Jeremy Hunt clashed with Sky News host Trevor Phillips as he was grilled over Rishi Sunak’s comments on pro-Palestine protests. The presenter pressed the Chancellor on who the Prime Minister was referring to in his speech outside Downing Street on Friday when
Rishi Sunak (Image: GETTY/REX/Shutterstock) Huge Pro-Palestine protests will continue across the country today – with extra attention focused on them after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday claimed democracy is being targeted by extremists. Local demonstrations are planned for this weekend prior to
Iran votes in first parliament election since mass 2022 protests over country's mandatory hijab laws
Iran held its first parliamentary election since the 2022 protests over mandatory hijab laws following Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody. Iranian officials encouraged voter turnout, but polling stations in Tehran saw few voters. Reformist candidates were largely barred from running, leaving
Pakistan’s National Assembly swore in newly elected members of parliament on Thursday in a chaotic scene as allies of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan shouted and protested what they claim was a rigged election. Lawmakers from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party repeatedly
Widespread strikes in Greece halted trains, ferries and much of the capital’s public transport on Wednesday in protests timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the country’s deadliest rail crash, which killed 57 people. The train disaster on the night of
Farmers on Monday blocked a border crossing between Poland and Germany, threw bottles at police in Brussels and gathered in Madrid to demand action on cheap supermarket prices and what they say is unfair competition from abroad, including Ukraine. Agricultural ministers from
Just Stop Oil has been blasted by a Labour MP after the extremist group reiterated calls for protests and intimidation outside MPs’ homes. The eco-loons’ new plan emerged last week, when undercover journalists were told by unsuspecting activists that they plan a
Candidates for Iran’s parliament began campaigning Thursday in the country’s first election since the bloody crackdown on the 2022 nationwide protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody. State television said 15,200 candidates will compete for a four-year
The protesting German soccer fans got what they wanted Wednesday when the league abandoned plans to sell a stake in its media rights income to an outside investor. The league, known as the DFL, said its board decided not to proceed with
Taiwan on Tuesday protested China’s boarding of a tourist boat near the Kinmen archipelago. The Chinese coast guard boarded the King Xia for about 32 minutes on Monday. Taiwan’s coast guard escorted the boat back to Kinmen, and it resumed its voyage.