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Arts & Culture
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Screens
11/19/2022 5:23:40 PM
Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi on Friday praised the "courage" of Iranian protesters, telling AFP he "salutes" the ongoing calls for political change in his homeland.
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World
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Region
11/19/2022 5:23:26 PM
Iranian security forces killed at least three protesters Saturday in the latest violence against demonstrations sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a rights group said.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/11/2022 8:36:23 PM
A quartet of protesters briefly interrupted US President Joe Biden's speech at the COP27 summit in Egypt on Friday by howling and trying to unfurl a banner before UN police removed them.
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World
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Region
11/11/2022 3:20:13 PM
Iran's top diplomat has accused Western countries of promoting violence in the Islamic republic by helping protesters to make weapons and Molotov cocktails.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/7/2022 1:34:05 PM
Environmental activists snarled rush hour motorway traffic around London on Monday after climbing onto overhead gantries, despite police making preemptive arrests.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/5/2022 3:44:48 PM
Hundreds of climate protesters blocked private jets from leaving Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Saturday in a demonstration on the eve of the COP27 U.N. climate meeting in Egypt.
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World
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International
11/4/2022 4:25:57 PM
The German government on Friday warned that escalating protests by activists ahead of the UN climate conference in Egypt must not break the law.
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World
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Region
11/3/2022 7:33:01 PM
Iranian protesters and security forces clashed in a town near the capital on Thursday, where state-run media reported at least two deaths and circulated graphic images of an apparent attack on a police vehicle.
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World
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Africa
10/31/2022 8:54:43 PM
More than 2,000 people were detained during and after the deadly clashes between security forces and protesters in Chad last month, a rights group said Monday, voicing fears of more violence to come.
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World
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Region
10/30/2022 7:00:10 PM
Iranian protesters rallied again Sunday, defying an order by the powerful Revolutionary Guards to stop the demonstrations, now in their seventh week, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.
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World
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Region
10/29/2022 6:02:02 PM
Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard issued a new warning on Saturday to antigovernment protesters, even as demonstrations continued in cities and university campuses across the country for the sixth straight week.
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World
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Region
10/29/2022 3:17:02 PM
Some 3,000 protesters in Khartoum on Saturday rejected UN mediation efforts between civilian and military leaders as "foreign interference" and called for Islamist rule in Sudan, an AFP correspondent said.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/29/2022 12:04:26 PM
Art world professionals have slammed recent attacks on famous paintings by climate protesters as "counterproductive" and dangerous acts of vandalism.
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World
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Region
10/27/2022 9:37:28 PM
Iranian security forces have killed at least eight people since Wednesday evening as they push on with a deadly crackdown against nearly six weeks of women-led protests, Amnesty International said.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/27/2022 5:52:31 PM
Dutch police arrested three people after climate activists targeted Johannes Vermeer's painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring" at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague on Thursday.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/23/2022 7:50:53 PM
Climate protesters threw mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting in a German museum to protest fossil fuel extraction on Sunday, and it was unclear whether the demonstration caused long-term damage to the artwork.
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World
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War in Ukraine
10/22/2022 10:30:13 PM
In Romania, protesters blew horns and banged drums to voice their dismay over the rising cost of living. People across France took to the streets to demand pay increases that keep pace with inflation. Czech demonstrators rallied against government handling of the energy crisis. British railway staff and German pilots held strikes to push for better pay as prices rise.
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World
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International
10/22/2022 10:29:43 AM
In Romania, protesters blew horns and banged drums to voice their dismay over the rising cost of living. People across France took to the streets to demand pay increases that keep pace with inflation.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
10/20/2022 4:32:38 PM
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World
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International
10/18/2022 8:07:16 PM
The UK's foreign office on Tuesday summoned a top Chinese diplomat in London over footage of a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester being assaulted in the grounds of a Chinese consulate in Britain.
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