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<!-- -->Protesters have kept up pressure on the government with a months-long wave of demonstrations. (File)Jerusalem: An Israeli parliamentary committee has adopted a key clause of the hard-right government's controversial judicial…

Hundreds of protesters stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday and set fire to it, Reuters reported, citing a witness and other sources, as recent episodes of Quran burning in the European country have angered many in the…

Israeli President Isaac Herzog sought to reassure Congress on Wednesday about the state of Israel's democracy and the strength of the U.S.-Israel relationship, acknowledging “intense and painful debate” at home over actions of…

Small protests cropped up across Israel on Wednesday, illustrating the broad, grass-roots nature of popular opposition to plans by the government to overhaul the country’s judiciary, drawing in key sectors of the economy, the security…

TEL AVIV: Thousands of protesters blockaded Israel's main airport and highways on Tuesday (Jul 11) as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right coalition pressed ahead with a justice bill that has opened the deepest splits seen in the…

HAVANA: Cuba on Monday (Jul 10) accused the US government of bearing "direct responsibility" for the protests that rocked the Caribbean island two years ago, marking the largest demonstrations since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. "The…

<!-- -->After a stormy parliament session, the bill was adopted in its first reading by 64 votes to 56.Jerusalem: Israel's parliament adopted in a first reading a controversial bill that would limit court powers, in a new offensive to…

Last Updated: July 10, 2023, 01:13 ISTDemonstrators protest inside the President's House, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 9, 2022. (Reuters) Sri Lanka urges the return…

Widespread protests in France are not uncommon. In fact, they are an ingrained part of the country's history dating back to the French Revolution. But the last few months have been especially rattling and have cast a shadow over the…

<!-- -->Protesters confront police during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuJerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signalled impatience on Sunday with disruptions caused by resurgent…