Witnesses tell Newsradio 620 WTMJ and TODAY’S TMJ4 of a mob of young people attacking innocent fair-goers at the end of the opening night of State Fair, with some callers claiming a racially-charged scene. Milwaukee Police confirmed there were assaults outside the fair. Witnesses’ accounts claim everything from dozens to hundreds of young black people beating white people as they left... 

Israeli activists march in a demonstration against the rising cost of living in central Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. Israelis are planning to stage massive protests against Tel Aviv’s housing and economic policies over the weekend, the organizers have announced. The organizers say they hope the demonstrations will bring over 200,000 people onto the streets on Saturday, The Jerusalem... 

Police disperse supporters and opponents of Ukraine’s former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko in front of a court building during her trial in Kiev. A Ukrainian court has ordered the arrest of country’s former Prime Minister and high-profile opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko. ­Around 30 police officers surrounded Tymoshenko’s table and escorted the ex-PM out of the court room. After the... 

African immigrants have gone on the rampage in Bari, Italy, blocking roads and a railway line, setting things on fire and attacking police and passers-by with iron bars. The Africans were being housed at an immigration center in the town, which has now been set on fire. They are demanding that they be recognized as refugees and given legal status. Although some of the rioters waved the Tunisian flag,... 

Israelis march in the centre of Tel Aviv on July 25, 2011, to protest against rising housing prices and social inequalities in the Jewish state. Tens of thousands are taking part in nationwide mass protests in Israel to demand the government provide cheaper housing and lower the cost of living. The biggest protest yet, centered in Tel-Aviv, is planned for Saturday night. ­On July 25, 30,000 people... 

At least 231 injured after knife-wielding men attack pro-reform protesters marching to defence ministry in Cairo. More than 231 people have been injured in clashes between groups of armed men and pro-reform protesters marching towards Egypt’s ministry of defence in the capital, Cairo, the country’s health ministry said. Thousands calling for the “downfall” of the country’s... 

Army presses ahead in its campaign to overcome anti-regime revolt, prepares to intervene in Al-Bukamal. The Syrian army on Sunday set its sights on the town of Zabadani near the Lebanon border as it pressed ahead in its campaign to overcome an anti-regime revolt, a human rights activist said. In the east, on the frontier with Iraq, security forces were also reported to be preparing to intervene in... 

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... 

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... 

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,...