Democratic Republic Of Congo

At least 7 dead in DR Congo protests

United Nations peacekeepers say security forces have killed at least seven protesters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

01/01/2018

Iran

Rouhani: Iran protesters have right to criticise, not to violence

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has addressed the nation for the first time since protests started across the country four days ago. In a televised speech, Rouhani said that "people have the right to criticise" but not to cause disorder or destroy pubic property.

31/12/2017

Kosovo

Kosovo’s PM in a knot over pay rise

Activists are protesting against the prime minister's pay rise after he said he needed the extra money to buy ties and shirts

27/12/2017

Peru

Protests continue over the pardon of Peru's ex-president Fujimori

Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski defended his pardon for Alberto Fujimori as justified clemency for an ailing man whose authoritarian government in the 1990s helped the country progress

26/12/2017

Bolivia

Bolivian health professionals continue to protest against new criminal

Protesters are demanding the repeal of a new law which would penalise medical professionals who cause health or bodily harm through negligence or malpractice.

23/12/2017

Argentina

Argentina pension protests

Protesters clash with riot police in the Argentina over cuts to pensions proposed by the government.

19/12/2017

Argentina

Scuffles at Buenos Aires anti-WTO rally

Protesters marched against a World Trade Organization meeting being held in the Argentinian capital.

13/12/2017

Lebanon

HezbollHezbah leader vows to return focus to Israel at rally in Beirut

Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has vowed at a rally in Beirut that the Iranian-backed militant group will return their focus to the Palestinian cause, following President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

12/12/2017

United Kingdom

Anti-slavery march calls on Libya to end "crime against African humani

Protesters gathered outside the Libyan embassy in London to demand the end of slave auctions in the North-African country on Saturday, December 9.

09/12/2017

Israel

Palestinian 'Day of Rage' ends in bloodshed

Deadly clashes, rocket fire and air strikes marked the Muslim holy day on Friday, as Palestinians protested at President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel

08/12/2017

Belgium

Catalan separatists march in Brussels

Police said some 45,000 people attended the rally.

07/12/2017

Greece

Police and demonstrators clash in Athens overnight

Police and demonstrators have clashed in Athens overnight after commemorations for a teenager shot dead by police 9 years ago.

07/12/2017

World News

Euroviews. View: Europe's threat from within

The divisions that threaten EU integration are even wider within member states than between them, writes Mark Leonard

04/12/2017

Argentina

Families of lost Argentine submarine urge navy not to give up

Families of lost Argentine submarine hold protest march calling on navy not to give up looking for survivors

03/12/2017

China

Hundreds join Hong Kong pro-democracy protest

Activists say the semi-autonomous city risks losing its rights and freedoms under growing pressure from Beijing.

03/12/2017

Honduras

Honduras in limbo

As the curfew takes effect in Honduras, a tentative calm is creeping onto the streets, but police and the military have used force to achieve it, and there is still no outcome in the country's disputed presidential election.

03/12/2017

Israel

Thousands join "March of Shame" against corrupt politicians in Tel Avi

Every night for a year, protesters have gathered to speak out against what they see as government corruption. They are angry about a draft law, which, if passed, could prevent police from disclosing the contents of their investigations into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

03/12/2017

Germany

German far-right AfD celebrates new leadership duo

At a congress in Hannover, the anti-immigrant party re-elected Jorg Meuthen, while delegates also gave their backing to hardliner Alexander Gauland who has said Germans should be proud of what their soldiers achieved in two World Wars

03/12/2017

Romania

Bucharest: no Christmas fair in Victory Square

Protesters put a temporary stop to a Bucharest Christmas fair they say is restricting their rights.

02/12/2017

Germany

Protests delay German far-right AfD party congress

The anti-migrant, anti-Islam party, now the third biggest group in parliament, is meeting in Hanover this weekend to elect a new leadership.

02/12/2017