Protesters marched Sunday in Washington in solidarity with hurricane-hit Puerto Rico, criticizing the lackluster US response to the storm and calling for reform.
Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico in September, ravaging the US territory's infrastructure.
Some 50 percent of its population of 3.4 million people still lacks electricity more than two months later.
Demonstrators gathered at the US CapitolRead more
Police charged protesters in Barcelona near a school where officers entered by force to seize ballots boxes for a banned independence referendum in Catalonia on Sunday, injuring two people, witnesses told AFP.
Officers charged at people who were sitting down to block police from leaving the building, the said. One demonstrator, David Pujol, 37, showed a leg injury he saidRead more
At least 92 people were injured in Catalonia on Sunday as police and protesters clashed over a banned independence referendum in the wealthy northeastern region of Spain, the Catalan government said.
A total of 465 people were attended to at hospitals and health centres, a spokeswoman for the Catalan government's health department said. So far 92 have been confirmed asRead more
Several hundred protesters chanting "we want justice" stormed a town hall in London on Friday after a deadly fire at a block of flats killed at least 30 people, Reuters reporters at the scene said.
The protesters barged their way through an automatic door at Kensington and Chelsea council town hall and sought to gain entry to an upper floor.Read more
Increasingly violent protesters in support of ousted President Park Geun-hye clashed with police Saturday amid tensions over the Constitutional Court's historic ruling to uphold her impeachment because of a massive corruption scandal.
Hours ahead of their rally to call for the nullification of the verdict in central Seoul, dozens of Park supporters threw combustible substances and sprayed fire extinguishers atRead more
Thousands of protesters gathered in the U.S. capital of Washington D.C. Saturday to show their anger at President-elect Donald Trump who is set to take over the White House on Friday.
The protesters, mainly from civil rights groups, chanted "no justice, no peace" as they proceeded along the National Mall toward the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
The demonstration tookRead more
Protesters called on Monday for Jordan’s government to resign over its failure to prevent the murder of Christian writer Nahed Hattar outside an Amman court.
“The people want the fall of the government... No security, they killed Nahed in Amman!” were among the chants of hundreds of sympathizers and members of the writer’s tribe outside the premier’s office.
The family,Read more
All flights at London City Airport have been disrupted after protesters gained access to the runway, according to the BBC.
The Met Police said it was called to the site at about 05:40 BST after nine protesters "locked themselves together" on the runway.
The Black Lives Matter UK movement has confirmed it is responsible for the protest.
The airport saidRead more
Police in Brazil’s biggest city clashed with protesters who marched to reject the new president Sunday, five days after Dilma Rousseff was ousted as leader of South America’s biggest nation.
Sao Paulo authorities said they were forced to use tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons to stop vandalism after an “initially peaceful” demonstration against President Michel Temer.
In aRead more
Around 100 people were injured Sunday as Indian government forces fired tear gas and shotgun pellets to quell thousands of protesters who pelted rocks and burned a government office in the Indian portion of Kashmir, police said.
Clashes erupted when police tried to stop the marchers heading to a village in Shopian district in response to a call from separatistRead more