protests

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.

$9.25 million settlement announced in 2020 George Floyd protest lawsuits

By Ron Todt, Associated Press

Philadelphia city officials have announced a $9.25 million settlement with hundreds of people in lawsuits challenging the police response to protests in 2020 that followed the police custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Protests erupt in France over Macron’s pension change

By Sylvie Corbet, Barbara Surk, Associated Press

It's a time of protest in Paris and much of France, where opponents hope to bring down the government of President Emmanuel Macron. They're blocking the streets over his decision to force a pension system change through parliament without a…

Garbage piles up as French strike nationwide over pension change

By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

French people hoping to preserve their retirement benefits took to the streets in a nationwide protest on Wednesday as a committee of lawmakers meeting behind closed doors validated the wording of President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension plan.

WATCH: Women and girls are still protesting in Iran. Here’s why

By Nicole Ellis, Casey Kuhn, Yasmeen Alamiri

Seven months after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was killed at the hands of Iran’s so-called morality police in September, protests across the country calling for the rights of women and girls continue.

Tens of thousands march in Greece to protest train disaster

By Derek Gatopoulos, Theodora Tongas, Associated Press

Tens of thousands of people are marching in Athens and Greek cities to protest the deaths of 57 people and the serious safety deficiencies the country's worst train disaster exposed.

Norwegian prime minister meets with Indigenous Sami as protests against wind farms end

By Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has met with Indigenous Sami reindeer herders after more than a week of protests against wind farms that activists say endanger the herders' way of life.

Iran investigating suspected poisonings of hundreds of schoolgirls

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

For months, hundreds of young girls attending different schools in Iran have become overpowered by what are believed to be noxious fumes wafting into their classrooms, with some ending up weakened on hospital beds.