The planned resort linked to US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law has become a flashpoint for anti-government protests. Published On 5 Jul 20265 Jul 2026 A court in Albania’s capital Tirana has freed 19 protesters detained during a violent protest against a resort linked to US President Donald Trump’s family. The protesters released on Sunday were…
Protesters stopped outside buildings believed to house undocumented migrants and urged residents to leave as thousands marched across South Africa on Tuesday, the deadline set by anti-immigration groups for foreigners without papers to leave the country. Widespread demonstrations were accompanied by isolated violence and arrests, while organisers renewed calls for mass deportations and vowed to…
Police and leaders of anti-immigration movements have a responsibility to ensure that protests do not degenerate into violence. Instability and disorder are intensifying in South Africa ahead of the 30 June deadline given by March and March and other organisations for all ‘illegal’ foreign nationals to leave the country. In many areas, vigilantes have attacked…
New law grants president power to use military to clear roadblocks set up amid weeks of anti-government demonstrations. Published On 7 Jun 20267 Jun 2026 Bolivia’s legislature has passed a law granting President Rodrigo Paz the authority to use the military to clear roadblocks set up by antigovernment protesters. The legislation passed in Bolivia’s Chamber…
Clashes erupted between groups of protesters and riot police after a huge anti-government rally on Saturday in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, by tens of thousands of opponents of the country’s autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic While the rally at a central square in Belgrade passed peacefully, groups of young demonstrators later clashed with riot police, throwing flares, rocks…
NewsFeed Police confronted protesters in Albania’s capital Tirana after demonstrators shot fireworks and threw petrol bombs at Prime Minister Edi Rama’s office, during an opposition rally demanding his resignation. Political tensions have escalated since December, when the deputy prime minister was indicted over suspected corruption. Published On 21 Feb 202621 Feb 2026 Click here to…
At least six people have been detained a week after a different demonstration in Turin turned violent.
Soroush Negahdari,BBC Monitoringand Ghoncheh Habibiazad,BBC Persian WANA via REUTERS Iranian authorities responded with lethal force as the protests in Tehran escalated on 8 January “My friends are all like me. We all know someone who was killed in the protests.” For Parisa, a 29-year-old from Tehran, the crackdown by security forces in Iran earlier this…
Tabby Wilson,BBC Newsand Ana Faguy,Minneapolis EPA US President Donald Trump says his administration is “reviewing everything” after the fatal shooting by immigration agents of 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday. In his comments to the Wall Street Journal, Trump also indicated that he would eventually withdraw agents from the city. But…
Reuters The exiled son of the last Iranian shah (king) has called on the world to help protesters topple Iran’s government, saying he is confident “the Islamic Republic will fall – not if, but when”. Reza Pahlavi, a US-based opposition leader, asked the world to target Iran’s Revolutionary Guard leadership, which he said would “facilitate…
