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Africa
8/8/2024 6:59:50 PM
Kenyan police on Thursday fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi calling for the president's resignation as a new Cabinet was being sworn in, the latest in the deadly turmoil that has gripped the East African nation over the summer.
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Region
8/7/2024 10:26:29 PM
Iran on Wednesday hanged at least 29 convicts in a single day, including 26 in a group execution in one prison, a rights group said, a day after facing international condemnation for executing a man in connection with 2022 protests.
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World
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International
8/7/2024 9:25:06 PM
British police are gearing up for another night of violence amid concerns that far-right groups plan to target as many as 30 locations around the United Kingdom on Wednesday following a week of rioting and disorder.
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World
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International
8/7/2024 5:13:59 PM
Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus, set to lead a caretaker government after mass protests ousted the premier, called on compatriots Wednesday to be "ready to build the country", ahead of his hugely anticipated return.
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World
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International
8/6/2024 6:58:14 PM
The United States government said Tuesday that it had ordered non-emergency personnel to leave Bangladesh as a precaution after mass protests ousted longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina.
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World
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International
8/6/2024 10:44:08 AM
A key organizer of Bangladesh’s student protests Tuesday called for Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus to be named as the head of a new interim government, a day after longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country after weeks of deadly unrest.
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World
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International
8/5/2024 1:25:56 PM
Bangladesh's army chief Waker-Uz-Zaman said Monday he would "form an interim government" after the prime minister resigned and fled the capital in the face of overwhelming protests.
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World
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International
8/5/2024 12:40:33 PM
Cheering protesters stormed Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Monday after she fled, the culmination of more than a month of deadly anti-government protests.
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World
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Africa
8/4/2024 11:59:13 AM
Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu called for the suspension of nationwide protests and an end to "bloodshed" on Sunday after security forces cracked down on rallies over economic hardship.
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World
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International
8/3/2024 8:30:06 PM
Thousands of people from all walks of life gathered in Bangladesh’s capital to demand justice for more than 200 students and others killed in a wave of violence last month amid protests against a controversial quota system for government jobs.
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World
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International
8/3/2024 10:05:50 AM
Several suspects arrested in violent protests that erupted after the fatal stabbing of three children in northwest England made court appearances Friday as officials braced for more clashes that Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned and blamed on “far-right hatred.”
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World
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International
7/30/2024 5:05:46 PM
Fresh demonstrations were expected in Venezuela Tuesday after one person died when security forces tried to break up protests triggered by a hotly disputed election result that gave Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a third term in power.
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World
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International
7/30/2024 2:52:33 PM
Bangladesh's government called for a day of mourning Tuesday for victims of violence in nationwide unrest, but students denounced the gesture as disrespectful of classmates killed during clashes with police this month.
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World
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Region
7/29/2024 6:16:15 PM
Israeli officials faced fierce protests from locals as they attended the funerals of young victims killed by a rocket strike at the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams.
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World
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International
7/25/2024 1:37:32 PM
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wept Thursday as she surveyed the destruction wrought by days of deadly unrest, as student leaders weighed the future of the protests that precipitated the disorder.
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World
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International
7/24/2024 7:38:08 PM
Torn portraits of Bangladesh's independence hero litter a ransacked state television station -- a pointed expression of public fury against his daughter, who just witnessed the worst unrest of her premiership.
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World
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Africa
7/24/2024 2:58:07 PM
Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday named four heavyweight opposition politicians to join a "broad-based" cabinet in the wake of more than a month of anti-government protests.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
7/24/2024 9:50:17 AM
The arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington has touched off a flurry of protests in the US capital, including a sit-in at a congressional office building that ended with multiple arrests.
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World
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Africa
7/23/2024 6:27:12 PM
Anti-government protesters in Kenya’s capital clashed with a pro-government group on Tuesday, leading to the burning of a motorcycle that belonged to people who were voicing their support for the president.
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World
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International
7/23/2024 1:39:36 PM
The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500 mark in an AFP tally on Tuesday, after protests over employment quotas sparked widespread unrest.
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