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Unrest, Conflicts and War

It wasn’t clear if the shooting was linked to fights that broke out as a caravan of about 600 vehicles was confronted by counter-demonstrators in the city’s downtown Saturday night.
Angry protesters gathered after Rayshard Brooks was fatally shot by a police officer outside the fast-food restaurant Friday. The officer was fired late Saturday.
Roughly 150 protesters marched to protest the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks by a white police officer.
The Prime Minister has been in touch with Australia's embassy in the US to have the matter "urgently investigated".
The anti-government protest movement since October 1 has accused the government of being corrupt and has also decried Iran’s growing influence in Iraqi state affairs.
The events in Syria could well influence the power dynamics of the Middle East for years to come.
The group said it would file a High Court claim challenging the ban on the grounds it is “disproportionate and unlawful”.
A US military official said the situation across northeastern Syria was "deteriorating rapidly."
The climate change activists have vowed to protest for "as long as it takes". Here's what they are demanding.
Climate change activists are using super glue and bike chains to lock themselves to objects to clog roads.