Kenyan authorities have fired blanks to disperse protesters in a Nairobi suburb overnight, hours after parliament was stormed during deadly demonstrations. Protesters burned parts of the building while legislators fled, as the country grapples with controversial tax increases. Police said they fired more than 700 blanks in Githurai, a suburb east of the capital Nairobi. […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine riot police blasted protesters with water cannons to disperse crowds outside of Congress on Wednesday, escalating tensions before lawmakers were expected to vote on state overhaul and tax bills proposed by President Javier Milei. Libertarian Milei’s political opponents, powerful trade unions and thousands of demonstrators began converging around Congress […]
Police have deployed riot tactics to disperse protesters in Georgia who rallied outside the country’s parliament in Tbilisi to protest a law that bears resemblance to Russian anti-independent media legislation. The law will require media and non-commercial organisations to register as being under foreign influence if they receive more than 20% of their funding from […]
STORY: Thousands of protesters, angry at how the Israeli government is handling the war in Gaza, attended weekly twin rallies. They called for an immediate ceasefire in its ongoing war with Hamas and demanded the government make a deal for the 134 hostages still held in Gaza. Protester Michal Simler said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
LAFAYETTE, Ind.— The Tippecanoe County Commissioners approved contracts on Monday for nine area nonprofit organizations to receive dispersed funds from the county’s portion of the opioid settlement totaling $550,000. The Tippecanoe Regional Opioid Settlement Community Committee presented commissioners with contracts for Lafayette Transitional Housing, Mental Health America, Meridian Health Services, NAMI West Central Indiana, Paul’s […]