Hundreds of Sudanese protesters took to the streets of major cities on Wednesday to demand the government's resignation over IMF-backed economic reforms seen as too harsh, AFP correspondents said.

Sudan protesters demand govt resign over IMF-backed reforms

With bars shuttered, universities empty and hook-up apps poleaxed by internet blackouts, dating got much harder in post-coup Myanmar, but young people are still finding love -- often in the heady rush of anti-junta protests.

'Revolution Love' sweeps Myanmar protest barricades

The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Saturday deployed security forces to confront protesters who took to the streets of Ramallah in the West Bank after one of President Mahmoud Abbas's biggest critics died in custody.

Palestinian Authority deploys forces during protest after custody death of PM's critic

Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar donned flowers in their hair Saturday to mark the birthday of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains under house arrest and is due to face court again next week.

Myanmar protesters wear flowers to mark Suu Kyi's birthday

A protest erupted in Muzaffarabad city in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) against a "discriminatory and suppressive" legislation, which regularise an unspecified number of ad hoc, temporary and contractual employees.

Protest in PoK against 'discriminatory, exclusionary' job regularisation law

Algeria voted Saturday in a parliamentary election boycotted by the long-running Hirak protest movement and marked by a high abstention rate. Pro-government parties had urged a big turnout for the "crucial vote" hoping to restore stability after two years of turmoil since the ouster of veteran President Abdelaziz Bouteflika under pressure from the protests.

Algerians shun parliamentary election under protest boycott

Hundreds of ocean activists staged a mass paddle-out off the coast of Falmouth on Saturday (June 12), calling on G7 leaders to put ocean health at the heart of the ongoing summit.

Hundreds of surfers stage paddle-out G7 protest

From blimps to Pikachus, protesters gather to demand G7 action

The protesters who gathered in the boreal forests of Northern Minnesota came from across the country — Native American tribes and their supporters, environmentalists and religious leaders — all to fight an expansion of Line 3, a $9 billion pipeline operated by Canadian company Enbridge, that would carry hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil through Minnesota’s delicate watersheds and tribal lands.

Police make mass arrests at protest against oil pipeline in US

Pot-banging protests erupted across several cities in Brazil on Wednesday evening as President Jair Bolsonaro addressed the nation, just days after protestors took to the streets across the country over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which has so far killed almost half a million people here.

Brazilians bang pots in protest against Bolsonaro as another 2,500 die of COVID-19

Locals continue demonstrations as Colombia protests complete one month

Several hundred dog owners gathered with their pets outside the Greek Parliament on Sunday in protest against a proposed new law that would mandate the sterilization of household pets.

Athens protest over measures for pet sterilisation

As the situation in Colombia is worsening, Pope Francis has urged "serious dialogue" to find a quick solution and has defended the right to peaceful protests. Colombia needs to conduct "through serious dialogue, (whereby) fair solutions are found to the many problems it faces," Pope said.

Pope defends Colombia's right to peaceful protests

Thousands of demonstrators marched through London and other British cities on Saturday (May 22) to show support for Palestine. The demonstrators protested Israeli air strikes on Gaza during the conflict that raged for 11 days.

Thousands march in Britain to show support for Palestine

'World is on fire': Australian school children skip school to protest against climate change

India has expressed its "deep concern" over violence in Jerusalem at the United Nations security council session on the ongoing Israel-Palestine escalating situation.

Israel-Palestine Conflict: Israel, Palestine clash at UNSC meet

The union of Colombian footballers called on authorities to halt all domestic matches because of political instability in the country, just a month before the Copa America is due to kick off.

Colombia Protest: Protests continue for the third week

A French court on Friday upheld a police ban on a pro-Palestinian demonstration planned for Saturday in Paris, but the organisers said they were not cancelling the march.

French court bans pro-Palestine demo, organisers defiant 

Thousands protested in Algiers Friday during a weekly demonstration of the Hirak pro-democracy movement despite a heavy police presence, AFP correspondents said.

Algerian pro-democracy protesters hit streets

Colombia's government on Thursday invited protest leaders to a dialogue in an attempt to calm tensions following more than a week of deadly demonstrations against President Ivan Duque.

Colombia calls for dialogue with protest leaders

Several thousand Brazilians marched on Saturday in support of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, ignoring a surging pandemic even as government opponents took their own protests online.

Thousands march in support of Brazil's Bolsonaro defying virus

Explosions rocked Myanmar's largest city Yangon on Saturday as protesters held flash marches for democracy, defying a brutal junta that has held onto power for three bloody months.

Bomb blasts, flash protests as Myanmar enters fourth month under junta

Colombia has deployed more police and army units to Cali, its third-biggest city, in a bid to end disturbances and vandalism amid protests against a controversial tax reform, the defense minister said on Friday.

Colombia ups deployment of security forces to Cali amid violence

The clashes were triggered by protests by Palestinian youth against gathering curbs during the holy month of Ramzan.

Jerusalem turns into a 'War Zone'

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