Over 1000 troops have been deployed in Rio de Janeiro ahead of a major oil rights auction. The move to partially sell off Brazil’s most promising oil reserves has been met with opposition, triggering mass strikes and disruption to oil production. A spokesperson from the Brazilian army said that around 1,100 troops are being deployed around the Hotel Windsor in West Rio where the auction will be... 

Violence broke out between police and demonstrators in Rome on Saturday as tens of thousands took to the streets to protest Italy’s new budget. “We are laying siege to the city!” chanted the crowd, as a small minority pelted the police and government buildings with water bottles and eggs. A group of protesters turned over garbage bins and set some of them on fire in front of the Economy Ministry. Police... 

Tens of thousands of Portuguese have staged anti-austerity demonstrations in the country’s two most populated cities, demanding the resignation of the government. On Saturday, thousands of people took to the streets of the capital Lisbon against new wage and pension cuts planned in the country’s 2014 budget. According to organizers, up to 70,000 people attended the rally. The protesters called... 

Demonstrators dressed to represent prisoners, hold chains and a mock cannonball during a protest against the reforms by the Italian government in downtown Rome, October 18, 2013. Thousands of Italian civil servants and transport workers have gone on strike in the capital Rome and other cities to protest against austerity measures enforced by the government. Friday strike, which disrupted urban transportation,... 

As the US government shutdown nears its third week, Republicans and Democrats in Congress have been unable to strike a deal over the budget and raise the nation’s borrowing authority to avert a default. Since efforts in the House of Representatives to reach a fiscal deal failed last week, negotiations on ending the shutdown and avoiding a potential federal default have shifted to the Senate. Senate... 

A large group of protesters, mostly Australian-Syrian youths, have staged a rally in Sydney to voice their solidarity with the Syrian government, nation and army, Press TV reports. The protesters took to the streets at Sydney’s Martin Place Amphitheatre, calling for an end to foreign intervention in the violence-stricken country. Reme Sakr, an organizer of the event, dubbed Hands off Syria, told... 

Dozens of big-rig drivers and long-haul truckers took to the highways around Washington, D.C., Friday to protest what they describe as extra-constitutional actions of Congress and the president, launching a weekend of similar demonstrations. CBS reported that at one point truckers were side-by-side across four lanes of Interstate 95 and were blocking traffic until a Virginia State Police officer pulled... 

Moscow police detained some 380 people during the mass rioting in a southern district of the city. A mixed crowd of nationalists and locals attacked a warehouse run by natives of the Caucasus, blaming a migrant for the fatal stabbing of a local. Authorities lifted the emergency plan codenamed “Volcano” after midnight, several hours after public order had been restored. The plan, put into effect... 

Joining six continents, 52 countries and over 500 cities, ‘March against Monsanto’ is planning its second mass rally Saturday against the biotech giant and genetically modified food. A number of Agent Orange victims are expected to join the protest. “Saturday is a big day of action against Monsanto. We took our lights out to a local cornfield. Monsanto is bad for our food and bad for our planet,”... 

A panel of Egyptian judges has recommended the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party, which has been protesting against the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi since July. The judges made the recommendation on Monday, saying the party represents an outlawed group, The Associated Press reported. The recommendation is to be delivered to a Cairo court which is reviewing a case demanding... 

The death toll from clashes between supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi and police forces has risen to 51 as violence rages on in the North African country. Supporters of Morsi, who was overthrown in a July military coup, tried to gather in iconic Liberation Square in the capital Cairo when police confronted them. According to Ahmed al-Ansari, a top official of Egypt’s Health... 

Members of a Greek trade union demonstrate in Athens on February 20, 2013. Thousands of communist-backed labor union activists and their supporters have staged an anti-austerity demonstration in the Greek capital Athens. The protesters took to the streets in central Athens on Saturday and called on the government to stop the new round of cuts and measures that will slash pensions, salaries and introduce... 

Romanians protest against a Canadian gold mine project in the city of Cluj-Napoca on September 15, 2013. Thousands of Romanians have staged demonstrations against a controversial Canadian project that would open Europe’s largest gold mine in the country. On Sunday, approximately 4,000 people, who were carrying Romanian flags, marched in the capital Bucharest to show their opposition to the project,... 

Thousands of Spaniards have taken to the streets of the capital to protest against the country’s monarchy. The march was held on Saturday in Madrid, where people called for the abdication of King Juan Carlos, an end to the monarchy and an establishment of a republic. Protesters walked with banners reading, “Checkmate to the King,” and chanted, “Tomorrow, Spain will be a Republic.” Critics... 

Leader Of Golden Dawn Nikolaos G. Michaloliakos, has been arrested with at least 3 or 4 other members of parliament. The arrests have been made on grounds that Golden Dawn is a “Criminal Organization” In Greece right now, all nationalists are organizing a protest of this illegal and unprecedented decision. It has already begun, the international usurers have stepped up their full scale attack...