Georgian police use water cannon on protesters
Police fires a water cannon against protesters demanding the government's resignation and early parliamentary polls outside the parliament in Tbilisi. (AFP)
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Protesters see ‘real independence’ coming as Lebanon turns 76
In central Beirut, protesters organized a civil parade to replace the annual military show.
HK campus protesters stand ground
Hardline Hong Kong protesters held their ground on Thursday in a university besieged for days by police as the US passed a bill lauding the city’s…
Asian markets sink amid HK unrest
Protesters raise a US flag inside the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in the Hung Hom district on 20 November 2019. (AFP)
HK protesters stonewall inside university
HK police flush out protesters in a university campus but hundreds more have barricaded themselves with no intention to surrender. AFP
HK protesters defy warnings
The stand-off is the most intense and prolonged of Hong Kong’s crisis, which has seen millions take to the streets since June.
Surrender, HK campus protesters told
An anti-government protester walks past a fire on a bridge at one of the entrance that leads into the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in the Hung Hom district…
Protesters set HK campus entrance on fire
Police arrest protesters near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hung Hom district on 18 November 2019 after they set the main entrance ablaze. (AFP)
Tit for tat: Live fire vs deadly weapons
MEDICS wash protesters who had been hosed by the police with pepper spray infused water at the HK Polytechnic University. AFP
HK activists vow to ‘squeeze economy’
A journalist trips over cling film set by protesters as an obstacle while a fire from a Molotov cocktail burns on a sidewalk outside the Hong Kong Polytechnic…
‘Yellow vest’ protesters mull nationwide demonstrations
Around 200 demonstrations are planned, with authorities expecting several thousand to rally in the capital.
HK protesters not letting up
With China offering no concessions, protesters switched tactics and launched a campaign to cause as much disruption as possible. (AFP)
Hong Kong protesters defy Xi
With China offering no concessions, protesters switched tactics on Monday when they launched a “blossom everywhere” campaign to cause as much disruption as…
Hong Kong has shut down
I do support freedom of expression and the right to peaceful assembly. But I have to admit that I’m not sure what the protesters in Hong Kong actually want.
Protests put chokehold on Hong Kong
With the protesters showing no signs of relenting, the nearly 30,000-strong police force announced it was drafting in 100 prison guards and looking for other…
Hong Kong enters Day 3 of chaos
Protesters gather at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on 12 November 2019. (AFP)
Chile gives in to protesters demand
SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — Chile announced Sunday it will move to draft a new constitution and replace one dating back to the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship — a…
Pinera to impose ban on hoodies
The legislative package, aimed at curbing violent demonstrations and looting, includes measures that would ban protesters from wearing hoods and burning…
Hong Kong student who fell during protest clashes dies
A Hong Kong student who fell from a car park while police and protesters were clashing last weekend has died, hospital officials said Friday, in a development…
Iraq protesters shut roads, offices, schools
The government has proposed a string of reforms, including a hiring drive, social welfare plans and early elections once a new voting law is passed to no…