Police gunned down several rioters who attacked a police station and killed 18 people in Hotan city of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Monday noon, sources with the Ministry of Public Security said. Rioters broke into the police station shortly after 12 p.m.. They assaulted the police, took hostages and set fire to the station, according to the ministry. A member of the... 

At least 41 protesters were killed today and another 120 wounded as security forces opened fire on marchers in several areas around Syria. The deaths were the highest single day toll in weeks. But so too was it the biggest march yet, with estimates that around one million Syrians took part in demonstrations nationwide. The largest rally was in Hama, where 500,000 took part in the rally. The largest... 

Belarusian policemen in plainclothes detain a man in Minsk. Police in Belarus on Wednesday beat up and arrested dozens of anti-government protesters during a banned rally in the capital of the authoritarian former Soviet nation calling for the ouster of President Alexander Lukashenko. Dozens of plainclothes police reportedly rounded up the protesters during the rally, kicking and punching them before... 

Syrian pro-democracy activists report that security forces opened fire on a demonstration in the Damascus suburb of Qatana today, killing at least 20 people, while another seven were reported killed not far from the Turkish border. The killings, if confirmed, would make today the deadliest day in over a month, as the Syrian regime has increasingly avoided massive killings that have only served to... 

Dissatisfaction was the biggest common factor for the thousands who rallied in Cairo’s Tahrir square yesterday. Elsewhere in Egypt several smaller rallies took place to help defend the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak and to show anger at the new military rulers’ slow pace of reforms. There were men on stages calling for faster trials for ministers associated with the regime. A separate... 

235 years after the American colonies declared independence from Britain, the passengers on the U.S. Boat to Gaza call for a new American Declaration of Independence, this time from Israel. The passengers issued their call from the decks of the U.S.-flagged boat, The Audacity of Hope, which is currently confined to a Greek military pier near Athens, while its captain sits in jail. Like the Founders... 

Denmark fences itself off from the EU Denmark is to put the barriers back up on its borders with Germany and Sweden. The move is not going down well with EU colleagues who say it violates Europe’s much-heralded open border agreement. From Tuesday, 50 Danish customs officers will be stationed at the country’s borders to perform spot checks on vehicles. The move is part of a plan approved by... 

Despite the many threats to confront the activists onboard the Freedom Flotilla II, organizers have said they will go ahead with their attempt to break the siege. One of the chief organizers said Israel issues repeated threats against the flotilla because it is afraid of the truth, a Press TV correspondent reported. He further added that the plan to get humanitarian aid and construction material into... 

China has once again asked Nepal to curb ‘Free Tibet’ movement from its soil, later strongly upholds One China policy and believes that Tibet and Taiwan are integral parts of China. China is Nepal’s northern neighbor and Tibet shares border with Nepal along its northern side. The newly appointed Chinese envoy to Kathmandu, Yang Houlam, who considered as the senior most Chinese official to... 

Athens: Demonstrator stand by a burning advertisment post on Syntagma square in front of the parliament in Athens on June 29, 2011 during masive clashes. The Greek parliament has passed second austerity law which will last until 2015. Angry anti-package protests are expected to break out over the parliament’s decision in Athens. ­The EU and the IMF had demanded that the parliament passes two bills... 

Orban says Hungarian renewal provides model for Europe as country recaptures lost respect during EU presidency. Hungary has provided practical examples for Europe by the renewal of the country, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told parliament on Monday. Assessing the six-month Hungarian EU Presidency, Orban said Hungary had recaptured much of its lost respect over the past six months. Opposition party... 

Massive public demonstrations against new austerity measures have gripped Athens. Riot police have detained 18 people so far, and 4 policemen have been hospitalized with injuries. RT is joined by financial journalist Petros Papaconstantinou, columnist at an Athens newspaper, for more on the situation in Greece.  Read More »

Greece, Athens: Communist-affiliated unionists rally toward the Greek parliament on June 28, 2011. Greek trade unions have begun a 48-hour general strike against new austerity cuts which are due to go to a crucial vote on Wednesday. Some protesters are warning they will try to prevent MPs from entering the parliament. The strike is due to disrupt and even halt the work of most public services in Athens,... 

Senator Don Oliver photograph in the court yard of the Senate on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ont., June 27, 2011. Blacks in Canada need to unite, rise up and address the deep racism in this country that keeps them out of positions of power, a Conservative senator says. “What will it take for our collective Afro-Canadian family to unite — to rise up and claim our rightful place in Canadian society?”... 

A ship, Dignité, flying the French flag with six people onboard sails off the coast of the French Mediterranean island of Corsica on June 25, 2011 to join the new pro-Palestinian aid flotilla. A French ship carrying humanitarian aid and six people on board has set sail from the port city of Corsica to join a Gaza-bound flotilla. The ship flying the French flag named Dignité (Dignity) headed for the...