Over 1,000 workers went on strike over working conditions at a plant linked to Foxconn, a rights group said on Saturday, in the latest controversy to hit the Taiwanese technology giant.

A severe snow and rain storm across Lebanon has caused blackouts across the country where electricity workers have also been on strike for several days, residents and officials said on Thursday.

South African police on Wednesday fired rubber bullets and teargas to disperse striking farm workers in the wine-producing Western Cape region who are demanding their daily wages be doubled.

Finnish superstar Teemu Selanne will get a chance to play at least one more more season, thanks to the end of the National Hockey League lockout.

Flights at Bangladesh's main international airport ground to a halt after staff at the state-owned carrier Biman went on strike over a pay dispute.

The Iraqi authorities on Monday called for an end to what a senior official said were illegal and illegitimate protest rallies in Sunni-majority provinces that have cut key trade routes.

Specialist doctors in Madrid lifted an indefinite strike Friday after failing to prevent a plan to privatize the management of hospitals and health care centres in the region.

Tea plantation workers torched the home of their boss, killing both him and his wife, following a labour dispute in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, officials said on Thursday.

Strike action heavily disrupted London's Underground train network on Wednesday, as hundreds of thousands of bargain hunters headed to the shops for the traditional Boxing Day sales.

The union representing Cathay Pacific flight crews said on Thursday it had shelved plans for industrial action over the Christmas holidays after the airline agreed to improve their working conditions.

The opening night at Milan's famed La Scala opera house was cancelled, after the chorus for the "Romeo and Juliet" ballet performance went on strike.

The opening night at Milan's famed La Scala opera house was cancelled on Wednesday, after the chorus for the "Romeo and Juliet" ballet performance went on strike.

Hundreds of civil servants protested in Athens against new austerity measures as part of a a 24-hour strike called Wednesday by unions that paralysed public services and disrupted transport.

Arsenal have postponed their Premier League game with West Ham United on December 26 due to planned industrial action affecting London's Underground transport network, the club announced on Wednesday.

Arsenal have postponed their Premier League game with West Ham United on December 26 due to planned industrial action affecting London's Underground transport network, the club announced on Wednesday.

Representatives from the National Hockey League and the players' union met with mediators for six hours but made little progress toward ending a three-month-old labor dispute.

Sri Lanka's courts ground to a halt on Wednesday as lawyers went on strike to protest against a move by lawmakers to impeach the chief justice in a bitter clash over the independence of the judiciary.

Four Chinese bus drivers facing possible jail for instigating Singapore's first industrial strike in 26 years were given more time to explore their legal options.

The Tunisian government and the main trade union confederation on Tuesday reached a draft agreement to avoid a rare nationwide strike, the government said on its Facebook page.

The Tunisian government was locked in talks with the main trade union confederation on Tuesday in a bid to find a compromise to avoid a rare nationwide strike, the union said.