Protesters blocked entry to Iraq’s main commodities port again on Monday while schools and government offices in many southern cities were shut in response to calls for a general strike. CBC | World News
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Students stage dramatic escape as Hong Kong police battle protesters in university siege
With night falling in Hong Kong, police tightened a siege Monday at a university campus as hundreds of anti-government protesters trapped inside sought to escape. CBC | World News
Read More »Hong Kong protesters set fires on bridges leading to Polytechnic University
Protesters on Sunday set fire to bridges leading to Hong Kong Polytechnic University as they tried to keep police from advancing on their stronghold, while other demonstrators used bows and arrows from the barricaded campus. CBC | World News
Read More »Paris riots: ‘Macron out!’ French capital burns as Yellow Vest protesters fight police
YELLOW VEST protesters violently clashed with police in Paris on the first anniversary of the demonstrations, forcing armed officers to fire tear gas and water cannons as the pressure builds on Emmanuel Macron. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Police, protesters face off in renewed clashes in Hong Kong
Police fired tear gas at protesters who littered streets with bricks and disrupted morning trains Tuesday for the second day in a row as Hong Kong’s five months of anti-government demonstrations turned increasingly violent. CBC | World News
Read More »Hong Kong protests: ‘Two protesters shot’ by police at point blank as tensions erupt
HONG KONG police have shot two antigovernment demonstrators, as activists called for disruptions to the morning commute following a weekend of demonstrations that resulted in almost 90 arrests. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Iraqi forces kill 6 anti-government protesters, wound 100 others
Iraqi security forces killed six anti-government protesters and wounded more than 100 others on Saturday, pushing them back from three flashpoint bridges in central Baghdad, medical and security officials said. CBC | World News
Read More »Thousands of Hong Kong protesters demand ‘revenge’ in rally for ‘martyrs’
Hong Kong protesters held a vigil for “martyrs” on Saturday and many demanded “revenge” after a student died in hospital this week following a high fall, fuelling anger among pro-democracy demonstrators who first took to the streets in June. CBC | World News
Read More »Masked men attack protesters in Iraq holy city
Masked gunmen opened fire at Iraqi protesters in the Shia holy city of Karbala on Tuesday, killing 18 people and wounding hundreds, security officials said, in one of the deadliest single attacks on protesters since anti-government demonstrations erupted earlier this month. CBC | World News
Read More »Police fire tear gas, water cannon to disperse protesters in Hong Kong’s Kowloon area
Anti-government protesters set fire to shops and hurled gasoline bombs on Sunday, police said, after riot police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands in the Tsim Sha Tsui harbourfront hotel district of Kowloon in Hong Kong. CBC | World News
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