliament in

30/04/2016

USA

Trump jokes about protest in California

Hundreds of demonstrators attempted to disrupt a Republican convention in California on Friday where presidential candidate Donald Trump was due to

30/04/2016

Mexico

Independent probe into Mexico's missing 43 slams government interference

Thousands of activists have taken to the streets of Mexico City to demand the government implement the recommendations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

27/04/2016

Mexico

Mexican government accused of obstructing probe into missing students

An international panel has accused Mexico's government of obstructing an investigation into the fate of 43 trainee teachers believed massacred in 2014

25/04/2016