TEHRAN, June 14 - A national strike got underway Thursday in Nicaragua to protest the government's deadly crackdown on a two-month long popular uprising against President Daniel Ortega, hours after the Church moved towards rekindling talks to calm the crisis rights groups say has killed at least 152 people.
TEHRAN, June 13 - At least 12 civilians lost their lives when the US-led coalition purportedly fighting terrorism carried out an air strike against Syria’s troubled northeastern province of Hasakah.
TEHRAN, June 09 - Unions at Air France on Friday called for a four-day strike starting June 23 over a continuing pay dispute that prompted the resignation of parent company Air France-KLM's chief executive last month.
TEHRAN, June 06 - Twenty-two students from a prestigious Istanbul university went on trial Wednesday on charges of spreading "terror propaganda" for staging an action on the campus opposing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's military campaign in Syria.
TEHRAN, June 06 - Jordanian unions staged a nationwide strike on Wednesday over IMF-backed austerity measures including a proposed income tax law that has sparked a week of angry demonstrations.
TEHRAN, June 01 -US President Donald Trump told Canada and the European Union on Friday to do more to bring down their trade surpluses, a day after hitting the two US allies and Mexico with import tariffs on their steel and aluminum.
TEHRAN, May 30 -Thousands of Jordanians have staged a strike against an income tax bill that they say will worsen an erosion in living standards, demanding the overthrow of the government of Hani Mulki.
TEHRAN, May 28 - A Brazilian truckers association behind a week-long nationwide fuel-price protest that paralyzed key sectors of Latin America's biggest economy told drivers to get back to work on Monday after the government caved in to their demands.
TEHRAN, May 23 - A Brazil-wide truck strike to protest rising fuel costs entered a third day Wednesday, causing traffic jams, snarling commercial deliveries, and even delaying the mail.
TEHRAN, May 22 - French public sector employees joined rail workers in striking Tuesday to protest overhauls proposed by President Emmanuel Macron, calling them an "attack" by the centrist leader against civil services as well as their economic security.
TEHRAN, May 10 - Dozens of Bangladeshis were killed in lightning strike s as pre-monsoon thunderstorms wreaked havoc across the South Asian country, an official said Thursday.
TEHRAN, May 8 - A railway workers' strike in Paris saw police forcibly push back protesters who had descended upon Montparnasse railway station on Monday.
TEHRAN, May 7 - A powerful French union is vowing to push ahead with strike s that have hobbled nationwide train services, even as signs of a possible compromise emerged in talks with French President Emmanuel Macron's government.
TEHRAN, April 30 - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the escalation of aggression against Syria will only boost the country's resolve to uproot terrorism in all its forms.
TEHRAN, April 25 - French train workers have been holding rolling strike s for almost a month in a battle against president Emmanuel Macron's plan to reform the rail system.
TEHRAN, April 19 - French President Emmanuel Macron faced booing from hostile railway workers while touring a town in eastern France, as spreading student protests and the fourth round of crippling train strike s in a month piled on the pressure.
TEHRAN, April 16 - Supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have poured into the streets in the capital Damascus in support of their government after the United States and its allies fired more than 100 missiles at Syria.
TEHRAN, April 16 - Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said a US-led attack on Syria on Saturday was a repeat of Washington's use of lies to fulfill its interests in line with its expansionist policies.
TEHRAN, April 15 - Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) strongly condemned a recent attack by the United States, Britain and France against Syria, saying it will boost the Syrian nation’s resolve in its fight against terrorism.