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The seventh trade union-organised nationwide protest in France against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the French retirement age saw “angry” confrontations with police in Paris, as the legislation cleared a key hurdle in the Senate.

Green great reset policies aimed at cutting Nitrogen pollution in Flanders have thrown the region’s coalition government into chaos, as politicians worry about the impact the measures will have on farmers.

Riots and economically damaging activist actions broke out in France amid large protests against President Macron’s pension reforms.

Nigerian presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led a march on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday to announce that he believes he is the true winner of the February 25 election. Third-party candidate Peter Obi likewise claimed that he was the true winner last week.

A squad of police officers from the Pakistani capital of Islamabad arrived at the home of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Lahore on Sunday with an arrest warrant, but failed to apprehend him as a mob of Khan supporters formed a protective ring around his house.

The White House said on Thursday that reports of hundreds of Iranian girls in dozens of schools suffering from exposure to toxic gas are “deeply concerning.”

Police are said to have used “physical violence” against a crowd of protesters gathered outside a migrant centre in Germany.

China’s “White Hair” or “Silver” protesters — seniors who participated in massive demonstrations over the past few weeks against cuts to the medical benefits of retirees — are being scooped up by police in the latest regime crackdown.

A senior official within the Irish government has discussed giving migrants special protections under the state’s coming hate speech laws.

Hundreds of demonstrators clashed with police on Friday in Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname. Several dozen of the protesters were able to force their way into the National Assembly building, but were driven back with tear gas, while others burned and looted shops across the city. The United Nations expressed concerns on Monday that more violence could be in store, possibly building into an effort to overthrow President Chandrikapersad Santokhi.

A man has denied deliberately ramming an anti-mass migration protest with his car, instead blaming the “racist mob” for causing the collision.

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Oxford on Saturday against the globliast-supported idea of so-called 15-minute cities.

Police in the Swedish city of Stockholm have imposed an indefinite ban on granting permission for protests involving the burnings of the Islamic Qur’an, supposedly due to concerns over threats to Swedish security.

Hundreds of members of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party converged on his residence in Lahore on Thursday night to demonstrate against his possible arrest.

A crowd of several dozen angry protesters went on a rampage in Beirut on Thursday, blocking roads and vandalizing bank offices to protest the collapsing Lebanese economy and rules which prevent depositors from withdrawing their money.

Thousands of Colombians flocked to the streets on Wednesday to peacefully express their dissatisfaction with the nation’s far-left President Gustavo Petro and to protest proposed socialist reforms.

A “queer” drag queen performer has claimed that he is a “role model” who can help children begin “living their true selves”.

A black man says he was manhandled and removed from a February 4 Sarah Silverman concert for wearing blackface.

A group of protesters representing the oppressed Turkic people in occupied East Turkistan convened for a protest in front of the White House on Sunday against China’s genocide in the region, taking a moment to commend the Pentagon for shooting down a rogue Chinese “surveillance” balloon the day before.

Norwegian authorities cancelled a Qur’an burning protest that was set to take place on Friday after Turkish officials summoned the Norwegian ambassador in Ankara.

Young Iranians Astiyazh Haghighi and her fiancé Amir Mohammad Ahmadi were sentenced to ten years and six months in prison by a “revolutionary court” in Iran for the “crime” of dancing in public.

Police have arrested one individual after a car is said to have driven through an anti-mass migration protest in Ireland on Tuesday.

Protests have begun across the country after Memphis officials released the video footage of the traffic stop that resulted in the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols.

Protesters in Memphis have blocked off highways in the aftermath of video footage being released from the traffic stop that ultimately led to the death of 29-year-old Memphis resident Tyre Nichols. 

The parents of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old black man who died three days after police conducted a traffic stop, urged protesters to remain peaceful amid the release of body cam footage of the encounter that allegedly led to Nichols’ death.

Pro-abortion activists screamed in the faces of pro-lifers at the 2023 Women’s March, insisting that unborn babies “are not people.”

Pro-life groups have begun protesting Walgreens and CVS after the companies announced plans to dispense abortion pills.

Haitian police rioted in the capital of Port-au-Prince on Thursday, blocking streets, burning tires, vandalizing vehicles, and attacking the residence of Prime Minister Ariel Henry.

Chinese officials claimed on Thursday that coronavirus fatalities have dropped by almost 80 percent since the beginning of January, indicating the vast wave of infections sweeping the country is quickly coming to an end.

Far-left Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau encountered a group of protesters who denounced him as a “tyrant” and “traitor” while attending a Liberal Party cabinet retreat in Hamilton, Ontario, on Tuesday night.

Some pro-life advocates were met with blasphemous screams as they prayed during the 50th annual March for Life.

Radical pro-abortion activists once again protested outside the home of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Sunday.

NPR reported on Wednesday that the Chinese Communist Party is quietly, but relentlessly, rounding up and imprisoning people it sees as ringleaders in the huge nationwide protests against dictator Xi Jinping’s coronavirus lockdowns.

The Kremlin on Monday offered full support for Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and denounced supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro for rioting in the capital over the weekend.

A clash between protesting workers and police broke out at a coronavirus test kit factory in Chongqing, China, on Saturday.

Iranian celebrity chef Navab Ebrahimi was arrested without explanation in Tehran on Wednesday and carted off to its notorious Evin Prison, one of the world’s most hideous dungeons.