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Singers Usher Raymond and Trey Songz joined the Black Lives Matter march in Los Angeles with Black Rides For Black Lives.

Riot police in Hong Kong have used teargas and water cannon to disperse anti-government protesters attending an unauthorized march in the Chinese city, which has been rocked by violent rallies over the past four months. Violence broke…

A state of emergency has been declared in the Chilean capital, Santiago after protests sparked by increased metro ticket prices turned violent. Protesters – many of them high school and university students – jumped turnstiles, attacked…

The first-ever Asian iteration of Rolling Loud Festival was set to take place this weekend in Hong Kong, featuring headliners Migos and Wiz Khalifa as well as Playboi Carti, $uicideboy$, Night Lovell, Ski Mask the Slump God, Lil Skies,…

U.S. Internet giant Google on Thursday suspended from its Google Play digital distribution service the new The Revolution of Our Times role-playing mobile app game that simulates the ongoing protest movement in Hong Kong. …

Pensioners of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday protested at the NPA Headquarters in Marina, Lagos,  against  the irregular increment in their pensions since 2008. The pensioners under  the aegis of NPA Pensioners’…

The death toll from ongoing anti-government protests in Iraq has risen to almost 100, according to the country’s parliamentary human rights commission. The unrest entered its fifth day on Saturday, with five people killed in the latest…

Police snipers shot at demonstrators on Saturday killing five people and several others wounded in a resumption of anti-government unrest in Eastern Baghdad. The security forces has however deployed in their hundreds to keep…

Hong Kong’s metro system will stay shut Saturday, the rail operator said, paralyzing transport in the Asian financial hub after a night of chaos in which police shot a teenage boy and pro-democracy protesters torched businesses and metro…

The first Hong Kong protester shot during months of unrest has been charged by police with rioting and assaulting an officer. Authorities on Thursday charged the 18-year-old with rioting and assaulting a police officer amid widespread…

A second student has died after protesters clashed with police on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island during a rally against legislation that critics fear would undermine freedoms and anti-corruption efforts, an official said on Friday. Police…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has rejected the new policy on cash deposits and withdrawals recently announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The National President of the association, Mr Danielson Akpan,…

Dozens of demonstrators were arrested at yellow vest protests in Paris on Saturday as more than 7,000 police were deployed to quell any violence by the movement and its radical, anarchist “black blocs.” There were also fears that the…

Thousands of students took to the streets of Australia and other Asia-Pacific countries on Friday to kick off a global strike demanding world leaders gathering for a UN Climate Action Summit adopt urgent measures to stop an environmental…

Armed policemen on Wednesday disrupted a planned protest organized by human rights groups to call for the release of Omoyele Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow movement and other detainees. P.M.News learnt that the policemen…

Hong Kong’s businesses and metro stations reopened as usual on Monday after a chaotic Sunday when police fired water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters, who blocked roads and threw petrol bombs outside government…

Clashes between men wearing white shirts and pro-democracy protesters broke out at several Hong Kong metro stations on the night of Sept. 15, capping off the city’s 15th weekend of unrest that saw police fire tear gas and water cannons at…

Charles Oputa, a.k.a “Charly boy”,  convener of  ‘OurMumuDonDo Movement’, on Friday said street protest by Nigerians over national issues cannot change political leaders at all levels. Charlyboy made this known in an interview with…

Two people have been stabbed in a fresh xenophobic attack and protest in Johannesburg, South Africa. The President, Nigerian Union in South Africa, Adetola Olubajo, confirmed this on Sunday but said he could not speak on the…

Hong Kong police fired tear gas and nonlethal bullets at anti-government protesters on Sunday evening as demonstrations escalated across the city following a peaceful march to the U.S. consulate that drew thousands of residents.…