Thousands of Malaysians protested against plans to join the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) on Saturday, just days before parliament is due to open a debate on the free trade pact. Many of the demonstrators congregated in central Kuala Lumpur were from the opposition Parti Islam ...
Supporters demand security bill protesters be released following 'unjust arrests'
Supporters of protesters who were arrested for obstruction of justice during a rally against the government's security legislation demanded Friday that they be released immediately and decried their "unjust arrest." As of Friday afternoon, five protesters who took part in the Sept. 16 rally, organized ...
Ruling bloc on verge of enacting security laws
The battle over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s publicly divisive security bills enters its final phase as the Upper House shrugs off the opposition’s latest tricks and prepares to vote.
Protesters in Portland forced away from river after Arctic-bound Shell ship is blocked
Authorities moved in Thursday and forced protesters in kayaks from a river in Portland, Oregon, where the demonstrators were trying to stop a Royal Dutch Shell icebreaker from leaving dry dock and joining an Arctic oil drilling operation. Police also tried to lower protesters who ...
Website give rookie protesters tips, as large rallies against security bills expected at Diet
As demonstrations opposing a pair of government-backed security bills continue to grow, the rallies are attracting a number of fresh faces, prompting veteran protesters to take to the Web to offer valuable tips for newcomers. "To those who are going to join the protest movement ...
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a plan Tuesday to equip 7,000 police officers with on-body cameras by next summer, making the city's police department the largest law enforcement agency in America to move forward with such an ambitious expansion of the technology. The plan ...
Tens of thousands of protesters brought Dublin to a standstill Wednesday in a mass protest over Ireland's planned new tax on household water supplies, the last major measure in the country's six-year austerity drive. Police estimated more than 30,000 people attended the main "Right2Water" rally ...
Police arrest protesters as Ferguson awaits grand jury decision
Police arrested five people overnight after they tried to block a street in a protest calling for a grand jury to charge a white police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen in August. A few dozen demonstrators, some chanting "Indict that ...
Roughly 50 protesters rallied Tuesday in front of the Consulate General of Japan in New York to oppose the government's embrace of nuclear power, as people around the world marked the third anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. "We have a responsibility to speak up. ...
Bitcoin-wise Ukraine protesters tap digital money's global reach
Ukrainian activists are turning to bitcoins to fund a three-month protest in Kiev's Independence Square that helped oust President Viktor Yanukovych amid violence that left at least 82 people dead. Photos of demonstrators on the barricades with signs seeking donations in the digital currency circulated ...
Ukraine's presidency said Friday that it has negotiated an international deal intended to end battles between police and protesters that have killed scores and injured hundreds. It was unclear whether the deal would appease protesters, and shots rang out Friday morning in central Kiev. President ...
A Thai court has ordered the government not to use force to crack down on protesters who are seeking the prime minister's resignation. The Civil Court ruled Wednesday that the prime minister and a special security command center cannot issue any orders under an emergency ...
