Extinction Rebellion – widely known as XR – said it had made the “controversial resolution” to temporarily abandon tactics of mass public disruption, just as other climate groups plan to ...

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(Gisoo Faghfouri/Sharghdaily/The Associated Press) Iran released a prominent actor from jail nearly three weeks after she was detained for criticizing a crackdown on anti-government protests ...

Two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officials hinted at division among Iran's leadership as anti-government protests continued to sweep the country in the past week. Hamid Abazari ...

Explainer-Peru Protests: What Is Behind the Violence? By Brendan O'Boyle (Reuters) - At least 40 people have died in clashes between Peruvian security forces and protesters in the Andean country's ...

Paris: Two Iranian teenagers face the death penalty after being sentenced to be hanged over involvement in protests that have rocked the Islamic republic for months, a rights group said Monday ...

Mr. Bolsonaro, who appeared to be in Florida, criticized the protests on Sunday evening, saying on Twitter that peaceful demonstrations were part of democracy, but that “destruction and ...

Iran released a prominent actress from an Oscar-winning film on Wednesday, nearly three weeks after she was jailed for criticizing a crackdown on anti-government protests, local reports said.

Nearly four months after the start of anti-government protests in Iran, a U.S.-based human rights monitor says 516 protesters have been killed. Human Rights Activists News Agency, or HRANA ...

When thousands of rioters ransacked Brazil's monumental government buildings on Sunday, political leaders condemned the grave attack on the country's democratic fabric. In waves of green and ...

WHAT SPARKED THE PROTESTS? Protests began after Congress removed President Pedro Castillo on Dec. 7, who was arrested and sentenced to 18 months of pre-trial detention on rebellion charges. Castillo, ...