Ukraine protesters, police in tense standoff after clashes

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 11:29

Opposition protesters on Monday locked in a tense standoff with Ukrainian security forces in Kiev after hours of unprecedented clashes deep into the night left dozens wounded and parts of the centre resembling a battlefield.

`Respect my vote`, Thai election supporters speak out

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 14:12

Angered by opposition protests seeking to thwart upcoming polls, a burgeoning pro-election movement in Thailand is taking a stand to demand their votes are respected, with candlelight vigils and Facebook campaigns.

Thai protesters target revenue offices, govt awaits graft ruling

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 13:58

Protesters in Thailand trying to force out the government marched on revenue offices on Thursday, but their numbers appeared to be dwindling and ministers said the movement could be running out of steam.

Thai government urges police to arrest rally leaders

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 12:54

Thailand’s government pleaded with police Thursday to arrest opposition protest leaders who have threatened to take the prime minister captive and paralysed parts of central Bangkok.

50,000 Ukrainians protest opposition leader`s beating

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 09:35

An estimated 50,000 pro-Western Ukrainians massed on Sunday in the heart of Kiev amid swelling anger over the bloody beating of prominent former minister turned opposition leader Yuriy Lutsenko.

Sri Lanka protests US war crimes remarks

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 02:04

Sri Lanka said on Friday it would protest to the United States over its allegations that army shelling killed hundreds of families during the final days of the island`s ethnic civil war.

Thailand plays down coup talk ahead of city "shutdown" by protesters

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 18:31

Thailand on Friday played down talk of a military coup ahead of a planned "shutdown" of the capital next week by protesters trying to overthrow Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and said life would go on much as normal.

Egypt courts jail 87 pro-Morsi protesters

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 22:53

Courts on Thursday jailed 87 supporters of Egypt`s deposed president Mohamed Morsi to three years for taking part in unauthorised and violent protests, judicial sources said.

8 anti-govt protests rock Jammu, protesters clash with police

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 21:44

The winter capital of Jammu & Kashmir was on Wednesday rocked by as many as eight anti-government protests by different organisations amid extreme cold conditions, with two group of demonstrators clashing with policemen.

Thailand to deploy 15,000 police, troops for "shutdown"

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 15:41

Nearly 15,000 police and soldiers will be deployed in the Thai capital next week for the planned "shutdown" of Bangkok by demonstrators trying to overthrow the government, officials said on Wednesday.

Thousands turn out for Yangon protest

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 15:14

Several thousand people joined a rally in Myanmar`s main city on Sunday to call for the abolition of repressive laws and an end to politically related arrests.

Chinese state TV eyes Tiananmen rocker for new year gala

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 12:39

China`s state broadcaster has invited rock singer Cui Jian -- an inspiration for 1980s pro-democracy protesters -- to perform at its annual new year gala, his manager said Monday.