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Serbia

Nationalists join church protest in Belgrade against EuroPride event

Thousands marched in the Serbian capital on Sunday night against Europe's biggest Pride event, which organisers vow will go ahead despite a move by President Vučić to ban it.

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Argentine workers hold 'funeral' for minimum wage

Left-wing social organisations held a demonstration in downtown Buenos Aires where they "mourned and buried" the Argentinean minimum wage.

World

Police chief describes gang rape incident as "shame of a nation"

South Africa’s gang rape incident is a “shame to nation” - Police chief

United Kingdom

Campaign to stop paying energy bills gathers pace in the UK

"It’s time for a societal change where the culture of massive profits off the back of poverty ends," says Don't Pay UK member Kary, who is refusing to pay her energy bill this October.

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Sadr supporters mass inside Iraqi parliament

Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr, protesting against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister, gather and perform prayers inside Iraq's parliament in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, a day after storming it.

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Pro-Sadr protesters occupy Iraq parliament again

Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" and occupied parliament in a deepening political crisis.

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MONUSCO facilities vandalised by protesters in Goma

Hundreds of young people in Goma took to the streets to protest against MONUSCO.

Italy

Environmental activists stage protest, Botticelli masterpiece unharmed

The Carabinieri said that members of the Last Generation group -- all Italians -- glued themselves to a protective glass in front of the famous 15th-century painting, Primavera or Spring on Friday.

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Bolivia opposition protest against political persecution

Bolivia’s opposition protest in La Paz against the government of President Luis Arce, whom they accuse of "political persecution" and demand the release of right-wing ex-president Jeanine Anez who was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison.

Travel News

UK blames France as travellers face hours-long port delays

Brexit has left UK travellers facing strict border checks when travelling into the EU.

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Sri Lankan protesters disappointed with choice of new president.

Sri Lankans demonstrated outside the presidential office on Wednesday as lawmakers chose Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president.

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Peruvian women and transgender demonstrators ask Michelle Bachelet for help in face of violence

Some 30 Peruvian women and transgender demonstrators denounce the daily violence they suffer and demand action from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, at a protest in Lima.

Green News

Activists blocking Berlin's roads say they aren’t here to be liked

'Uprising of the Last Generation' claims the world has only a few years left to avoid catastrophic levels of global warming.

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Tear gas, ambulances at protest outside Sri Lanka PM office

Police fire tear gas at protesters mobbing the Prime minister's residence in Colombo as crisis-hit Sri Lanka declared an indefinite nationwide state of emergency, hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country.

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Sri Lanka political chaos persists as talks go on

Hundreds of Sri Lankans continued to flock to the Sri Lankan presidential palace, marveling at the paintings inside and lounging on the beds piled high with pillows.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka protesters vow to stay in president's home until he quits

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said he will stand down on Wednesday but demonstrators say they are determined not to leave his residence until that happens.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka opposition aims for power after protests force leaders out

The president and prime minister agreed to step down after protesters stormed both leaders' residences on Saturday over the country's economic chaos.

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Protesters storm residence of Sri Lanka president

Sri Lankan protesters demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign forced their way into his official residence and nearby office on Saturday, local media reported.

Culture news

Meet the artist behind the 'Hell' bus at Glastonbury

The (s)Hell Bus, Action Man with PTSD, and "Not Piss" mugs. Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives: the political artist fighting the establishment with humour.

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Ecuadorian Indigenous people celebrate deal to cut fuel prices

Ecuadorian Indigenous people celebrate after their leaders and the government signed a deal that would cut fuel prices and end cost-of-living protests that largely paralysed the country for 18 straight days.