Tag: Political and civil unrest
Migrant hunger strike puts pressure on Belgian government
BRUSSELS — A hunger strike by hundreds of migrants living in Belgium without legal permission is putting increasing pressure on a government coalition weighing...
Iran oil workers strike for better wages as economy suffers
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Thousands of workers in Iran’s vast energy industry have gone on strike over the past week to press demands...
Angry at sanctions, Belarus orders 2 German entities to shut
BERLIN — Belarus has ordered two German educational organizations to close, part of its retaliation against EU sanctions imposed over a diversion of a...
New Jersey gamblers can light up Sunday as smoking ban ends
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — New Jersey's yearlong coronavirus-inspired ban on smoking in Atlantic City casinos will end Sunday, just in time for the Fourth...
Hundreds protest against Czech police over Roma man’s death
PRAGUE — Hundreds of people gathered in a northern Czech town on Saturday to honor a Roma man who died after a police officer...
Illinois man charged in officer attack during Jan. 6 riot
CHICAGO — A man has become at least the 11th Illinois resident to be charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S....
Palestinians protest against Abbas after activist’s death
JERUSALEM — Hundreds of Palestinians protested against President Mahmoud Abbas after Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem a day after an outspoken...
House GOP leader to meet with Capitol officer hurt on Jan. 6
WASHINGTON — A police officer who was injured in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and has pushed for an independent commission to investigate the...
County to pay $280K to journalists tear-gassed in Ferguson
Three journalists with Al Jazeera who were tear-gassed during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri, after Michael Brown's death in 2014 have settled a lawsuit...
Pelosi crates panel to `seek the truth’ on Capitol attack
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made it official Thursday that she is creating a special committee to investigate the attack on the Capitol,...