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Middle East protests

  • Monday, 11 June, 2018
    Global Economy
    Gulf states pledge $2.5bn to help Jordan quell protests

    Unrest rekindles memories of uprisings that swept across Arab world in 2011

    The protests in Jordan erupted over government cost-cutting measures linked to an IMF programme, including a tax rise seeking to stabilise public accounts
  • Monday, 14 May, 2018
    1 min
    Palestinians killed in embassy and Gaza protests

    At least 41 Palestinians die in clashes as US relocates to Jerusalem

  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2018
    Bahrain jails human rights activist over critical tweets

    Five-year prison term for man who condemned bombing of Yemen by Saudi-led coalition

    Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab (C) is greeted by relatives at his home in the village of Bani Jamrah, west of Manama, earlier on July 14, 2015, after his release from prision. Bahrain's king pardoned an outspoken Bahraini human rights activist after three months in prison, citing health reasons, reported the official Bahrain News Agency. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Tuesday, 9 January, 2018
    Iran’s supreme leader blames US-Israeli plot for protests

    Cleric insinuates Saudi Arabia helped fund unrest over Islamic regime

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: 'The plot was engineered by America and Zionists'
  • Wednesday, 3 January, 2018
    2 min
    Iran regime rallies support against street protests

    Thousands of Iranians take part in state-organised gatherings

  • Wednesday, 3 January, 2018
    Thousands of Iranians take part in state-organised rallies

    French foreign minister postpones visit to Tehran planned for this week

    epaselect epa06414362 Iranians take part in a state organized rally against anti-government protests, in the city of Ahvaz, south west Iran, 03 January 2018. Media reports that after several days of ongoing anti-regime protests in Iran, the country's Islamic leadership has now organized rallies nationwide. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets to demonstrate their support for the system. EPA/Morteza Jaberian
  • Monday, 1 January, 2018
    News in-depth
    Protesting Iranians despair at barren economic landscape

    Establishment accused of reaping benefits of nuclear deal and corruption

    Protesters called for the change of a regime that they blame for economic woes, massive corruption and political and social restrictions
  • Sunday, 31 December, 2017
    Instant InsightAndrew England
    Nationwide protests test Rouhani’s commitment to reform in Iran

    Stagnation and frustration with theocratic regime fuel unrest, writes Andrew England

    People protest in Tehran, Iran December 30, 2017 in in this picture obtained from social media. REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
  • Sunday, 31 December, 2017
    Iran blocks social media after protest spread nationwide

    Tehran blocks access to Instagram and Telegram in effort to curb dissent

    In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, a university student attends a protest inside Tehran University while a smoke grenade is thrown by anti-riot Iranian police, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017. A wave of spontaneous protests over Iran's weak economy swept into Tehran on Saturday, with college students and others chanting against the government just hours after hard-liners held their own rally in support of the Islamic Republic's clerical establishment. (AP Photo)
  • Sunday, 11 June, 2017
    Morocco arrests scores of demonstrators

    Protests over marginalisation in Rif region lead to worst unrest since Arab uprisings

    Teargas from security forces enshrouds protesters from the Rif movement during clashes after a demonstration against the government in al-Hoceima
  • Tuesday, 30 August, 2016
    David Gardner
    Kurds’ dream of statehood looks as distant as ever

    Kurdish people are unlikely to gain autonomy from turmoil in the Middle East

    Smoke still rises from the scene after Kurdish militants attacked a police checkpoint in Cizre, southeast Turkey, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, with an explosives-laden truck, killing several police officers and wounding dozens more, according to reports from the state-run Anadolu news agency. The attack struck the checkpoint some 50 meters (yards) from a main police station near the town of Cizre, in the mainly-Kurdish Sirnak province that borders Syria. Turkish authorities have put a temporary ban on distribution of images relating to Friday's Cizre attack within Turkey. (DHA via AP)
  • Monday, 25 January, 2016
    Special ReportMichael Skapinker
    Diversification could be key to withstanding political risk

    Experts advise companies to set up in different regions and to take out insurance if possible

    An Egyptian soldier atop a tank watches opposition supporters during a huge rally in the opposition stronghold in Tahrir Square in Cairo February 8, 2011. Egypt has a plan and timetable for the peaceful transfer of power, the vice president said on Tuesday, as protesters called more demonstrations to show their campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak remains potent. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY)
  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2016
    Global Economy
    Oil prices are at the mercy of geopolitics

