TEHRAN, March 21 - French commuters face major train service disruptions on Thursday due to an unexpectedly large walkout by railway workers angry at the government's plans to shake up the state-owned and highly indebted SNCF rail company.
The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination saw mobilizations in more than eighty cities in at least fifteen countries worldwide. In the Greek capital Athens thousands took to the streets to protest against the EU’s refugee policy, the rise of the extreme right and imperialist intervention in the Middle East. Press TV’s Constantine Venizelos has more in this report.
TEHRAN, March 13 - An anti-Merkel demonstration under the name of 'Merkel Must Go' was held in Hamburg on Monday night, which drew a large crowd from antifascist counter protest ers as well as pro-Kurdish demonstrators.
TEHRAN, March 12 - Hundreds of protest ers marched through the city center of Hamburg on Sunday to denounce the Turkish military operation in the Kurdish-dominated enclave of Afrin in northern Syria.
TEHRAN, March 8 - Several hundred opposition supporters staged a protest in Bangladesh's capital on Thursday demanding the release of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who is serving a five-year prison sentence in a corruption case.
TEHRAN, March 8 - Hundreds of people protest ed against the renewed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal in Santiago on Wednesday, just a day before representatives of 11 different nations sign it.
TEHRAN, March 7 - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has arrived in London for his controversial three-day visit amid massive outcry and protest s against Riyadh’s human rights violations and its deadly war on Yemen.
TEHRAN, March 7 - Britain’s grand welcome for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will begin on Wednesday with a lunch with Queen Elizabeth, as the two countries seek to widen longstanding defense ties into a far-reaching partnership.
TEHRAN, March 4 - Hundreds of Macedonian-Australians gather in Melbourne to rally for Macedonia's right to keep its name in an ongoing dispute with Greece.
TEHRAN, February 27 - Police in Taiwan have clashed with demonstrators — including senior military veterans — who tried to storm the parliament building in protest at government-proposed pension reforms.
TEHRAN, February 26 - Thousands have taken to the streets of Brussels, the heart of the European Union, in protest at the Belgian government’s refugee policy, calling on authorities to adopt a more “humane” approach in dealing with “those without papers.”
TEHRAN, February 22 - Retirees are demonstrating across Spain, calling for higher pensions and urging authorities to ensure funding for social security.
TEHRAN, February 21 - Baquedano metro station in central Santiago was forced to close on Monday, after dozens of people scaled turnstiles in protest of fare price hikes.
TEHRAN, February 21 - Hundreds of protest ers gathered before the White House calling for a change in gun control policies after a mass shooting in a Florida high school which killed 17 people.
TEHRAN, February 20 - Hundreds of Bahrainis have staged anti-regime protest s across the Persian Gulf kingdom against the Al Khalifah regime’s crackdown on dissent.
TEHRAN, February 16 - US State Secretary Tillerson arrived in Ankara on Thursday for talks with the Turkish side, which are believed to be difficult as the tensions between the two NATO allies have been running high recently over a number of issues, particularly Washington's support for the Syrian Kurdish YPG units.
TEHRAN, February 15 - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn resigned Thursday after long-running political turmoil, an unprecedented move in the vast East African country.