SKorea's gay film maker in news over wedding plans
The first time a South Korean celebrity announced he was gay, in 2000, the reaction was quick and without empathy. Popular actor and entertainer Hong ...
Turkish police raid sit-in against tree removal
Turkish riot police used tear gas and water cannon Friday to end a peaceful sit-in by hundreds of people trying to prevent trees from being uprooted ...
Tunisia charges European topless activists
Three European activists who protested topless in front of the Tunis courthouse in solidarity with a Tunisian member have been charged with offending ...
Protesters block streets around ECB
Crowds of anti-capitalist protesters on Friday blocked streets leading to the European Central Bank in Germany's financial capital, Frankfurt, to ...
Alarm grows as Iraqi forces fail to stem violence
Officials in Iraq are growing increasingly concerned over an unabated spike in violence that claimed at least another 33 lives on Thursday and is ...
Tunisian Femen activist fined, remains jailed
A court convicted the Tunisian member of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen Tuesday for carrying an "incendiary object" and fined her $182.
Mali youth hold 1st protest against French
Youth in the recently-liberated Malian city of Gao held a sit-in on Thursday to protest against what they see as France's tacit support of the Tuareg ...
Strike shuts Lisbon subway in austerity protest
A 24-hour strike by Lisbon subway staff snarled rush-hour traffic in the Portuguese capital Thursday, heralding a new spate of planned strikes against ...
Tunisia police seize FEMEN activists for disrobing
Three foreign activists disrobed in front of the Justice Ministry on Wednesday to protest against the jailing of a Tunisian member of Ukrainian ...
Moscow's top court rejects Pussy Riot appeal
Moscow's highest court has rejected an appeal by punk group Pussy Riot against their sentence for a protest against Vladimir Putin. Moscow City Court ...
Inquest: Journalist killed by Thai army's bullet
An Italian photographer killed while covering the Thai military's crackdown on anti-government protesters in Bangkok three years ago was shot by a ...
House chairman subpoenas documents on Benghazi
The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued subpoenas on Tuesday for State Department documents related to the widely ...
Libyan parliament chief resigns over ex-regime ban
Libya's parliament chief, who served under Moammar Gadhafi before becoming an opposition leader in exile, resigned on Tuesday, just weeks after ...
Pussy Riot member on hunger strike hospitalized
A jailed member of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot was hospitalized Tuesday on the seventh day of a hunger strike she declared to protest what she ...
Daily protests clogging Greek capital, say police
Small protests are blocking streets in central Athens at a rate of twice a day, the government said Tuesday, as it sought support from unions to draw ...
UK police arrest 10th suspect in soldier's slaying
British police arrested a 10th suspect Monday in connection with the vicious street killing of a soldier in London, an apparent Islamic extremist ...
Bombs tear through Iraqi capital, killing over 60
A coordinated wave of car bombings tore through mostly Shiite areas of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 66 people and maiming nearly 200 as ...
Group: Morocco activist arrests up since charter
Since Morocco's adoption of more democratic constitution during the Arab Spring, the arrest of political activists has increased, the country's main ...
Kosovo: Thousands protest arrest of 6 ex-rebels
Thousands of ethnic Albanians protested the arrest of six former senior rebel commanders on suspicion of war crimes committed during the 1998-99 ...
Protest in Paris against France's gay marriage law
Tens of thousands of people protested against France's new gay marriage law in central Paris on Sunday, and police clashed with right-wing ...
Anti-Muslim actions rise in UK over slain soldier
Police, politicians and activists in Britain are warning of rising anti-Muslim sentiment following the slaughter of an off-duty British soldier in a ...
Turkish couples kiss in subway in protest
Dozens of couples have locked lips at a subway stop in Turkey's capital, Ankara, to protest subway authorities' admonishment of a couple that kissed ...
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