Masked anti-government protesters toppled the monument to Vladimir Lenin in Kiev on Sunday pulling him down with steel ropes, and smashing the granite figure with sledgehammers. A huge crowd queued to get a piece of the statue. A group of protesters singing the national hymn of Ukraine then hoisted the national flag on the vacant pedestal, as the passing cars were honking in support of the act and... 

The aftermath of mass riots near the Biryulyovo-Tovarnaya train station Moscow authorities have closed a vegetable warehouse and detained 1,200 people after a violent Sunday protest in Moscow’s residential area of Biryulyovo. A car with money and weapons has been found as Moscow police raided a warehouse which locals call the main attraction for migrants. On Sunday it turned into the scene of a mass... 

Cops allowed Trayvon demonstrators to seize control of major street for three hours. One of the questions to emerge out of last night’s unrest in Oakland, where crowds protesting the George Zimmerman verdict turned violent and seized control of a major street for three hours, is why police withdrew from the area and allowed drivers to be terrorized. According to a report by ABC 7, protesters had... 

Egypt’s health ministry has said that at least 17 people were killed and over 200 injured in clashes between pro and anti-Morsi protesters on Friday. The most violent are at the 6th October bridge near Tahrir, amid reports of gunfire and Molotov cocktails. The unrest has rocked some eight areas of Cairo, with Alexandria and approximately six other provinces as street battles have erupted between... 

Angry protesters flooded a House committee meeting and rallied outside the Texas Capitol as one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bills advanced in the state legislature early Wednesday morning. The Texas House committee voted to move forward with House Bill 2 – an identical version of the abortion legislation that was stalled last week by a filibuster. The bill would ban abortions after... 

A protester kicks a banner with the face of U.S. President Barack Obama as hundreds rally against his visit in Pretoria. Anti-U.S. protesters have burned posters of U.S. President Barack Obama in the South African city of Johannesburg ahead of his visit to the city on Saturday. Protesters also burned miniature U.S. flags outside the University of Johannesburg Soweto campus, expressing their anger at... 

Activists returning to Taksim Square will be considered “supporters or members of a terror group,” Turkey’s EU minister told local media. This comes after police bulldozed the tent camp in Gezi Park in one of the worst nights of violence in Istanbul. “From now on the state will unfortunately have to consider everyone who remains there a supporter or member of a terror organization,” EU Minister... 

Police clash with protesters demonstrating against a bill that legalizes same-sex marriages, Paris, France, March 24, 2013. French police have clashed with thousands of demonstrators in the capital, Paris, protesting against the approval of a bill that legalizes gay marriages and adoptions for same-sex couples by the country’s parliament. Tuesday night, police fired tear gas at the angry protesters... 

Indian protesters shout slogans during an anti-rape demonstration in New Delhi, on April 20, 2013. Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Indian capital New Delhi to protest against the brutal torture and rape of a five-year-old girl, demanding punishment for policemen over their apathy in dealing with the case. Protesters gathered in front of the police headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday... 

A trade union representative gives a speech in Brussels, Belgium, against austerity policies on March 14, 2013. Thousands of Europeans have staged a rally near the European Union (EU) headquarters in Brussels to protest against anti-austerity measures. About 15,000 protesters and trade union representatives from Belgium, Britain, France, Germany and other European Union countries gathered in the Belgium... 

Thousands have protested in Moscow to demand a ban on foreign adoptions following the death of Maksim Kuzmin, 3, who died shortly after being adopted by a US family in Texas. Pro-Kremlin activists demanded his brother Kirill be returned to Russia. According to several estimates by the Russian Mothers public movement, the ‘Protect the Children’ protest gathered 12,000 to 20,000 people.... 

An Israeli soldier chases a Palestinian protester in the northern West Bank town of Huwara on February 19, 2013. Israeli troops have clashed with Palestinians who were holding demonstrations in the occupied West Bank in solidarity with four hunger strikers in Israeli jails. On Tuesday, Israeli forces fired tear gas and sound bombs in the northern town of Huwara to disperse hundreds of Palestinian people... 

Protesters shout anti-regime slogans during a demonstration in Jordan’s capital Amman. Riots have spread across Jordan after the announcement of parliamentary election results which people in four provinces dispute. Violent clashes erupted on Thursday between police and protestors who accuse Jordan’s Independent Electoral Commission of vote-rigging, DPA reported. Police fired tear gas to disperse... 

Riot police stand guard as demonstrators march in front of the Greek parliament in central Athens during protests against new austerity measures on November 6, 2012. Greek police have clashed with angry protesters in the capital city, Athens, as the country’s lawmakers begin debating new austerity measures. Clashes broke out outside the Greek parliament after tens of thousands of anti-austerity protesters... 

Madrid riot police have cleared Plaza de Neptune of protesters, with about 200 officers securing the surrounding blocks. At least 60 people have been injured and 26 arrested as police used batons and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. ­Local emergency services have confirmed that at least 60 people, including eight policemen, were injured in clashes between police and protesters, El Pais reports....