A huge punch-up has erupted in Georgia’s parliament over a controversial foreign influence law, some say follows in the Kremlin’s authoritarian footsteps. A massive brawl happened inside the Georgian Parliament on Monday, during heated discussions over a law deemed Russian-esque by critics. The legislation under debate will compel media and non-commercial organisations to register as being…
ADANA, Turkey, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Turkish police used tear gas and water cannon as hundreds of people at a pro-Palestinian rally on Sunday tried to storm an air base that houses U.S. troops, hours before U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due in Ankara for talks on Gaza. Turkey, which has stepped up…
QUARTIER-MORIN, Haiti — Hundreds of workers fled businesses in northern Haiti on Wednesday after demonstrations near the hometown of assassinated President Jovenel Moïse grew violent ahead of his funeral. Associated Press journalists observed the body of one man who witnesses said was shot in the community of Quartier-Morin, which is near Trou-du-Nord, where Moïse was…
The officers voted to leave the unit, known as the Rapid Response Team, hours after one of its members was charged with assaulting a woman at an Oregon protest in August. Police officers in Portland, Ore., during a protest in August. Credit…David Ryder for The New York Times A group of about 50 police officers…
Oregon Governor Kate Brown activated the state’s National Guard late Wednesday amid police reports of “widespread violence” and riots in Portland, where 11 were arrested, as demonstrators took to city streets including in New York, Seattle, Oakland, and Detroit, demanding that every vote from Tuesday’s presidential election be counted in full and without hindrance after President…