Palestinian prime minister evacuated from protest
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was evacuated after inhaling tear gas on Friday during a demonstration in the West Bank against Israel's ...

Berlin wall removal stalls amid protests
Hundreds of angry protesters on Friday prevented construction workers from removing a section of one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin ...

Austerity triggers novel protests in Portugal
A Portuguese revolutionary song from 40 years ago is haunting the bailed-out country's government. Anti-austerity protesters are hounding senior ...

Port city's strikes inspire Egypt's opposition
For nearly two weeks, protesters and strikers have shut down much of Egypt's Mediterranean city of Port Said, filling up the streets with one angry ...
Syria protests Israel's approval for oil drilling
Syria is protesting a recent decision by Israel to go ahead with a gas exploration project in the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau it captured from ...

Guinea: 1 dead, more than 100 injured in protests
Relatives say one protester was killed as the capital, Conakry, was rocked by two days of anti-government demonstrations in which more than 100 people ...

Series of explosions in Iraq kill 22
A series of bombings struck Baghdad and towns south of the Iraqi capital on Thursday, killing at least 22 and wounding dozens in areas that are home ...

2 Palestinians in Israeli jail end hunger strike
Two Palestinian prisoners held by Israel have ended their hunger strike of nearly three months and two other hunger strikers have been hospitalized, ...
Bulgaria to hold early elections on May 12
Bulgaria will hold early parliamentary elections on May 12, following weeks of massive social protests that forced the government to resign triggering ...

AP INTERVIEW: Iraq PM warns Syria war could spread
Iraq's prime minister warned Wednesday that a victory for rebels in the Syrian civil war would create a new extremist haven and destabilize the wider ...
Court: Anti-whaling protesters are 'pirates'
Their supporters call them heroes. The Japanese government calls them terrorists. Late Monday, the United States' largest federal court labeled them ...

Egypt's main opposition coalition to boycott vote
Egypt's main opposition coalition said Tuesday it will boycott upcoming parliamentary elections, a decision likely to push the country into a new ...

In grim French north, worker protests seem doomed
Workers at a dying French tire factory who have become the butt of American jokes staged a last-ditch protest on Tuesday to defy anyone — plant owner ...
Bulgarian leader offers meeting with protesters
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said Tuesday he is inviting representatives of widespread protests to meet with officials to seek solutions to ...
Bystander killed in southern Yemen clashes
Security and health officials say a bystander has been shot dead in clashes in southern Yemen between protesters and the military. Officials say the ...

Protesters decry Lithuania's shale gas plans
Waving signs reading "Chevron, go away!," protesters demonstrated Tuesday in the Lithuanian capital against the government's plans to let the U.S oil ...
Ally of Iran president accused in protester deaths
Iran's state TV says prosecutors have accused a close ally of the Iranian president of involvement in the deaths of detainees during unrest after ...
Tibetan monks self-immolate in anti-China protest
Two Tibetan monks in their early 20s set themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule near dozens of pilgrims who had gathered for prayers to ...

Morocco film searches out Jews who left for Israel
Hundreds of members of Islamist and left wing political groups demonstrated outside the Tangiers Film Festival earlier this month against a ...

Palestinians bury man who died in Israeli custody
A Palestinian man who died under disputed circumstances in Israeli custody was given a hero's funeral Monday, as thousands thronged his gravesite and ...

Egypt's vote won't calm turbulent streets
Egypt's streets are turning into a daily forum for airing a range of social discontents from labor conditions to fuel shortages and the casualties of ...
Protesting workers block rail lines to Cairo
Thousands of brick workers blocked railroad tracks from a southern city to Cairo for a second day Sunday to protest rising industrial oil prices, ...

45 arrested in Spain after anti-austerity protest
Spanish police say they arrested 45 people, including nine minors, in street violence after a large anti-austerity protest outside parliament.

Egypt opposition leader calls for election boycott
Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei called Saturday for a boycott of parliamentary elections, drawing immediate criticism from some within ...
Jewish settlers, Palestinians clash in West Bank
Clashes erupted Saturday in the West Bank where Jewish settlers shot two Palestinian demonstrators in the northern village of Kusra, an Israeli ...