In Ethiopia, leaders from the Tigray region currently at war with the federal governement say a university has been targeted in military airstrikes. The head of a South African pan
IN THE PRESS – Thursday, February 4, 2021: India's government lashes out at foreign celebrities for weighing in on the ongoing farmers' protests. They don't mention Rihanna by name
It took just one tweet from #Rihanna to anger the Indian government and supporters of Prime Minister Narendra #Modi's party. The pop star linked a news article in a tweet drawing a
Thousands of critics of a proposed security law that would restrict sharing images of police officers in France gathered across the country in protest Saturday, with the country s
France's President Emmanuel Macron faces more nationwide protests on Monday as he seeks to steer the country on from a divisive pension law that has sparked anger, pan-bashing and
Police in #Georgia stormed the headquarters of the country’s main #opposition party and arrested its leader on Tuesday. The arrest of Nika #Melia, head of the United National Movem
Police detained more than 450 people at rallies in Siberia and Russia's Far East on Sunday as supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny took to the streets for a second straight
Police in Myanmar launched their most sweeping crackdown in three weeks of nationwide protests against military rule on Saturday, arresting hundreds of people and shooting and woun
Iran on Saturday executed a once-exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017, authorities said, just months after he returned to
Myanmar's junta deployed extra troops around the country and choked the internet on Monday as it intensified a crackdown on anti-coup protests, but defiant demonstrators again took
Supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny were set to stage fresh protests in Moscow and across Russia on Sunday for a second straight weekend despite a sweeping crackdown
It is video testimony before the U-S Senate that has thrust an unsung hero into the limelight. Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman who on January 6th directed rioters away from l
A lethal attack on anti-coup protesters in Myanmar sparked fresh UN condemnation of the country’s new military regime on Sunday, as mourners held a funeral for a young woman who ha
Lea Chamboncel, Host of French Politics Podcast ‘Popol’, spoke to FRANCE 24’s François Picard about the radicalization of protesters and police acrossFrance, in the aftermath of vi
Protesters returned to the streets of #Myanmar on Wednesday after the most violent day yet in #demonstrations against a coup that halted a tentative transition to #democracy under
#Armenia's prime minister accused top military officers on Thursday of attempting a coup after they demanded he step down, adding fuel to months of protests calling for his resigna
World leaders expressed their shock as supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the #US Capitol building where Congress meets in an attempt to overturn the results of the No
The death toll from protests over the arrest of #Ugandan opposition presidential hopeful and musician #BobiWine has risen to 37, police said Friday. This is the country’s worst #un
Protests against a curfew to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the Netherlands degenerated into clashes with police and looting in cities across the country Sunday, authorities and re
Violent protests continue in the Netherlands over a Covid-19 curfew that started over the week-end, with riot police clashing with protesters in the cities of Amsterdam and Rotterd
A Black man beaten up by several French #police officers said he is seeking justice after the publication of videos showing officers repeatedly punching him, using a truncheon and
Like various other countries over the past year or so, France has seen mass protests against police brutality. Now, authorities have begun a review of the police in a bid to improv
France’s parliament voted to approve a controversial law Friday that will ban the publication of images of on-duty police officers as well as expand the use of surveillance drones
#Farmers have staged #protests at supermarkets and distribution centres in parts of #France, as they try to secure better prices for their produce. Their representatives are in tal
The Russian government has expelled Swedish, German and Polish #diplomats this Friday, accusing them of taking part in protests for the release of Kremlin critic Alexei #Navalny. T
With established media under ever greater pressure, the story of #Myanmar's anti-coup protests is being shaped for its people and the world by journalists and citizens #streaming a
#Myanmar's ruling general signalled waning patience Thursday with nationwide #protests over the military's takeover, ordering demonstrators to return to work or face "effective act
Myanmar cut internet service and deployed troops around the country on Monday in signs of a feared crackdown on anti-coup protests, hours after security forces fired in order to di