Thousands of Bahrainis have begun a week-long rally in a Shiite village, an activist on Sunday said, 10 days ahead of the first anniversary of the start of pro-democracy protest which was brutally cru

More than 200 people were killed in shelling by Syrian forces in the city of Homs, activists said on Saturday, as the U.N. Security Council prepared to vote on a draft resolution backing an Arab call

More than 400 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested in Oakland during a night of skirmishes in which police fired tear gas and bean bag projectiles, the city said on Sunday, marking one of the big

Over 1,500 nurses from government hospitals and medical colleges were arrested across the state on Tuesday after they took to the streets protesting against the recent government order (GO) to appoint

Police on Saturday used batons to disperse a group of protesters in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital.

The protesters were marching towards the Gaw Kadal Bridge here when the police used batons t

When a minister romances with literature in public space, the stage sizzles with political drama.

A young man, who described himself as one of the millions of unemployed in India, rushed to the podiu

Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday the target of an attack by a man who threw black ink on his face at a press conference he was addressing on his plans to campaign against black money in the coming assembl

Indonesians have found a new symbol for their growing frustration at uneven justice in this young, democratic nation: cheap, worn-out flip-flops.

They have been dropping them off at police stations t

A snake charmer, who protested by dumping bags of snakes in a revenue office claiming that officials had demanded bribe for land allotment, has been slapped with an FIR by authorities.

"FIR has been

Egypt's army chief, seeking to defuse street protests that have left 37 dead, promised a swifter handover to civilian rule but failed to convince thousands of hardcore demonstrators, some of whom batt