Oakland, Dec 13: More than 1,000 Occupy Wall Street protesters blocked cargo trucks at some of the West Coast's busiest ports Monday, forcing terminals in Oakland, California, Portland, Oregon, and Washington state, to halt operations.While
New York, Dec 1: The overnight police raids in Philadelphia and Los Angeles that dismantled two of the nation's biggest Occupy Wall Street encampments leave just a few major “occupations” still going on around the
Cairo, Nov 30: An Egyptian security official says about 80 people were hurt when clashes erupted between protesters and angry street vendors at Cairo's Tahrir Square.The violence broke out after polls closed on Tuesday night
Berlin, Nov 28: German police cleared a sit-in of thousands of protesters attempting to block a shipment of nuclear waste and temporarily detained 1,300 people Sunday, officials said.Hundreds of officers started evicting protesters from the
Cairo, Nov 26: Egyptian security forces clashed with protesters camped outside the Cabinet building Saturday, leaving one man dead, as tensions rose two days ahead of parliamentary elections being held despite mass demonstrations against military
Cairo, Nov 25: Unmoved by the ruling Generals' overtures like appointment of a new Premier, tens of thousands of Egyptians today packed the iconic Tahrir Square here for a “last chance” mass rally demanding that
Sanaa, Yemen, Nov 25: A U.S.-backed deal for Yemen's authoritarian president to step down fell far short of the demands of protesters who fought regime supporters on the streets of Sanaa Thursday in clashes that
Damascus, Nov 21 : Syria on Sunday brushed off the threat of a civil war and looming Arab League sanctions after a deadline for the regime to stop its lethal crackdown on protesters expired with
Cairo, Nov 21 : Thousands of protesters on Sunday clashed with riot police for the control of the iconic Tahrir Square here with violence spreading to three other cities, leading to the death of four
Portland, Oregon, Nov 13: Anti-Wall Street protesters and their supporters flooded a city park area in Portland early Sunday in defiance of an eviction order, and authorities elsewhere stepped up pressure against the demonstrators, arresting
Katmandu, Nov 1: Nepalese police detained more than 100 Tibetan exiles on Tuesday who had gathered to pray for nine Tibetans who set themselves on fire to protest against Chinese rule.About 400 Tibetans, including 150
Sanaa, Sept 24: At least 40 people, among them dissident soldiers, were killed in violence that rocked Yemen's capital today, an activist from the protest organising committee told AFP.“More than 40 people were killed on
Sanaa, Sept 22 : Yemeni government forces on Wednesday fired mortars at tens of thousands of mourners at funerals held for protesters killed in clashes and attacked an opposition base, shattering a cease-fire negotiated a
Chennai, Sept 21: The 11-day-old fast by locals demanding the scrapping of the Kudankulam nuclear power project was called off on Wednesday after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa agreed for a cabinet resolution to
New Delhi, Aug 23: The end of an extended weekend saw the crowd of protesters at Ramlila Maidan, where Anna Hazare is on an indefinite fast, dwindling on Tuesday. While the past three days saw
Nicosia, Aug 20 : Syrian forces killed 31 protesters after weekly Friday prayers as tens of thousands flooded streets to demonstrate against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, a new toll showed.The Syrian Observatory for
Athens, Jun 15: Hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police in central Athens Wednesday as a major anti-austerity rally degenerated into violence outside Parliament, where the struggling government was to seek support for new cutbacks
Beirut, Jun 10: Syrian forces shelled a town in the country's restive north and opened fire on scattered protests nationwide, killing at least 32 people today, activists said. Hundreds of Syrians streamed across the border
Sanaa (Yemen), Apr 25: Deep divisions within Yemen's opposition appeared to doom an Arab proposal for the president to step down within a month, raising the prospect of more bloodshed and instability in a nation
Sanaa, Apr 19 : Three people were shot dead in Yemen today—one a passer-by—as security forces opened fire to disperse protesters calling for the ouster of embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh.The latest killings came as
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