Riot police have used batons and tear gas to halt tens of thousands of supporters of Nepal’s former king who attempted to march to the center of the capital to demand the restoration of the monarchy ByBINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press November 23, 2023, 5:56 AM Protesters clash with police in a rally demanding a restoration … Read more
A group of pro-Palestinian protesters forced their way into a building Friday on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, police said. Video posted on social media showed protesters pushing past police into the Ruthven Administration Building, which houses offices for school President Santa Ono. An estimated 200 people then entered the building, university … Read more
Play video content The new Speaker of the House dropped a huge batch of videos recorded inside the Capitol on Jan. 6 — and some conspiracy theorists will, no doubt, say they prove confirmation bias. Speaker Mike Johnson just released a massive cache of surveillance footage from inside the Capitol that was shot on that … Read more
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan prosecutors said Thursday they will seek to strip President-elect Bernardo Arévalo and several members of his party of their immunity for allegedly making social media posts that encouraged students to take over a public university in 2022. Cultural Heritage prosecutor Ángel Saúl Sánchez announced the move aimed at Arévalo and members … Read more
In videos that have recently gone viral in Canada, a group of pro-Palestine protesters can be seen entering a restaurant where Prime Minister Trudeau was present and chanting “ceasefire now” to bring an end to the killing of civilians in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The Vancouver Police in a statement said almost 100 officers responded … Read more
LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday fired Home Secretary Suella Braverman, a divisive figure who drew anger for accusing police of being too lenient with pro-Palestinian protesters. The government said Braverman had left her job as part of a Cabinet shuffle as Sunak shakes up his top government team. She was replaced … Read more
MEXICO CITY — Indigenous anti-mining protesters that have paralyzed Panama’s key roadways for weeks said they will temporarily suspend blockades for 12 hours Monday as a show of good faith to citizens affected by the demonstrations. Demonstrators are demanding the Panamanian government annul a contract allowing the Canadian mining company First Quantum Minerals to continue … Read more
LONDON — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched peacefully through central London on Saturday, even as right-wing counter-protesters clashed with police, after a week of angry debate over whether to permit the event on a day when Britain honored its war dead. The day unfolded in a backdrop of tensions fueled by Home Secretary Suella Braverman who earlier … Read more
LONDON — Britain’s interior minister has accused the country’s largest police force of being more lenient toward pro-Palestinian demonstrators than other groups, deepening a political feud sparked by the Israel-Hamas war. In a highly unusual attack on the police, Home Secretary Suella Braverman said London’s Metropolitan Police force was ignoring lawbreaking by “pro-Palestinian mobs.” She … Read more
A 77-year-old man shot dead two environmental protesters on Wednesday in an apparent outburst of rage over a roadblock in Panama. The gunman was named in local media as Kenneth Franklin Darlington Salas. If he is convicted, Mr Salas could be sentenced to house arrest rather than being sent to jail because of his age. … Read more