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Police in FYROM's capital, Skopje fired flash grenades and tear gas at protesters opposing the signing of an agreement with Greece to rename the country. According to reports, some of the protesting crowd pushed through police barriers and attacked officers...

The Jordanian people took to the streets for three days and nights in protest against a new austerity tax bill forcing Prime Minister Hani Mulki to quit. They could no longer cope with the rising consumer prices and falling salaries;...

Riot police and protesters clashed near the official residence of Greece's prime minister on Friday, as a demonstration over education turned violent. Police fired tear gas as some of the crowd, masked and brandishing sticks, attacked officers. The day had started...

Members of Israeli far-right groups disrupted a Jerusalem community center's Hanukkah celebration, which incorporated Santa Claus, Christmas trees, and Mohammed's birthday. The protesters called the participants "Hellenists" and told them to "go back to Greece. The protest took place on Wednesday...

A protest march against crime by local residents in the area of Menidi, eastern Attica, turned violent on Monday night after a group of youths threw petrol bombs and stones against riot police at the train station, who responded...

A sculpture of the Greek goddess Themis, the goddess of justice, stood proudly in Bangladesh for only 6 months before being removed due to protestors of Islamist groups who claimed that the statue hurt the sentiments of Muslims. The...

Heavy rain didn't stop major protests that have been ongoing in Athens over the last 2 days. The protests come ahead of an omnibus bill to be voted on in Parliament Thursday that will bring on additional austerity measures...

Anti-austerity protests took place on Wednesday in Athens. They are part of a general strike occurring concurrent to the Greek Parliament debating the bailout-related spending cuts. The protests outside of Parliament turned violent when, according to the AP, several dozen of protestors of...

On Wednesday activists formed a human chain across the 70-meter UN-controlled buffer zone in protest to Turkey's plans to build a nuclear power plant only 56 miles (90 kilometers) from Cyprus's northern shoreline, the AP has reported. The planned Russian-made...

On Monday authorities made the official inauguration of a waste transfer station in Efkarpia, Thessaloniki, amidst protests by locals. The opening of the waste station has been long-awaited by authorities who originally had the contract drawn up for the project...