One person died and 17 others were injured on Sunday as riot police clashed with protesters in the Chilean capital during a rally by the indigenous Mapuche community.

1 dead, 17 hurt in Chile as police clash with indigenous protesters

Afghan women activists are risking their lives in order to protest demanding their basic rights to work, their right to education. Since the Taliban takeover, women have been blocked from returning to their jobs, their classrooms.

Worry about women's rights restricted under the rule of the Taliban

Thousands of Tunisians opposing President Kais Saied's seizure of almost total power protested in the capital on Sunday as a very heavy police presence tried to stop them advancing along the central Habib Bourguiba Avenue.

Thousands protest against Tunisia leader with government awaited

Corpses piled high next to a rice field in northern Myanmar show the bloody consequence of a hot-blooded, uncoordinated attack by villagers on battle-hardened junta troops.

Myanmar anti-coup resistance drags military into bloody stalemate

Hundreds of thousands of young people around the world returned to the streets Friday in the first global climate protest since the coronavirus pandemic forced them into lockdowns.

Before German election, hundreds of thousands demand climate action

Law enforcement and residents of the District of Columbia were on high alert Saturday as far-right demonstrators were expected to gather at the foot of the Capitol to protest the jailing of Donald Trump supporters who stormed the building Jan.

Capitol area on edge over right-wing protest of Jan 6 arrests

In defiance to Taliban’s repressive measures, Afghan women take to streets in Kabul to voice their concern. Holding up messages calling for the participation of women in public life, over a dozen women staged a protest in Kabul on Sunday.

Afghan women take to streets in Kabul, vow to fight for rights

Thousands of Afghans protested against the Taliban in the southern city of Kandahar on Tuesday, according to a former government official and local television footage, after residents were asked to vacate a residential army colony.

Thousands protest against Taliban in Kandahar over evictions

The new law in Texas effectively banning most abortions has ignited widespread controversy and debate, in part because of the mechanism it uses to enforce the restrictions: deputizing ordinary people to sue those involved in performing abortions and giving them a financial incentive to do so.

Texas abortion law creates a kind of bounty hunter. Here’s how it works

Hundreds of people on Saturday gathered in central Madrid to call for better protection for LGBT rights after a series of homophobic attacks that have shocked Spain in recent months.

People in Madrid protest against rise in homophobic attacks

An ongoing protest led by a group of women activists against the Taliban demanding political and working rights turned violent on Saturday after the militia group reportedly lobbed tear gas on them when they were on their way to the Presidential Palace in Kabul.

Kabul women's protest demanding equal rights turn violent, Taliban resort to tear gas

Thousands of protesters clashed with the Berlin police on Saturday against COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the government. Four officers were injured while 50 demonstrators were detained for injuring cops, the police said.

Thousands of protesters clash with Berlin police against COVID-19 curbs

Australian police patrolled the streets and blocked transport into the centre of Sydney on Saturday to prevent a planned anti-lockdown protest as the country reported a record high daily number of new COVID-19 infections.

Australia reports record COVID-19 cases as police block Sydney protest

Hundreds of Swiss protesters rallied in Basel following a court's decision to reduce the sentence of a rapist who was convicted last month, saying that the assault lasted only 11 minutes.

Rape took ‘only 11 minutes’: Swiss court cuts jail term for culprit, women protest

German train drivers voted to go on strike from Tuesday over a wage dispute, their union said, in a blow for summer vacationers and adding to logistics and supply woes already plaguing the industry.

German train drivers call strike in escalating wage spat

Thousands of people, despite the fourth wave of COVID infections, protested against the government’s latest measures to push people to get vaccinated.

Anti-Health Pass Protest: France battles fourth wave of COVID-19

The United States imposed sanctions on a Cuban security minister and an interior ministry special forces unit for alleged human rights abuses in a crackdown on anti-government protests earlier this month.

US sanctions Cuban defence minister and interior ministry unit over protest crackdown

Opposition to the International Olympic Committee's ban on podium protests at the Tokyo Games intensified on Friday with more than 150 athletes, academics and social justice advocates signing an open letter demanding changes to Rule 50.

Olympics: Opposition to Tokyo Games podium protest ban grows

Protesters and police clashed outside Greek parliament in Athens on Wednesday during a rally against coronavirus vaccinations. Demonstrators and officers could be seen exchanging blows before police sent volleys of tear gas into the crowd of about 1,500 people.

Greek police fire tear gas during clashes with protesters in rally against COVID-19 vaccines

Protesters in Thailand took to the streets to demand Premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha's resignation over mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic. They also marked the anniversary of the pro-democracy movement that started last year.

Thai protesters demand Premier Chan-O-Cha's resignation over COVID crisis

Thai protesters call for PM to resign over mismanagement of COVID-19 pandemic

The world's pandemic control brochure is bizarre & unscientific. In India, courts criticise pilgrimages but give a free pass to protests. In South Korea, gym music is enemy number one. Palki Sharma tells you how virus control measures have been politicised and trivialised.

Gravitas: COVID control measures: Bizarre to unscientific

Georgia: Thousands demand resignation of government after death of TV cameraman

Thousands took to the streets of Burkina Faso's capital on Saturday to call for a tougher government response to a wave of jihadist attacks that has destabilised the West African country in recent years.

Burkina Faso: Protest against rising terrorist attacks

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