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euronews.com | 24 min. ago NEW

Albania: Parliament descends into chaos as MPs clash over protests

Heated exchanges and chaotic scenes gripped Albania's parliament in Tirana on Thursday as rival MPs clashed inside, while student demonstrators continued their protests outside for a tenth day.

thehindu.com | 1 hrs. 23 min. ago

Protests against SIR LIVE: Delhi Police issue traffic advisory ahead of stir

Samyukt Kisan Morcha and ‘People Against SIR’ platform are protesting nationwide; various trade unions and civil society organisations have pledged support to the farmers’ march

thehindu.com | 2 hrs. 34 min. ago

Watch: Abohar shootout victim family stages protest outside Punjab legislative assembly

Family members of Ajay Kumar, the Abohar shootout victim, staged a protest outside the Punjab Assembly in Chandigarh for the second consecutive day, demanding justice. Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar urged Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to meet the grieving family and offer his condolences. Jakhar also demanded justice for Kumar’s family and warned that he would stage a sit-in outside Mann’s residence if the Chief Minister failed to meet them.

thehindu.com | 3 hrs. 38 min. ago

Venezuelans call for elections in first national protest in nearly two years

Opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado, who has been outside the country for nearly a ‌year after living in hiding following a contested 2024 election, has said elections must take place by July 2027

iol.co.za | 3 hrs. 51 min. ago

Political violence raises fears over safety ahead of KwaZulu-Natal local elections

There are fears that the heightened anti illegal immigration protests will affect the Local Government Elections. Pictures is the recent mayhem in Durban CBD.

dw.com | 3 hrs. 56 min. ago

Serbia: Tens of thousands rally ahead of elections

After two years of student-led protests, Serbia will soon vote in what observers describe as a referendum-like snap election pitting strongman Aleksandar Vucic against the student movement.

theguardian.com | 4 hrs. 15 min. ago

Milan braces for more unrest as debate intensifies over Italy’s ‘lost generation’

Protests and fringe violence expose sharp divide between marginalised and immigrant youth and those with greater prospectsMartina Miccichè was filming riot police kicking and beating a teenager with batons as they dragged him along Piazza del Duomo, the central Milan square hosting its cathedral, when she was struck by a flying object, causing a deep gash and bruising near her right eye.The journalist had joined hundreds of mostly young people marching through the northern Italian city on Saturday afternoon to protest over soaring living costs and unaffordable housing, echoing the wider wave of economic discontent fuelling protests across Europe.

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euronews.com | 4 hrs. 25 min. ago

Albanian opposition and ruling party lawmakers scuffle in parliament over student protest tensions

The clashes broke out after parliamentary leadership rejected opposition demands to debate ten days of student demonstrations that have gripped the capital Tirana.

thehindu.com | 4 hrs. 45 min. ago

CM Satheesan offers to host Raihan Vadra's exhibition in Keralam

Raihan Vadra said the Bikaner House administration in Delhi pulled down many of his pictures of the protests at his solo exhibition, 'No Idea Is Final'

smh.com.au | 6 hrs. 23 min. ago

Tourists get caught up in Paris protests

Footage of tourists wheeling suitcases through the middle of the Paris riots have gone viral

livemint.com | 7 hrs. 3 min. ago

DA installments, pension revision, OPS — Check demands amid Punjab govt employees protest over long-pending demands

Punjab government employees staged a mass casual leave protest demanding pending dearness allowance payments, restoration of the Old Pension Scheme, pension revisions and reinstatement of discontinued allowances. 

theguardian.com | 8 hrs. 1 min. ago

Massive student-led rally marches in Belgrade ahead of Serbian election

Student List movement hopes to oust the party of veteran leader Aleksandar Vucic in a pivotal vote on SundayExplained: what’s at stake in Serbia’s election? The key players, main issues and potential falloutAbout 150,000 supporters of Serbia’s opposition student movement rallied in central Belgrade on Thursday, seeking to oust the party of veteran leader Aleksandar Vucic in crunch parliamentary elections this weekend.The Student List, a leaderless movement of student-backed candidates, wants to end more than 14 years of rule by Vucic’s rightwing populist Serbian Progressive party (SNS) in Sunday’s vote.

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euronews.com | 11 hrs. 27 min. ago

Thousands protest in Poland over stalled abortion law reforms

Since 1993, Poland has allowed abortion only in cases of severe foetal abnormalities, risks to the mother's health or life, or pregnancies resulting from rape or incest.

dw.com | 11 hrs. 32 min. ago

Poland: Thousands protest for more abortion rights

Thousands rallied across Poland to demand abortion rights six years after a landmark court ruling tightened restrictions. The country has one of the strictest abortion rules in all of Europe.

thehindu.com | 12 hrs. 20 min. ago

Watch: Chennai: CJP Tamil Nadu and Left student outfits detained over SIR agitation

CJP Tamil Nadu and Left student and youth organisations stage a sit-in against SIR in Chennai, demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. Despite being denied police permission, protesters planned a 24-hour demonstration before being detained.

dw.com | 12 hrs. 32 min. ago

Are the French police the most violent in the EU?

As protests continue in France, the French police are under scrutiny after new allegations of police brutality. The force has a bigger arsenal than most in Europe.

thehindu.com | 12 hrs. 50 min. ago

Thousands gather in Paris after court lifts protest ban despite fears of new violence

The Paris prefecture previously said the ban was necessary, given the risk of street violence after groups of masked youth clashed with officers, looted shops and torched cars over the weekend

nytimes.com | 13 hrs. 36 min. ago

In the Wake of Riots, the French Authorities Ban Some Protests

President Emmanuel Macron said the move was necessary “so that calm prevails.”

dw.com | 13 hrs. 37 min. ago

Albania's student protests are only getting bigger

As police try to suppress anti-corruption protests by young Albanians, Prime Minister Edi Rama is claiming that "antifa" is behind the unrest. Few are buying that explanation.

nypost.com | 13 hrs. 37 min. ago

Wild moment Italian cops blast young protester with water cannon after she joined far-left rioters

Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, condemned the violence, calling on opposition leaders to unequivocally condemn violent acts and property damage.

bbc.co.uk | 13 hrs. 41 min. ago

Crowd of 50 beats foreigner to death in South Africa

The attack on the unidentified victim follows a wave of anti-migrants protests in South Africa this year.

thehindu.com | 15 hrs. 33 min. ago

Farm outfits write to President demanding CEC’s Gyanesh Kumar resignation

Samyukt Kisan Morcha to hold nationwide protest rallies on Friday, October 23; various trade unions and civil society organisations have pledged support to the farmers’ march

thehindu.com | 15 hrs. 34 min. ago

Albanian lawmakers scuffle in parliament as protests continue

Only minor sporadic incidents occurred on the streets of Tirana on October 22, but the student-led protest movement has called for a national rally on October 24