    A counterweight to pessimism could come from sanctions lifting on Iran, writes Daniel Yergin

    Oil rigs
  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2016
    Tunisia job protests echo spark for Arab uprising

    Unrest persists after death of man who threatened suicide on being denied government post

    Tunisians shout slogans during an anti-government demonstration on January 20, 2016 on Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis in solidarity with demonstrators demanding jobs in the central Tunisian city of Kasserine Authorities imposed a curfew on the impoverished city of Kasserine, where tensions have been high since January 16, 2016 when a young unemployed man suffered a fatal electric shock during a protest. / AFP / SOFIENE HAMDAOUI (Photo credit should read SOFIENE HAMDAOUI/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2016
    Currencies
    EM borrowing costs rise as credit fears grow

    Weaker local currencies raise cost of servicing dollar-denominated debt

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2016
    Currencies
    Capital flight from China worse than thought

    Emerging markets saw an estimated $735bn in net capital outflows last year

    Paramilitary policemen patrol in front of the People's Bank of China, the central bank of China, in Beijing on July 8, 2015. China stocks took another plunge on July 8, as the securities regulator - the China Securities Regulatory Commission - warned the market was in the grip of "panic" selling after fresh government moves failed to arrest a rout that has now infected regional markets. AFP PHOTO / GREG BAKER
  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2016
    EU to shift refugee burden to northern states

    End of ‘first-country’ asylum rule to ease pressure on Greece and Italy

    FOR STORY GREECE STUCK IN CRISIS PHOTO GALLERY - In this photo taken on Monday, July 27, 2015, two migrants pull an overcrowded dinghy with Syrian and Afghan refugees arriving from the Turkish coast to the Greek island of Lesbos. Anyone hoping Greece might finally have a quiet year was quickly disappointed in 2015. Brinkmanship with bailout lenders brought the country a half-step from financial collapse and eurozone exit, while Greece was at the center of Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)
  • Sunday, 17 January, 2016
    Week Ahead Political Diary: Destination Davos for world leaders

    Formal programme of meetings is loosely based around the theme of ‘a fourth industrial revolution’

    Argentina's President elect Mauricio Macri waves to journalists after a press conference in  Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Nov. 23, 2015. Macri won Argentina's runoff election against ruling party candidate Daniel Scioli, putting an end to the era of President Cristina Fernandez, who along with her late husband dominated the country's politics for 12 years. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
  • Sunday, 17 January, 2016
    Japan’s Abe calls for Putin to be brought in from the cold

    Japan PM says Russian help crucial to tackling Middle East crises

    Shinzo Abe
  • Monday, 4 January, 2016
    Tehran protests
  • Tuesday, 21 April, 2015
    Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi jailed for 20 years

    First elected leader, ousted by military in 2013, guilty of violence against protesters and torture

    Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi sits in a soundproof glass cage inside a makeshift courtroom at Egyptís national police academy in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, April 21, 2015. An Egyptian criminal court on Tuesday, sentenced Morsi to 20 years in prison over the killing of protesters in 2012, the first verdict to be issued against the countryís first freely elected leader. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
  • Wednesday, 24 September, 2014
    Roula Khalaf
    Isis and the aunts from Karamlish

    As we cheer the protection of Middle East minorities, we often lose sight of the majority

    An Iraqi family walks past tents at a temporary camp set up to shelter Iraqis fleeing violence in Iraq's northern Nineveh province on June 12, 2014, in Aski kalak, 40 kms West of Arbil, in the autonomous Kurdistan region. Thousands of people who fled Iraq's second city of Mosul after it was overrun by jihadists wait in the blistering heat, hoping to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region and furious at Baghdad's failure to help them. As many as half a million people are thought to have fled Mosul, which was captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on June 10, after a spectacular assault that routed the army. AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMEDSAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images
  • Wednesday, 11 June, 2014
    Kuwaitis protest against state corruption
    Protesters listen to speeches during a demonstration against government corruption at Irada Square in Kuwait City, June 10, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (KUWAIT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
  • Friday, 27 December, 2013
    Syrian crisis
    Beirut blast kills Lebanese former minister who opposed Assad
    Fires burn and smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Beirut downtown area December 27, 2013. An explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut on Friday, causing an unknown number of casualties.The blast was heard across the city and a plume of black smoke was seen rising in the downtown business district near the Phoenicia Hotel. REUTERS/Steve Crisp (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
  • Sunday, 15 December, 2013
    Tunisia names caretaker prime minister in run-up to poll
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