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When Brazil's leftist President Dilma Rousseff loses the support of someone like longtime backer Edson Silva, perhaps she had better start worrying.

• 17 сентября 2015, 15:23

Tens of thousands of people marched through London in protest against Britain's refugee policy, with new Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn attending in his first political engagement only hours after being elected.

• 14 сентября 2015, 13:27

Some 1.4 million people joined a march demanding independence for the Catalonia region from Spain, Barcelona city police said.

• 12 сентября 2015, 11:49

Pressure mounted on Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak as influential former leader Mahathir Mohamad threw his weight behind mass protests.

• 31 августа 2015, 19:47

• 29 августа 2015, 15:41

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak criticised organisers of a weekend protest demanding his ouster, saying the timing and venue of the demonstration would clash with independence day parade rehearsals.

• 28 августа 2015, 17:13

Hundreds of thousands of protesters demanded Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's resignation, blaming her and the leftist Workers' Party for runaway corruption,

• 17 августа 2015, 14:39

Nepali politicians including Prime Minister Sushil Koirala appealed for calm as hundreds protested against a new constitution for a second day.

• 12 августа 2015, 10:39

A day of peaceful remembrance marking the anniversary of a black teen's killing by police in the US city of Ferguson came to a violent end Sunday as gunfire left at least one protester injured.

• 10 августа 2015, 13:27

Thousands of Iraqis vented their anger Friday at rampant corruption and abysmal electricity services as the country's first protest movement in years increased pressure for officials to be held accountable.

• 08 августа 2015, 13:51

London Underground staff walked off their posts to protest plans to run Tube trains all night at weekends, the second shutdown of the British capital's subway in under a month.

• 06 августа 2015, 11:44

Russians hit out against government plans to destroy hundreds of tonnes of Western food smuggled into the crisis-hit country.

• 06 августа 2015, 11:25

Over ten thousand people rallied in Helsinki to support multiculturalism and protest recent controversial statements by a populist legislator, police said.

• 29 июля 2015, 12:34

Protesters poured into New York's Times Square to denounce the Iran nuclear deal as a threat to Israel and global security, demanding that Congress reject the agreement.

• 23 июля 2015, 10:26

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on a central square in the Armenian capital pledging to carry on protests over energy price hikes after police cleared a key artery they had blocked for weeks.

• 07 июля 2015, 11:09

Armenian authorities launched a criminal investigation into police officers involved in a brutal crackdown on demonstrators protesting against electricity price hikes.

• 04 июля 2015, 13:37

French President Francois Hollande on Friday condemned violent protests against ride-booking app Uber after taxi drivers set fire to vehicles and blocked highways.

• 26 июня 2015, 15:37

A model at a Rick Owens fashion show in Paris brandished a banner saying "Please Kill Angela Merkel - Not", prompting the designer to note he had nothing to do with the "act of protest."

• 26 июня 2015, 12:00

The Armenian government refused to reverse a controversial electricity price hike, sparking fresh anger among thousands of demonstrators.

• 26 июня 2015, 10:51

Rallies in the Armenian capital against electricity price hikes and police violence entered the seventh day with protesters adamant they will not back down.

• 25 июня 2015, 14:58