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Frustrated Lebanese depositors turn rage on crisis-hit banks
Middle East
January 17, 2020
Frustrated Lebanese depositors turn rage on crisis-hit banks
BEIRUT (Reuters) — As cash runs short at Lebanon’s banks, so has the patience of depositors. Hit by restrictions on…
India protests rage on as death toll rises to 24
World
December 22, 2019
India protests rage on as death toll rises to 24
Thousands of people joined fresh rallies against a contentious citizenship law in India on Saturday, with 24 killed so far…
Finger-wagging Muslim women become Indian protest symbols
World
December 17, 2019
Finger-wagging Muslim women become Indian protest symbols
A group of Muslim women who formed a barricade around a male student being attacked by baton-swinging police have become…
Protests rage as US, UK warn on travel to northeast India
World
December 14, 2019
Protests rage as US, UK warn on travel to northeast India
Protests against a divisive new citizenship law raged Saturday as Washington and London issued travel warnings for northeast India following…
Protests rage in northeast India over citizenship bill
World
December 10, 2019
Protests rage in northeast India over citizenship bill
Protestors in northeast India set fire to tyres and cut down trees to block roads on Tuesday in a shutdown…
Iraqi officials raise toll to 25 killed in Baghdad bloodshed
Middle East
December 8, 2019
Iraqi officials raise toll to 25 killed in Baghdad bloodshed
BAGHDAD (AP) — Anti-government protesters wielding a blood-drenched flag returned to Baghdad’s central plaza on Saturday after a night of…
Unrelenting transport chaos as French strike bites
World
December 8, 2019
Unrelenting transport chaos as French strike bites
Public transport in France was crippled for a fourth day Sunday as the government prepared to respond to anger over…
No let-up in French strikes with fresh turmoil awaited
World
December 7, 2019
No let-up in French strikes with fresh turmoil awaited
France was on Saturday expecting its most serious nationwide strike in years to paralyse the country over the weekend, with…
Iraqis keep up anti-regime demos despite PM’s vow to quit
Middle East
November 30, 2019
Iraqis keep up anti-regime demos despite PM’s vow to quit
Iraqis kept up anti-government protests in Baghdad and the south on Saturday, unsatisfied with the premier’s vowed resignation and insisting…
Iraq PM says will resign after bloody protests
Middle East
November 30, 2019
Iraq PM says will resign after bloody protests
Iraq’s embattled premier announced Friday he would resign in keeping with the wishes of the country’s top cleric, as renewed…