Ethnic violence in Guinea’s capital Conakry following a disputed presidential election has left at least seven people dead. The situation appears to have calmed, but simmering tensions remain. It was heralded as an election that would finally bring democracy to a coup-weary West African nation, but Guinea’s much-postponed Nov. 7 presidential runoff ended up exposing deep ethnic fault lines and... 

Last week, you probably saw the report about Cody Alicea, the boy in California who was told to take the American flag off his bicycle by obtuse school administrators. Well, yesterday some members of Cody’s community in California decided they would help escort him to class: The school has since apologized.  Read More »

Fourteen people were injured and 35 were arrested outside the Conservative Party's headquarters. Other demonstrators massed near Parliament. A demonstration against government proposals to cut education spending and steeply increase tuition for university students turned violent on Wednesday as protesters attempted to storm the building that houses the Conservative Party. The protesters scuffled... 

Protesters chant slogans during an anti-China protest rally in central Tokyo. About 4,000 anti-China protesters rallied in Tokyo on Saturday, with their anger fuelled by a video capturing a collision between Chinese and Japanese vessels which sparked a diplomatic spat. About 4,000 anti-China protesters rallied in Tokyo on Saturday, with their anger fuelled by a video capturing a collision between Chinese... 

At least 5,000 Russian nationalists rallied for curbs on immigration in Moscow on Thursday in one of the largest far-right demonstrations in years in the capital. Activists shouted “Russia for the Russians,” and carried banners calling for “White Power” and “Orthodox Faith or Death” in a march held with official permission in a suburb in the south of the capital... 

Peter Gray flings his shoes at John Howard after demanding former leader defend sending troops to Iraq. A man protesting against the Iraq war hurled his shoes at Australia’s former prime minister during a live TV show, mimicking the shoe-throwing protest aimed at former President George Bush in Baghdad two years ago. Peter Gray flung his shoes at John Howard, a Bush ally in the Iraq war, after... 

Benedict XVI says freedom of religion ‘one of the fundamental human rights,’ should be subject of dialogue with Muslims. Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday called for greater religious freedom in the Middle East and said that peace there is possible, urgently needed and the best remedy to the exodus of Christians from the region. Benedict celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday... 

Shi Tao, a freelance journalist, is serving a jail sentence for leaking a document banning coverage of the Tiananmen Square protests anniversary. Human rights groups and WikiLeaks itself warn that Government Leaks project is naive given China’s strict secrecy laws. Attempts to create a “Chinese WikiLeaks” project could result in lengthy jail sentences for internet users who send sensitive... 

French riot police and students fired tear gas and petrol bombs at each other while truckers blocked roads and almost 3,000 petrol stations ran dry, as nationwide protests intensified. Despite claims that it had petrol provision “under control”, the government said it had activated an emergency crisis cell charged with maintaining fuel supplies. The opposition Socialists criticised François Fillon,... 

Protesters chanted: "We will not allow Communist China to invade our territory." Anti-China protesters gathered Saturday in Tokyo and six other major cities in Japan to rally against what it calls an invasion of disputed islands that both claim are part of their territories. Protesters held up Japanese flags and chanted, “We will not allow Communist China to invade our territory.” Beijing... 

Russian company Orbital Technologies has announced it will have a space hotel in orbit possibly by the end of 2015. This will be the first hotel of its kind, revolutionising tourism and launching the massive commercialisation of space travel, another first for Russia’s eternally pioneering space program. Russia was the first nation to conquer space, was the first to orbit the Earth and the Moon,... 

Arizona voters will decide in November whether to ban state and local governments from discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, ethnicity and sex. The state constitutional amendment doesn’t use the term “affirmative action,” but there is no disputing that is what Proposition 107 is aimed at eliminating. Such programs generally give preferences to minorities. Proponents... 

The P-800 Yakhont supersonic cruise missile. Remark by Russia defense minster comes amid reports that Israeli officials, including PM Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak, had reportedly warned arms could be used by Hezbollah. Russia plans to go ahead with its sale of advance anti-ship rockets, state news agency RIA Novosti quoted Russian Defense Minster Anatoly Serdyukov as saying on Friday, despite... 

Chinese hold anti-Japan protests over boat incident on sensitive political anniversary. Protesters in several cities across China marked a politically sensitive anniversary Saturday with anti-Japan chants and banners, as authorities tried to stop anger over a diplomatic spat between the Asian giants from getting out of control. As some chanted “Wipe out the Japanese devils!” and stamped... 

The groups have been emboldened by Christine O'Donnell's victory A British Tea Party campaign inspired by the electoral truimphs of the American movement is launching a series of challenges to the Coalition government. Activists are to hold a rally at next month’s Conservative party conference in Birmingham, at which criticisms of Coalition policies are expected to be aired. The organisers,...