Streets empty of crowds who earlier torched govt buildings, ministers’ homes

LONDON, July 27 — Hundreds of people demonstrated in the streets of Aberdeen and Edinburgh on Saturday to protest against United States (US) President Donald Trump, who arrived in Scotland for a five-day visit, reported Xinhua.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 — The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) dismantled the main stage used during a gathering at Dataran Merdeka today after it was found to have failed safety standards.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has taken note of the planned rally this Saturday (July 26) and, as someone who upholds constitutional principles and the spirit of reform, he has urged for it to proceed peacefully and in an orderly manner.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 — More than 2,000 police personnel will be deployed to ensure security and maintain order during the rally scheduled at Dataran Merdeka next Saturday (July 26).

PUTRAJAYA, July 16 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) will facilitate the Himpunan Turun Anwar rally, scheduled to take place in the capital next Saturday (July 26).

NAIROBI, July 10 — Kenya’s President William Ruto yesterday said police should shoot protesters who vandalise businesses in the leg to incapacitate them, two days after 31 people were killed during nationwide anti-government demonstrations.

VENICE, June 29 — Mass tourism, impossibly high rents, worker exploitation, inequality and elitism: Venice protests in recent days against Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's high-profile wedding have highlighted growing global grievances.

LOS ANGELES, June 12 — California will face off with Washington in court today over United States President Donald Trump’s deployment of US troops in Los Angeles after demonstrators again took to the streets in major cities to protest Trump’s immigration crackdown.

LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON, June 10 — The Trump administration has ordered United States (US) Marines into Los Angeles on Monday and intensified raids on suspected undocumented immigrants, fueling more outrage from street protesters and Democratic leaders who raised concerns over a national crisis.

LOS ANGELES, June 9 — California National Guard troops were deployed to the streets of Los Angeles yesterday to help quell a third day of protests over President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement, as the state's Democratic governor called their deployment unlawful.

LOS ANGELES — United States (US) President Donald Trump's administration said it would deploy 2,000 National Guard troops on Saturday as federal agents in Los Angeles faced off against demonstrators for a second day following immigration raids.

LOS ANGELES, June 7 — Helmeted police in riot gear turned out yesterday in a tense confrontation with protesters in downtown Los Angeles, after a day of federal immigration raids in which dozens of people across the city were reported to be taken into custody.

WASHINGTON, April 7 — Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, DC, and across the US on Saturday, part of some 1,200 demonstrations that were expected to form the largest single day of protest against President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk since they launched a rapid-fire effort to overhaul government and expand presidential authority.

WASHINGTON, April 5— Some 1,200 demonstrations are planned across the United States (US) on Saturday in what organizers expect to be the largest single day of protest against President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk since the administration launched its rapid-fire effort to put a conservative stamp on government.

ISTANBUL, March 28 — Hundreds of thousands of Turks protested in Istanbul on Saturday against the jailing of Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's main rival, sustaining the largest demonstrations Turkiye has seen in more than a decade.

ISTANBUL, March 24 — A Turkish court yesterday jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival, pending trial on corruption charges, in a move likely to inflame the country's biggest protests in more than a decade.

ISTANBUL, March 22 — Protests against the detention of Istanbul's mayor grew on Friday and turned increasingly tense, Turkiye's biggest show of civil disobedience in more than a decade after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned it would not be tolerated.

JAKARTA, March 21 — Indonesia's Parliament passed revisions to the country's military law on Thursday, allocating more civilian posts for military officers as hundreds of students and activists protested against the legislation.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has urged padi farmers to ensure their planned gathering in Putrajaya tomorrow does not disrupt Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's state visit.