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Israelis block roads in protest against Netanyahu judicial overhaul plan

By Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press

Israelis have blocked roads and demonstrated against a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary. The protesters hope Thursday's events will ramp up pressure on lawmakers days after parliament reconvened following a month-long recess.

3,000 migrants begin protest walk through Mexico after detention center fire

By Edgar H. Clemente, Associated Press

Around 3,000 migrants set out Sunday on what they call a mass protest procession through southern Mexico to demand the end of detention centers like the one that caught fire last month, killing 40 migrants.

Continued anger at retirement age change fuels further protests in France

By Daniel Cole, Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

Hundreds of protesters opposed to the law raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 have demonstrated in a small town in southern France during a visit by President Emmanuel Macron.

France sees renewed protests against Macron’s retirement age plan

By Elaine Ganley, Jeffrey Schaeffer, Associated Press

Protesters opposed to President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular plan to raise the retirement age to 64 are marching in cities and towns around France, in a final show of anger before a decision on whether the measure meets constitutional standards.

Tennessee Republicans move to expel Democratic lawmakers who joined gun protest in Capitol

By Stephanie Sy, Courtney Norris, Dorothy Hastings, Cybele Mayes-Osterman

Protests are ongoing in Tennessee after six people were killed in a school shooting in Nashville last week. More than a thousand students in the area walked out of their schools Monday and marched to the state Capitol to call…

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Louvre staff block entrances as part of France’s pension change protest

By Associated Press

The Louvre Museum in Paris has been closed to the public because its workers took part in the wave of French protest strikes against the government's unpopular pension reform plans.

WATCH: White House holds daily briefing amid Israel unrest

By Josef Federman, Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press

Bending to a wave of mass protests, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed his contentious judicial overhaul plan and said he wanted "to avoid civil war” by making time to seek a compromise with political opponents.

How Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plan sparked massive turmoil in Israel

By Josef Federman, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press

Here’s a look at how Israel has been plunged into its most serious domestic crisis in decades.

1 million march in France, unions call for more pension protests during King Charles III visit

By Sylvie Corbet, Alex Turnbull, Associated Press

The announcement follows record turnout in Thursday's protest march in Paris against President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular bill to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64.

French government survives no-confidence votes over pensions

By Sylvie Corbet, Elaine Ganley, Associated Press

The French government has survived two no-confidence votes in the lower chamber of parliament, proposed by lawmakers who objected to its push to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.