Huge crowds join grassroots march for jailed Catalan leaders
Hundreds of thousands of Catalans marched peacefully through Barcelona on Saturday in support of calls to free jailed separatist leaders, after the region’s mayors demanded...
England cheers, All Blacks tears after momentous semi-final
England fans were celebrating in Yokohama on Saturday night after their side reached the World Cup final with a 19-7 defeat of the defending champions...
Chilean President Pinera calls for cabinet reshuffle amid protests
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera called for a major cabinet reshuffle on Saturday in a bid to quell a week of mass protests against inequality that...
Violence during Ethiopian protests was ethnically tinged, say eyewitnesses
Much of the fighting seen during protests in Ethiopia this week was ethnically tinged, eyewitnesses said on Saturday, describing attacks by young men from the...
Two killed, 26 wounded as protests flare again in Iraq
Two people were killed in southern Iraq and 26 were wounded in Baghdad on Saturday, police and hospital sources said, as demonstrators and security forces...
Argentines, in shadow of crisis, weigh vote for change ahead of Sunday ballot
In this South American nation stretching from lush jungles in the north to the edge of the Antarctic at its southernmost point, the country’s 45...
Lebanon army tries to open roads as nationwide protests hit tenth day
Protesters trickled back on to the streets across Lebanon on Saturday, despite army efforts to unblock roads, with no end in sight to a crisis...
Yellow vs blue: Hong Kong’s restaurants take sides
Hong Kong people joined a long queue outside a local breakfast cafe on Saturday morning outside Lang Hum cafe, labeled by protesters as ‘yellow ribbon’...
Lebanon protests enter tenth day with no end in sight, army tries to open roads
Protesters trickled back on to the streets across Lebanon on Saturday, despite army efforts to unblock roads, with no end in sight to a crisis...
UK ministers deny plan to weaken workers’ rights after Brexit
Britain’s government denied a newspaper report on Saturday that it will seek to weaken workers’ rights after Britain leaves the European Union, with one minister...
