Protests

Some students at George Mason University are petitioning against the commencement speaker, just days after the university announced that Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will give the speech to the class of 2023.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed changes to the judicial system that critics say gives the government too much power.

Mass protests have erupted in Israel in recent months over controversial judicial reforms pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.

Local and federal authorities say they aren’t aware of any specific pro-Trump protests planned in the District.

As the Manhattan DA’s Office considers whether to indict former President Donald Trump over an alleged hush money payment to an adult film actress, authorities in Washington, D.C., are preparing for possible protests. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Thousands have taken to the streets over President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to raise the national retirement age in France from 62 to 64.

Hundreds of Iowa students walked out of classes on Wednesday to protest anti-LGBTQ+ bills in the process of being passed, including bills that prohibit instruction of gender identity and sexual orientation.

In court papers late Tuesday, the city said it will pay $21,500 to each of at least 200 protesters who were detained, arrested or met with force by NYPD during a June 4, 2020, protest.

It was Jan. 7, 2023. Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old father and FedEx worker, was on his way home from a park where he went to take sunset photos. Memphis police pulled him over for alleged reckless driving. Three days later, Nichols was dead. He was Black — so were the five fired officers now accused of second-degree murder and other…

The first March for Life anti-abortion rights demonstration since Roe vs. Wade was overturned happens Friday. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.

People are pouring into Peru’s capital, many from remote Andean regions, for a protest against President Dina Boluarte and in support of her predecessor

Protests against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte’s government that have left 48 people dead since they began a month ago are spreading through the south of the Andean country

Authorities say a police officer on patrol was attacked and burned to death by protesters in the Peruvian region of Puno as the death toll from demonstrations in the wake of the dismissal of former President Pedro Castillo rose to 47.

Local media are reporting that Iran has released a prominent actress nearly three weeks after she was jailed for expressing solidarity with a man who was executed over unrest linked to anti-government protests.

Hundreds of people poured into the streets of a rural hamlet in Peru’s Andean highlands on Saturday to pay their final respects to a 23-year-old student killed

China’s “zero-COVID” policy continues to confine millions of people to their homes in an attempt to isolate every infection.

Authorities imposed a curfew after the violence, which came amid demonstrations in the central African nation against interim leader Mahamat Idriss Deby’s two-year extension of his power.

Virginia students walked out of classes to protest new transgender policies. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

Reflecting on recent mass shootings, the singer explained that despite pressure from loyal fans to play what is called her “holy 14” songs, she won’t be playing the second single from her 1980 album Crimes of Passion.