Two killed as Kenyan police disperse opposition supporters
Two people were killed on Friday as Kenyan police tried to disperse supporters cheering a convoy carrying opposition leader Raila Odinga from the airport to central...
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U.N. chief ‘shocked’ by treatment of refugees on Hugarian-Serbian border (Updated)
By Maja Zuvela and Krisztina Than Riot police fired water cannon and tear gas on Wednesday at migrants demanding to be let through Hungary’s newly...
Indian police storm religious leader’s compound to find six dead
By Rupam Jain Nair Indian police on Wednesday deployed water cannon and a baton charge in storming the hermitage of a self-styled religious leader who...
Thai PM calls for talks as police use rubber bullets on protesters
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Aubrey Belford Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Monday she would “open every door” to find a peaceful solution...
Standing still to move on
By Simon Bahceli WITH FOREIGN media attention now largely off Turkey’s anti-government demonstrations, people could be forgiven for thinking protesters had given up and gone...
Turkish president urges dialogue after police clear square
By Humeyra Pamuk and Ayla Jean Yackley Turkey’s president called on Wednesday for dialogue with legitimate demonstrators after riot police cleared the Istanbul square at...
Turkish riot police enter Istanbul’s Taksim Square
By Nick Tattersall Hundreds of Turkish riot police entered Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Tuesday, firing water cannon and teargas to scatter small numbers of protesters...