Protests
France faced a seventh day of demonstrations on Saturday against President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension reform plans amid ongoing rolling strikes which have affected refineries,...
Serbians protest removal of prosecutors probing corruption
Hundreds of opposition supporters and rights activists rallied peacefully in Belgrade on Thursday to protest the replacement of two deputy prosecutors who were investigating a...
Protests and events in Cyprus to mark one year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Demonstrations against the war in Ukraine were held in Nicosia and Limassol on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of the country. Holding banners and...
Israeli parliament in uproar over Netanyahu justice plans as thousands protest
Israeli lawmakers traded insults on Monday over government plans to overhaul the judiciary while tens of thousands of protesters gathered outside parliament, as the president...
Amazon workers at UK warehouse set further strike dates
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Britain will walk out for seven further days in an escalation of a dispute over pay, their trade union...
Peru protesters clash with police in airport takeover attempt in Puno
Dozens of protesters attempted to take over an airport near Peru’s border with Bolivia Friday as part of anti-government protests, prompting police to use tear...
Clashes in Shanghai as COVID protests flare across China (Updated)
Hundreds of demonstrators and police clashed in Shanghai on Sunday night as protests over China’s stringent COVID restrictions flared for a third day and spread...
Iran sends more troops to Kurdish region as new protest flares
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have built up their presence in restive Kurdish regions, state media reported on Friday amid a crackdown on mass protests, as video...
Protests condemn UDI in the north (update 2, photos)
Thousands of students protested across the island on Tuesday, condemning 39 years since the north’s unilateral declaration of independence (UDI). At the same time, the...
Iranians protest nationwide, mark ‘Bloody Friday’
Iranians protested in the restive southeast on Friday to mark a Sept. 30 crackdown by security forces known as “Bloody Friday”, as the country’s clerical...