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Morocco King Calls for Social Reforms Amid Youth-Led Protests

This is Beirut, 10/10 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Friday said improving public education and healthcare was a priority but made no reference to the youth movement that has been staging nationwide protests for sweeping social reforms. "We have set as priorities... the creation of jobs for young people and the concrete improvement of the education and health sectors," ...

Two Killed as Violence Flares in Morocco Protests

This is Beirut, 02/10 14:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Morocco Protests

Two people were killed when officers opened fire on a group of people attempting to "storm" a police station in Morocco on Wednesday, state media said, as protests -- sometimes violent -- roil the north African nation. Demonstrations have convulsed Morocco for several days, urged on by the GenZ 212 group, a recently formed collective ...

Nepal Mourns its Dead After Anti-Corruption Protests

This is Beirut, 17/09 11:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nepal National tribute victims Protests

Nepal flew flags at half-mast during a national day of mourning Wednesday for the 73 people killed during youth-led anti-corruption protests that toppled the government. An interim government, which took over after two days of protests last week, declared the day of mourning "in honour of those who lost their lives during the protests", the ...

Israeli Protesters call for Hostage Deal Ahead of Cabinet Meeting

This is Beirut, 26/08 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Hamas Israel Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Protests

Protesters calling for an end to the war in Gaza and the return of hostages being held there took to the streets in Israel early Tuesday morning ahead of a security cabinet meeting scheduled for the evening. AFP journalists saw protesters blocking roads in Tel Aviv, waving Israeli flags and holding up pictures of the hostages. Israeli media ...

Hezbollah and Amal Postpone Protest in Beirut

This is Beirut, 25/08 16:20 - Reading : less than a minute

Amal Hezbollah Protests

Hezbollah and the Amal Movement have announced the postponement of the protest scheduled for Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at Riad al-Solh Square. The demonstration was planned to reaffirm the resistance’s status and arms and to oppose a recent government decision. Sources indicated that Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri intervened with Hezbollah, ...

Public Sector Anger Grows Amid State Inaction in Lebanon

This is Beirut, 14/07 13:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Strike Corruption Lebanon Salaries Protests civil servants

Lebanese civil servants are once again raising their voices. In a statement issued Monday, the Public Sector League reiterated its full support for the ongoing strike, denouncing what it described as the "neglect of the most basic rights" of Lebanese public employees, who have become "the victims of the state’s collapse and its abdication of ...

Protests Spread Across US Despite Trump Threats

This is Beirut, 12/06 05:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

United States Protests Immigration Donald Trump

Protests against Donald Trump's harsh immigration policies spread Wednesday across the United States despite a military-backed crackdown in Los Angeles and threats by the hard-right Republican president to use "heavy force." In Los Angeles, where the unrest began last Friday, an overnight curfew intended to keep people out of the ...

Another Round of Anti-Trump Protests Hits US Cities

This is Beirut, 20/04 05:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

United States Donald Trump Politics Protests

Thousands of protesters rallied Saturday in New York, Washington and other cities across the United States for a second major round of demonstrations against Donald Trump and his hard-line policies. In New York, people gathered outside the city's main library carrying signs targeting the US president with slogans like "No Kings in ...

Hundreds of Thousands Join Istanbul Protest Rally

This is Beirut, 29/03 14:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Turkey Istanbul Protests Ekrem Imamoglu

Waving flags and chanting slogans, hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators rallied in Istanbul on Saturday, calling for democracy to be defended after the arrest of mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, which sparked Turkey's worst street unrest in over a decade. Under a cloudless blue sky, huge crowds gathered in Maltepe on the Asian side of ...

Turkey Protesters Defiant Despite Mass Arrests

This is Beirut, 26/03 15:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Turkey Protests

Protesters were defiant Wednesday despite a growing crackdown and nearly 1,500 arrests as they marked a week since the start of Turkey's biggest street demonstrations against the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan since 2013. The protests erupted on March 19 after the arrest of Istanbul opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as part of a graft and ...

Turkish Court Jails 7 Journalists after Anti-Erdogan Protests

This is Beirut, 25/03 16:36 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Turkey Protests Ekrem Imamoglu

A Turkish court on Tuesday remanded in custody seven journalists for covering the mass protests that erupted following the arrest of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival, in a crackdown that has now seen more than 1,400 people arrested. Among the journalists placed under arrest by the Istanbul court was AFP photographer Yasin ...

Turkey Wants More Than 700 X Accounts Blocked

This is Beirut, 23/03 21:45 - Reading : less than a minute

Turkey Protests Erdogan Ekrem Imamoglu

Turkey's authorities, faced with a mass opposition movement following the detention of the opposition mayor of Istanbul, have called for the closure of more than 700 accounts on X, the online platform said Sunday. "We object to multiple court orders from the Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority to block over 700 ...

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