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Mexico

Mexican media under threat after journalist killed in the capital

Campaigners have gathered outside government offices in the state of Veracruz, Mexico to condemn the investigation into the murder of a journalist

Iraq

Iraqi frustration boils over as heatwave prompts protests

Hundreds of Iraqis took the streets in the southeastern city of Amara on Tuesday to protest about the lack of power supply in the mid-summer heat

China

Bra protest in Hong Kong

Men and women wearing and brandishing bras protested in Hong Kong after a woman was jailed for assaulting a policeman with her breasts The woman had

Mexico

Journalists in Mexico rally over press intimidation after photographer murder

Media workers, activists and supporters held a rally in Mexico City protesting over the murder of press photographer Ruben Espinosa. Many carried

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Taiwan

Taiwanese protesters march against controversial textbook changes

Hundreds of Taiwanese protesters have marched through the streets of Taipei to vent their anger over revisions to high school textbooks. Students

Israel

Israelis against recent violence in region as clashes rage in West Bank

Hundreds of Israelis have gathered across the country to condemn recent violence in the region including the death of a Palestinian infant in an

United Kingdom

Scuffles at British side of Channel Tunnel in Kent over Calais migrants

Tensions ran high on Saturday as far-right protesters gathered close to the scene of a pro-migrant rally in Folkestone, near the entrance to the

Israel

Fears of upsurge in violence following death of Palestinian infant

Another day and another young life lost as medical officials confirmed the death of a Palestinian teenager near the border fence in the northern Gaza

West Bank

Revenge calls as Palestinian boy dies in 'Jewish settler' arson attack

There have been calls for retribution in the West Bank after a Palestinian toddler was burned alive in an arson attack blamed on Jewish settlers. Ali

USA

Greenpeace protest halts icebreaker in Oregon

Greenpeace protesters in the US city of Portland have successfully forced an icebreaker to turn back and change course. The 13 demonstrator stopped

Belgium

Belgian dairy farmers block roads in more price protests

Belgian milk and producers have again protested against low prices by blocking roads. They say an EU decision to free up production and ending quotas

USA

Cecil the lion: angry protesters gather outside Walter Palmer's office

The hunter has become the hunted… Dozens of protesters have gathered outside the office of American dentist Walter Palmer, who provoked international

France

Roads blocked and manure dumped in further French farmer protests

French farmers have dumped manure and blocked roads near the German border in a growing row over low prices for their produce and cheap imports.

Europe News

Kurds ask NATO not to support Turkey

As NATO met to discuss the threat Islamic State militants pose to Turkey, supporters of the outlawed Kurdish PKK militia were protesting against what

France

French farmers block border routes in row over 'cheap' imports

French farmers fighting what they call unfair competition have mounted blockades at the country’s borders – targeting lorries bringing in foreign

World News

Rival rallies in Warsaw for and against immigration

Warsaw was host to rival pro and anti migrant rallies. 300 far-right protesters chanted ‘today it’s migrants, tomorrow it’s terrorists’, while around

Turkey

Protests erupt in Turkey and Iraq over Ankara's operations against IS and Kurdish militants

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Ankara to protest against Monday’s suicide bombing, blamed on Islamic State militants, as well as condemn

France

Hundreds of French Kurds stage demonstration in Paris

Hundreds of people from the French Kurdish community have turned out for a demonstration in Paris. They are protesting against the attack by

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Bulgaria

Bulgarian farmers clog access to petrol stations due to fuel row

Earlier this week it was the French, now farmers in Bulgaria are protesting. Producers are taking their heavy agricultural machinery for a “mass