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1/28/2025 3:04:22 PM
Pakistan criminalised online disinformation on Tuesday, passing legislation dictating punishments of up to three years in jail and prompting journalist protests accusing the government of quashing dissent.
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International
12/28/2024 10:21:06 AM
Protests were planned across South Korea on Saturday, as supporters and opponents of suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol prepared to hold rival rallies two weeks after he was impeached.
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12/25/2024 10:35:23 PM
Angry protests broke out Wednesday in the heartland of deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, a war monitor and witnesses said, after a video circulated showing an attack on a shrine.
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12/24/2024 1:30:36 PM
Valencia fired coach Rubén Baraja on Monday after another setback in La Liga left the club stuck in the relegation zone and sparked renewed protests against Singaporean owner Peter Lim.
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12/18/2024 6:51:21 PM
Iran has paused the process of implementing a new, stricter law on women’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, an official said — a bill that many believe could have reignited the protests that engulfed the Islamic Republic after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini.
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12/10/2024 3:54:20 PM
South Korean authorities banned more top officials from leaving the country Tuesday, in the wake of President Yoon Suk Yeol's bungled attempt to impose martial law.
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12/7/2024 10:48:40 PM
Panic gripped Damascus after fast-advancing armed groups said on Saturday they had begun operations to surround Syria's capital, residents said, with many scrambling to stock up on vital supplies.
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International
12/7/2024 2:07:28 PM
A motion to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was on the brink of failing Saturday, after lawmakers from his ruling party boycotted the ballot despite huge protests outside parliament.
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12/4/2024 7:45:46 PM
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was released temporarily from prison Wednesday after undergoing a complex surgery in Iran that saw part of a bone in her right leg removed over cancer fears, her supporters said.
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International
11/26/2024 10:31:38 AM
Supporters seeking the release of imprisoned Pakistani former premier Imran Khan on Tuesday broke through a ring of shipping containers locking down the capital Islamabad, while at least six people have died in protest-related violence. Protesters battled security forces and ignored a government threat to respond with gunfire.
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Africa
11/8/2024 5:39:27 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday that at least 30 people have been killed in Mozambique in almost three weeks of crackdowns on protests over a disputed presidential election.
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Africa
11/7/2024 1:11:08 PM
Soldiers and police were patrolling Mozambique's capital Maputo early Thursday ahead of a planned protest against election results seen by the opposition as fraudulent, AFP reporters said.
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10/31/2024 1:42:36 PM
Turkish opposition parties called for protests Thursday at what they said was the politically-motivated arrest of an opposition mayor for alleged links to the banned Kurdish PKK militant group.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/11/2024 3:59:26 PM
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg attended a climate change and pro-Palestinian rally in Milan on Friday, days after her criticism of Israel sparked a row over protests in Germany.
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10/7/2024 4:06:52 PM
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10/5/2024 10:38:31 PM
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10/5/2024 7:14:53 PM
Pakistan's capital was locked down on Saturday, swarmed by security forces with mobile internet cut as supporters of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan attempted to seize the streets in protest.
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Africa
10/1/2024 6:44:38 PM
Rallies over economic hardship struggled to build momentum in Nigeria on Tuesday as the country battles its worst economic crisis in a generation.
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Africa
9/25/2024 3:44:44 PM
Amnesty International called Wednesday for the creation of a commission to investigate the deaths of scores of people from "the use of unlawful police force" in Kenya, three months after mass anti-government protests.
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World
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International
9/16/2024 11:36:00 AM
Germany will from Monday expand border controls to the frontiers with all nine of its neighbours to stop irregular migrants in a move that has sparked protests from other EU members.
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