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Unions, opposition groups unite to demonstrate against poor living conditions and restrictions on political freedoms.

Protesters across France called for street demonstrations on Saturday against rising living costs. France 24's Antonia Kerrigan reports from Paris. "The march from here to Place de Clichy isn't set to start for another hour. However, we've seen it kicking off extremely early doors. It seems that what's happened is that police attempted to block the protesters from reaching Place de la République, and we saw the use of tear gas. We've seen people running with their masks on. We also saw the use of stun grenades."

Medical Education Minister accuses Centre of withholding drought relief funds to Karnataka; backs protests against SIR and CEC

Police and protesters clashed violently in Paris and other French cities Saturday on the sidelines of nationwide marches against soaring inflation, with one demonstrator's hand blown off, multiple blazes set and looters breaking into dozens of stores to strip them bare.

France is tackling nationwide protests, as students, unions, and activists rally against high prices and inequality.

The march, demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, will be inaugurated by Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan; leaders of the Communist Party of India and the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) will also participate in the protest

Demonstrations began in mid-September at schools and have expanded, tapping into wider grievances.

Protests ⁠began across France on Saturday in ⁠what was expected to become a major nationwide protest ⁠against high prices and the fraying of a model intended to provide a basic level of opportunity and social security. The protests began last month at high schools in Paris’ poor northern suburbs, where anger over teacher absences and shabby facilities quickly morphed into a nationwide movement against inequality, weak public spending and falling standards. A large police presence was ‌visible in...

Responding to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's accusation that the opposition was seeking a regime change along the lines of Bangladesh and using the energy of youth to spread "anarchy", Kunal Ghosh said

Despite ⁠tens of thousands of security personnel deployed to stop them, youth protesters in India scaled barricades last ⁠week, chanted anti-government slogans and scuffled with police officers trying to drag them away. “Long live the revolution,” shouted one young man before police bundled him into a bus. Street protests in India this year are likely to be higher than at any time in the past decade, the independent Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project has said, as dissent mounts...

Albanian PM Edi Rama claimed ‘foreign hands’ are driving protests that have rocked the country for months.

Reminding the Chief Minister that even schoolchildren were taking to the streets to voice their concerns in the State, Mr. Mahant wrote that such developments were a cause for concern not only for the government but for the entire State 

Riot police clash with protesters for fourth day, as young Albanians protest corruption and poor university conditions

In India, the Cockroach movement felt the crushing boot of the state this week. Thousands of Gen Z protesters were rounded up and detained in sports stadiums and community halls turned into makeshift detention centres, while the movement’s founder, Abhijeet Dipke, was arrested on arrival. A mass demonstration over alleged voter fraud was effectively crushed before it could begin.And Abdijeet has been detained again todayNarendra Modi’s government says the measures were necessary to protect civilians in the capital. But he now faces accusations of choosing repression over democracy, with the UN Human Rights Office urging authorities to respect the right to peaceful assembly.    It’s been a week of blame games and accusations of betrayal in Ukraine with President Zelensky speaking of his personal hurt at President Trump’s decision to make a diesel deal with the Kremlin ahead of the US Mid term elections calling it “weak”, suggesting Trump had chosen, “the other side”. Trump meanwhile made clear he wants Zelensky replaced, and warned him against striking Russian refineries AND announced an energy ceasefire, declaring it to have been agreed by both sides but which went nowhere. President Zelensky continued to search for solidarity and a solution in Europe.   It’s been a week of blame games and accusations of betrayal in Ukraine with President Zelensky speaking of his personal hurt at President Trump’s decision to make a diesel deal with the Kremlin ahead of the US Mid term elections calling it “weak”, suggesting Trump had chosen, “the other side”. Trump meanwhile made clear he wants Zelensky replaced, and warned him against striking Russian refineries AND announced an energy ceasefire, declaring it to have been agreed by both sides but which went nowhere. President Zelensky continued to search for solidarity and a solution in Europe.    Gavin Lee is joined this week by Anne-Elisabeth Moutet, John Sweeney, Victor Mallet and Suhasini Raj.

The JD(S) leader was reacting to Home Minister’s purported statement that the Congress and the CJP were alike and that no legal action would be taken against CJP activists, irrespective of the disturbances they caused.

Albania's capital Tirana has seen months of protests from an anti-government "Flamingo" movement, but what started on Tuesday this week was on a different scale.

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The top court had directed that no coercive action be taken against a woman journalist, against whom a case has been filed by a Delhi Police officer alleging casteist remarks and public humiliation against him during a protest near the Jantar Mantar

The Committee to Protect Journalists said police detained journalists even after the Supreme Court secured assurances from the Solicitor-General that the press would not be impeded, with several reporting being struck or hit

Brazil's tight runoff, tropical storm Trudy off Mexico, Colombia's first big protest day and Costa Rica's new mega-prison set the mood across Latin America. The post Latin American Pulse for Friday, October 16, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

France's prime minister has suggested that student anger is being weaponised, as the unions and other protesters prepare to take to the streets too.

Hong Kong lost the chance to host a key gathering of global finance ministers 12 years ago as pro-democracy protests loomed. Now, Beijing is giving it another chance in a city where its tightening grip has made such dissent all but unthinkable.

Fires burn in central Tirana as protesters throw stones and police respond with tear gas and water cannon. Student-led demonstrations demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation enter their third day.

​Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Thursday rejected calls to resign as thousands of student-led protesters smashed windows and fought running battles with riot police firing water cannon and tear gas in the capital. The demonstrators accuse officials of corruption and neglecting education and say they are angry about the sale of parts of Albania's southern coastline to a luxury resort development backed ​by US President ‌Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has extended support to the ongoing protests against the SIR and ECI, and equated the SIR to President Trump’s plans for American elections

Formula One returns to Africa for the first time since 1993, but DRC slams decision to stage race in Rwanda.

Protests have taken place over the rules which have seen pupils wearing hijabs turned away from schools.

?? On October 10, New Delhi faced a near-lockdown situation following a call for protests by Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party. Authorities imposed a 24-hour internet blackout, but protesters found ways around it.

The BJP MLC says that Congress leaders should resign from govts they are heading in a few States before protesting against the CEC

Extraordinary restrictions have been imposed in Delhi to prevent people from joining protests demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, CJP leader Abhijeet Dipke said