Apr 28 Riots in crisis-hit Lebanon reflect growing poverty, despair By Bassam Hatoum, Bilal Hussein, Associated Press Hundreds of protesters have set fire to two banks and hurled stones at soldiers who responded with tear gas and batons in the northern city of Tripoli. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch 4:10 The politics behind protests of stay-at-home orders By Yamiche Alcindor Officials at all levels of U.S. government are engaged in discussions about how and when to resume commerce and other activities. Polling data shows the majority of Americans support restrictions to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus, but there have… Continue watching
Apr 17 Pro-Trump protesters push back on stay-at-home orders By Sara Burnett, Brian Slodysko, Associated Press In places like Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia, small-government groups, supporters of President Donald Trump, anti-vaccine advocates and others have united behind a deep suspicion of efforts to shut down daily life to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Continue reading
Apr 01 Migrant dies in Mexico detention center riot over virus fear By Associated Press According to a local migrant shelter, the riot broke out because migrants were tired of long periods of detention and fear that overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions could expose them to the coronavirus. Continue reading
Jan 19 Beirut braces for more violence, after night of riots By Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press Dozens of anti-government protesters gathered in Lebanon’s rainy capital on Sunday, as security forces braced for more rioting after a night of violence left hundreds wounded. Security forces, including Lebanese military, were heavily deployed across downtown Beirut after the worst… Continue reading
Jan 05 Protests across U.S. condemn action in Iran and Iraq By Associated Press Demonstrators in dozens of cities around the U.S. gathered Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s killing of an Iranian general and decision to send thousands of additional soldiers to the Middle East. Continue reading
Dec 28 Death toll in Chile protests since October rises to 27 By Associated Press Chile’s human rights watchdog is calling for an investigation into the electrocution death of a man during anti-government protests. The death raised the number of those killed during protests that started in October to at least 27. Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch 8:16 What ongoing Indian protests say about the country’s secular identity Mass protests continue in India over a new citizenship law the government says will protect non-Muslim immigrants -- but critics see as a thinly veiled attack on Muslims. Many of the demonstrations have remained peaceful, but in some areas, police… Continue watching
Dec 26 Iraq’s president offers to quit after rejecting PM nominee By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press President Barham Saleh said in a statement issued by his office that he would not name the governor of the southern Basra province, Asaad al-Eidani, as the country's next prime minister “to avoid more bloodshed and in order to safeguard… Continue reading
Dec 25 Students, artists and writers protest India’s new citizenship law By Wasbir Hussain, Associated Press The law passed two weeks ago allows Hindus, Christians and other religious minorities who are in India illegally to become citizens if they can show they were persecuted because of their religion in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It does… Continue reading