Police in Egypt’s Port Said killed three protesters and injured 500 in clashes last weekend.
South African police handcuffed a taxi driver to the back door of their van and dragged him along the road in Johannesburg last week.
People living near the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan are more likely to develop cancer, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The police officers who oversaw the Marikana massacre and the triggermen who unleashed an estimated 3,000 bullets will face an official inquiry this month.
Up to 800,000 protesters took over the centre of Lisbon, Portugal, on Saturday of last week.
The French parliament was set to vote on Wednesday of this week on an attack on workers’ rights effectively drafted by the bosses.
Some 100,000 people took to the streets last Sunday in Bulgaria’s latest wave of protests against poverty and rising utility prices.
A demonstration on the first anniversary of President Mansour al-Hadi’s "election" turned to massacre in the port city of Aden in southern Yemen on Thursday of last week.
Syrian rebels have overrun a string of regime bases in a national offensive that marks a major defeat for the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
European stock markets panicked as results of last week’s Italian general election were announced.
There were huge demonstrations against cuts in cities across Spain on Saturday of last week.
Shocking testimony to the ongoing inquiry into South Africa’s Marikana massacre was heard last week.
