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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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12/19/2024 6:50:23 PM
Hundreds of Syrians protested Thursday in central Damascus calling for democracy and women's rights, more than a week after an Islamist-led insurgent alliance ousted president Bashar al-Assad, AFP correspondents said.
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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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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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12/4/2024 2:27:08 PM
Thousands of protesters marched on President Yoon Suk Yeol's office in the South Korean capital Wednesday evening, joining a push by the country's opposition to impeach the leader after his extraordinary but short-lived imposition of martial law.
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12/4/2024 10:43:39 AM
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol abandoned a short-lived attempt to impose martial law on Wednesday after lawmakers defied security forces to vote against his declaration and thousands of protesters took to the streets.
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12/4/2024 10:43:17 AM
South Korea's opposition moved to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday after his extraordinary but short-lived imposition of martial law that brought thousands of protesters to the streets.
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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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11/20/2024 6:50:26 PM
Iraq has accused Israel of attempting to legitimize an attack on its territory after the Israeli foreign ministry sent a letter to the president of the UN Security Council protesting about attacks by Iraqi militants.
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War on Gaza
11/16/2024 6:50:26 PM
Hundreds of protesters marched in support of Palestinians in Rio on Saturday, in a demonstration aimed at world leaders about to converge on the city for a G20 summit.
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International
11/16/2024 6:27:15 PM
Hundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations climate summit on what is traditionally their biggest protest day during the two-week talks.
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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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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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11/5/2024 6:49:41 PM
Concern grew Tuesday for an Iranian student arrested after stripping to her underwear in protest at alleged harassment over her dress, with activists worried authorities could confine her in a psychiatric institution.
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11/4/2024 8:09:36 PM
Pro-Palestinian supporters staged a protest Monday at the French soccer federation to call for the cancellation of a Nations League game between France and Israel this month.
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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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