‘Freedom struggle’: Protests across Pakistan erupt following PM Imran Khan’s ouster
Earlier in the day, Khan tweeted that today marked the beginning of a "freedom struggle" against what he called was a "foreign conspiracy of regime change".
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Sri Lankan president loses parliamentary majority as protests mount
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Jokowi to aides: Stop term extension talk
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Sri Lankans call new Cabinet with old president ‘meaningless’
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