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Malian police throw tear gas and open fire at anti-government protesters occupying the national parliament building and the offices of state broadcaster Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision du Mali in Bamako. At least one person died from their injuries.
2020-07-10

Bahrain reports the country's first death from COVID-19, a 65-year-old woman who returned from Iran last month.
2020-03-16

Greek police on the island of Lesbos fire tear gas to disperse migrants and refugees protesting about conditions in the camps and the slow pace of processing asylum requests.
2020-02-3

Violent protests against the new citizenship bill break out in Delhi, leaving at least six dead. The protestors, numbering in the thousands and containing numerous students, were dispersed by police using tear gas and baton charges. The police also stormed the campus of Jamia Millia Islamia University to arrest protestors fleeing the scene while clashing against students.
2019-12-15

Bahrain recalls its ambassador to Iran and expels the Iranian acting "chargé d'affaires" who is declared "persona non-grata", a day after Bahraini security forces discovered a large bomb-making factory in Nuwaidrat and arrested a number of suspects linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Bahrain's decision to recall its ambassador comes "in light of continued Iranian meddling in the affairs of the kingdom of Bahrain in order to create sectarian strife and impose hegemony and control."
2015-10-1

A funeral of a Bahraini youth killed yesterday in a protest turns into another protest with police forced to use tear gas.
2012-01-1

In California, Oakland police disperse Occupy Oakland protesters, using tear gas and rubber bullets and making numerous arrests.
2011-10-26

Thousands of protesters defy martial law in Bahrain and continue pro-democracy demonstrations.
2011-03-18

Bahrain police launch an attack on protesters in the Pearl Roundabout in the capital Manama, using tear gas and batons to disperse the crowd.
2011-02-17

Three people are killed, two in Suez and one in Cairo. One of the dead is killed after inhaling tear gas.
2011-01-25