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Trump delivers Sing of the Union tackle amid protests

US President Donald Trump boasted about the economy, job growth and his « America first » policy during his first State of the Union address, which was met by protests inside and outside of Congress. « This, in fact, is our new American moment, » Trump said on Tuesday evening as he laid out his top priorities for the…

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Honduras’ President Hernandez sworn in amid protests

Tegucigalpa – Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was sworn in for a second term amid protests over what the opposition calls electoral fraud.  Hernandez’s inauguration on Saturday comes under the shadow of more than 30 deaths related to the political upheaval in the country since the end of November.  Hernandez, accused of stealing the presidential election…

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Trump at Davos: America first amid Swiss protests

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that America would come « first » but would not be « alone » during a speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. By welcoming foreign investors to continue pouring money into the US, which is « open for business » under the businessman-turned-president, Trump appeared to soften the populist-isolationist rhetoric for…

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Twelve months under Trump: A scared location for protests

For 11 months, Oliver Harris’ life came to a near standstill as he waited to find out if he would be sent to prison for years over his alleged participation in a rally against US President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Harris, 28, was among more than 230 people rounded up and arrested by police on January…

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Dalit protests: How Mumbai turned into once shut down

Mumbai, India – On January 1 each year, members of India’s Dalit community gather to mark the 1818 battle of Bhima-Koregaon In that fight, two centuries ago, low-caste Dalits sided with the British army to defeat the upper-caste Peshwa rulers. This year’s commemoration events, however, were marred by deadly violence after their rally in Bhima-Koregaon, in the…

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3,seven-hundred arrested one day of protests in Iran: MP

About 3,700 people were arrested across cities in Iran as a rare wave of anti-government protests and unrest gripped the country, according to a parliament member. Tehran MP Mahmoud Sadeghi announced the official figure, which is much higher than previous estimates, via the state-run ICANA news agency on Tuesday. Different security and intelligence forces detained…

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Iran prosecutor blames CIA, Israel, Saudi for protests

A CIA agent was the « main projector » of deadly demonstrations in Iran with assistance from Israel and Saudi Arabia, the country’s chief prosecutor alleged on Thursday. Planning for the plot – dubbed « Consequential Convergence Doctrine » – was initiated four years ago by an operative from the Central Intelligence Agency, Iran’s prosecutor Mohammad Jafar Montazeri was…

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Iranian diplomat charges US with inciting protests

Iran has accused the US of « inciting » anti-government protests that have gripped the country, and said the Trump administration had « flouted » international law and the principles of the UN charter by supporting the unrest in a series of « absurd tweets ». In a letter sent to Antonio Guterres, UN secretary-general, on Wednesday, Gholamali Khoshroo, the Iranian ambassador to the UN, said the US…

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What are the components in the motivate of Iran’s protests?

Iran’s anti-government protests are a result of deep-rooted structural issues that have existed for decades, analysts say. Years of social and economic inequality have pushed tens of thousands across the country to rally over the rising cost of living and against the policies of the system that has ruled Iran more than three decades. Iran…

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Extra deaths reported in Iran anti-executive protests

At least nine people have been killed overnight amid ongoing nationwide anti-government protests that began last week in various cities across Iran. Iranian state television confirmed on Tuesday that six demonstrators were killed during a raid on a police station in Qahdarijan. According to state media, the rioters were attempting to break into the station…