About 1,000 demonstrators gathered in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to protest a Monday visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. A range of gay, Jewish, Christian, anti-racism and other activists joined forces for the protest.
Thousands of Spanish farmers marched through central Madrid to the Agriculture Ministry on Saturday to demand government action on the falling prices and rising costs that are threatening to ruin their livelihoods.
A new organisation is taking on radical Muslims in the United Kingdom. The English Defence League’s movement is slowly gaining ground across the country, as its members protest against those who want to impose Sharia law across Britain.
Palestinian protesters tore down a section of Israel's West Bank barrier on Monday near the Qalandia refugee camp, in a demonstration staged to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
AFP journalist and FRANCE 24 contributor Farhad Pouladi was freed Saturday, the AFP confirmed. Pouladi was detained in Tehran earlier this week as he headed to cover rallies outside the former US Embassy.
AFP journalist Farhad Pouladi was arrested in Tehran Wednesday as he phoned in a report to FRANCE 24 on the rallies marking the 30th anniversary of the 1979 storming of the US embassy in Tehran. Three other reporters were also detained.
More than a million abortion opponents marched across Madrid on Saturday in protest at government plans to allow women as young as 16 to have abortions without their parents' consent.
French Minister of the Interior Brice Hortefeux (pictured) heads to Poitiers on Monday following violent anti-prison demonstrations that erupted on Saturday near a street performance festival in the city centre.
Israel briefly detained Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of the radical wing of the Islamic Movement in Jerusalem, charging him of inciting ongoing unrest in the city. He has been barred from entering Jerusalem for 30 days.
Turkish police have detained scores of demonstrators and used tear gas and water canons to break up street protests in Istanbul, where the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are holding their annual meetings.
