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Local and federal authorities say they aren’t aware of any specific pro-Trump protests planned in the District.

Local and federal authorities say they aren’t aware of any specific pro-Trump protests planned in the District.

Thousands have taken to the streets over President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to raise the national retirement age in France from 62 to 64.

Hundreds of Iowa students walked out of classes on Wednesday to protest anti-LGBTQ+ bills in the process of being passed, including bills that prohibit instruction of gender identity and sexual orientation.

In court papers late Tuesday, the city said it will pay $21,500 to each of at least 200 protesters who were detained, arrested or met with force by NYPD during a June 4, 2020, protest.

It was Jan. 7, 2023. Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old father and FedEx worker, was on his way home from a park where he went to take sunset photos. Memphis police pulled him over for alleged reckless driving. Three days later, Nichols was dead. He was Black — so were the five fired officers now accused of second-degree murder and other…

Protesters took to the streets of New York City — and the country — in the aftermath of the Memphis Police Department releasing body camera footage of officers repeatedly hitting and beating 29-year-old Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop earlier in January.

(Clips from the footage of Nichols’ arrest can be seen in the video above, which has been edited for time and profanities. Click here to see the full video released by police — Warning: It shows graphic violence that could be disturbing.) Law enforcement and public officials, including those with the Memphis police department, who have seen the Tyre Nichols…

People are pouring into Peru’s capital, many from remote Andean regions, for a protest against President Dina Boluarte and in support of her predecessor

Protests against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte’s government that have left 48 people dead since they began a month ago are spreading through the south of the Andean country

Authorities say a police officer on patrol was attacked and burned to death by protesters in the Peruvian region of Puno as the death toll from demonstrations in the wake of the dismissal of former President Pedro Castillo rose to 47.

Local media are reporting that Iran has released a prominent actress nearly three weeks after she was jailed for expressing solidarity with a man who was executed over unrest linked to anti-government protests.

Hundreds of people poured into the streets of a rural hamlet in Peru’s Andean highlands on Saturday to pay their final respects to a 23-year-old student killed

China’s “zero-COVID” policy continues to confine millions of people to their homes in an attempt to isolate every infection.

Dozens of students and staff at Central Connecticut State University protested Thursday about a controversial film being shown there, saying it’s transphobic and insulting.

Dozens of students and staff at Central Connecticut State University protested Thursday about a controversial film being shown there, saying it’s transphobic and insulting. The university said it doesn’t endorse the message of the film, while the leader of a conservative student group says there’s nothing wrong with showing the film. Chants of protest were heard with transgender students...

Authorities imposed a curfew after the violence, which came amid demonstrations in the central African nation against interim leader Mahamat Idriss Deby’s two-year extension of his power.

Reflecting on recent mass shootings, the singer explained that despite pressure from loyal fans to play what is called her “holy 14” songs, she won’t be playing the second single from her 1980 album Crimes of Passion.

Sri Lanka’s acting president has declared a state of emergency giving him broad authority amid growing protests demanding his resignation two days before the country’s lawmakers are set to elect a new president.