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Pompeo via phone urges Iraq PM to enact reforms, tackle corruption amid pr
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 13 (ANI): US State Secretary Mike Pompeo in a phone call on Tuesday (local time) urged Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to enact reforms and tackle corruption amid a fresh wave of anti-government protests that started last month.
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US condemns violence in Hong Kong, calls for police, protestors to exercis
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 12 (ANI): The United States on Monday condemned the violence witnessed during the anti-government protests in Hong Kong and called for both police and protestors alike to exercise restraint.
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Hong Kong protests: Man in critical condition after being set ablaze
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Nov 11 (ANI): A man was set ablaze after he engaged in a heated argument with a group of pro-democracy demonstrators during the ongoing anti-government protest in Hong Kong on Monday.
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US urges Iraq to hold early elections, halt violence against protesters
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 11 (ANI): The United States on Sunday urged the Iraqi government to hold early elections and carry out electoral reforms and called for the halt of violence against those participating in the ongoing anti-government protests in the country.
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Over 300 dead, 15000 injured in Iraq protests
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 11 (ANI): At least 319 people have been killed in Iraq since the beginning of the anti-government protests last month, the Iraqi Parliamentary Human Rights Committee said in a report.
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Hong Kong protests escalate after university student's death
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Nov 10 (ANI): Hong Kong's anti-government protesters have escalated their demonstration after a university student, Chow Tsz-Lok, who took part in a rally on November 9 died on Friday.
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Over 300 killed since beginning of anti-government protests in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 9 (ANI): At least 301 people have been killed and nearly 15,000 wounded in Iraq since the beginning of the anti-government protest last month, the Independent High Commission for Human Rights of Iraq (IHCHR) said on Saturday.
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Pakistan's triple M: Maulana, March and Military
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], Nov 9 (ANI): In reference to the anti-government Azadi March in Pakistan, the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) has questioned as to how a country that is itself repeatedly engulfed in freedom marches every few years could "conceivably help Kashmiri
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Fresh clashes erupt in Iraq despite cleric's call for calm
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 9 (ANI): Fresh clashes between Iraq's security forces and anti-government protesters broke out in Baghdad and a number of Iraqi cities on Friday, despite a call for calm by the country's top Shia leader.
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Protesters drag Bolivian Mayor through streets, forcefully cut her hair
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
La Paz [Bolivia], Nov 8 (ANI): Patricia Arce, mayor of Vinto, a city of 60000 in central Bolivia, has been attacked on Thursday by opposition protesters who dragged her through the streets barefoot, covered her in red paint and forcibly cut her hair, as weeks of violent political unrest cont
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Anti-govt protesters in Lebanon seek to shut down key state institutions
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Nov 6 (ANI): As anti-government demonstrations in Lebanon entered the third week, the protestors on Wednesday sought to shut down key state institutions in the country until their demands are met.
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Pakistan: Opposition rejects govt proposal to probe 2018 election results
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov 6 (ANI): Pakistan's opposition rejected Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government's proposal for a judicial commission to probe the alleged rigging in the July 2018 election.
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