MUMBAI – Thousands of people took to the streets in central India this week demanding the death penalty for assailants who raped a eight-year-old girl lured...
NEW DELH – Protests erupted in southern India over the rape of a nine-year-old girl, as anger over the failure of police to stem a series...
– TEHRAN – Clashes overnight between protesters and security forces in Iran killed nine people, state television reported Tuesday, including some rioters who tried to...
– TEHRAN – Iran has seen its largest anti-government protests since the disputed presidential election in 2009, with thousands taking to the streets in several cities...
NAIROBI – Kenyan police fired bullets and tear gas Thursday at stone-throwing protesters in some opposition areas during the repeat of the disputed presidential election,...
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is heading toward a showdown with his political foes, promising to seat a new constituent assembly Friday that...
Protesters who gathered on Saturday to denounce Islamic law were met across the country with equally sized or larger counter-protests. Organizers called the “March Against Sharia”...
– PYONGYANG – North Korea fired at least one short-range ballistic missile on Monday that landed in the sea off its east coast, the latest in...
. . BANGKOK -Thailand’s Military Government spokesman Lt-Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd on Sunday warned opponents against the Computer Crime Bill not to stage protests or they may...
. . BANGKOK – Human Rights Watch said today that Thailand’s anti-corruption commission’s dismissal of malfeasance charges against former senior officials for their role in the...
. . BEIJING – China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters that China, rejects protests from Vietnam over a flight test it has conducted on...
. . YANGON – Burmese citizens are continuing to hold protests at the Thai Embassy in Yangon to demand the release of two migrant workers sentenced...
. . YANGON -Protests against the death sentence handed down by a Thai court to two Myanmar youths for the murder of two British backpackers on...
. . CHIANG RAI – Due to heavy protest from local villagers Muang Ngeun Development Co is considering reducing the size of Chiang Rai’s special economic...
. . HUA HIN – Dozens of student activists were taken into military custody yesterday after a failed bid to stage a political stunt to highlight...
CHIANG RAI – Due to a surge of anti-coup protests organized by students in the past week, Thailand’s military government has instructed state universities across...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s junta has prepared a force of over 6,000 troops and police for deployment in Bangkok on Sunday to smother protests and prevent...
BANGKOK – More than 1,000 Thai troops and police sealed off one of Bangkok’s busiest intersections Thursday to prevent a planned protest, as authorities said...
BANGKOK – Anti-coup demonstrations continued to gather momentum in Bangkok on Sunday, with hundreds converging outside a McDonald’s restaurant to denounce the military’s power grab...
BANGKOK – Several hundreds of anti coup protesters took to the streets of Bangkok today marching from Major Ratchayothin to the Victory Monument demanding...