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November 23, 2019

Evo Morales’ backers leaving barricades after Bolivia deal

Supporters of ousted President Evo Morales began abandoning barricades set up on roads leading into Bolivia’s main cities ...

November 23, 2019

Colombia president orders curfew in capital following unrest

Colombian President Iván Duque ordered a curfew in the nation’s capital Friday amid continuing unrest following a massive ...

November 23, 2019

The Latest: Colombia president opens ‘national conversation’

The Latest on protests in Colombia (all times local): 7:10 p.m. Colombian President Iván Duque says his government will open ...

November 22, 2019

4 protesters killed, raising death toll in Baghdad clashes

Iraqi security forces clashed with anti-government protesters on a historic Baghdad street near a key bridge for the second ...

November 22, 2019

Algerians mark 40th week of anti-government protests

Thousands of Algerians took to the streets on the 40th consecutive Friday of increasingly vociferous protests against the ...

November 22, 2019

Hong Kong court reinstates mask ban ahead of elections

A Hong Kong court that had struck down a ban on face masks at protests said Friday that the government could enforce it for ...

November 22, 2019

Hong Kong election a referendum on anti-government protests

Cathy Yau remembers the first time she was called a “dirty cop” by Hong Kong’s anti-government protesters, days after police ...

November 22, 2019

Baghdad tunnel becomes a museum for Iraq’s protest movement

The images are both haunting and inspiring, transforming a once dreary, grim underpass into a vivid, colorful wall of art.

November 21, 2019

Bolivia’s socialist party considers a future without Morales

After a month of deadly unrest, the political party of former Bolivian President Evo Morales appears to be positioning itself ...

November 21, 2019

Amnesty reports violations by Chile’s security forces

Amnesty International is denouncing what it calls serious human rights violations by security forces in Chile. The human ...

November 21, 2019

Venezuela students blocked in protest march to military base

University students in Venezuela have staged a protest calling for an end to President Nicolás Maduro’s rule. A few hundred ...

November 21, 2019

Soldier who shot Lebanese protester dead charged with murder

A Lebanese soldier who shot and killed a protester in Beirut last week was charged Thursday by a military prosecutor with ...

November 21, 2019

Portuguese police stage protest march over pay, conditions

Thousands of off-duty Portuguese police officers are marching through Lisbon in a protest over pay and working conditions.

November 21, 2019

More protesters leave Hong Kong campus ahead of weekend poll

More than 20 protesters inside a Hong Kong university campus surrendered to police on Thursday as the city’s largest ...

November 21, 2019

Chinese state media deny torture of ex-UK consulate staff

China’s ruling Communist Party’s newspaper published surveillance videos Thursday which it said prove the guilt and voluntary ...

November 21, 2019

China demands Trump veto bills on Hong Kong

China on Thursday demanded President Donald Trump veto legislation aimed at supporting human rights in Hong Kong and renewed ...

November 21, 2019

Hong Kong holdout protester: No surrender, no regrets

Pale and thin, a teenager wandered the nearly deserted campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University at about 1 a.m. Wednesday.

November 21, 2019

Bolivian interim leader proposes new elections as toll rises

Bolivia’s self-proclaimed interim president sent a bill on holding new elections to congress Wednesday amid escalating ...

November 20, 2019

French government to boost funding for public hospitals

The French government says it will boost funding for the country’s public hospitals, in an effort to end months of protests ...

November 20, 2019

Last campus protesters hold out as Hong Kong schools reopen

Hong Kong schools reopened Wednesday after a six-day shutdown, but students and commuters faced transit disruptions as the ...