Protests

Extinction Rebellion staged the protest at Cambridge University's Trinity College, saying the college has invested millions in oil and gas companies.

The controversial gun rights advocate visited the campus in Athens, Ohio, accompanied by a bodyguard to film a video asking students about Presidents Day.

Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg's private fundraiser in San Francisco was interrupted by protesters from the activist group "Queers Against Pete" who voiced their disapproval with Buttigieg's moderate policies.

John Dennis, the chairman of the San Francisco Republican Party, shared video of his encounter with a man protesting a cleanup event.

Antifa Seven Hills issued a statement after VICE News reported the group would be attending a rally to protest pending gun control legislation in front of the Virginia Capital in Richmond on Monday.

Reza Pahlavi said U.S. lawmakers must set aside their differences and establish a bipartisan, pro-democracy agenda on Iran.

The protesters calling for the cancellation of Graham's rallies, or alternately the donation of all proceeds to LGBTQ charities in light of Graham's history of declaring homosexuality as a "sin."

Amnesty International called for the end of violent crackdowns of protests in Iran following the Iranian military's shooting down of Ukraine flight #PS752.

In an appearance on Fox News Monday, White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said President Donald Trump "stands with the very brave Iranian people who are protesting their leadership," and that Democrats are "almost taking the side of terrorists."

Internet mapping tools and security analysts indicate new internet downtime aligned with the government's admission that its military shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752.

"We were all screaming and screaming," Navaz Ebrahim told CNN. "That was a tragic night, a tragic night."

Twitter users accused Pelosi of defending the regime in Tehran, though she condemned its shooting down of a passenger airliner last week and its regional strategy.

"The present wave of protests has the potential of developing into a revolution," Hilal Khashan, a professor at the American University of Beirut, told Newsweek.

The former South Bend mayor was on stage in Des Moines, Iowa as his supporters responded with chants of "USA! USA!"

"They are lying that our enemy is America," protesters chanted.

Nationwide, tens of thousands of Australians took to the street on Friday, calling for Prime Minister Scott Morrison's resignation over what they view as his lackadaisical response to climate change

The study was based on surveys with more than 18,000 adult Hong Kong residents.

A coalition of progressive activist groups so far has 185 protests against conflict with Iran planned in cities across America.

In just the last two weeks, New York and its suburbs have endured around two dozen crimes appearing to target Jews.

Demonstrators caused havoc at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq after retaliatory American airstrikes killed 25 members of an Iran-backed militia.

In a Tuesday tweet, Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper confirmed the deployment of 750 soldiers to Iraq following the round of protests at the U.S. Embassy on Sunday.

The Taj Mahal is seeing hundreds of thousands of fewer visitors in the wake of protests against a law some accuse as anti-Muslim, Reuters reported.

This week similar protests across Delhi and in nearly every large city in India have become the largest, most unified and secular resistance against Modi and the BJP's Hindu nationalism.

The protests took place on the eve of a House vote on the impeachment of President Donald Trump, who is accused of abusing his power and obstructing Congress.

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled heir to the now-defunct Iranian throne, tells Newsweek that the bloody unrest in his home country can only be solved by removing the regime in Tehran.

"They have taken a decision that they will allow employees at an institution that they fund to go hungry," Timour Azhari, a journalist who resigned from his position this week, told Newsweek. "They definitely have the money to pay."

"We must leave no room for collusion and interaction between Hong Kong's radical opposition and the U.S. government," an editorial in The Global Times argued.

Pro-democracy candidates swept the board in local council elections this weekend, winning almost 90 percent of seats.

Supporters of Evo Morales, who resigned on November 10, marched into La Paz on Thursday bearing the coffins of their fellow activists, who had been killed in the ongoing protests that have wracked the country.

Donald Trump commended Apple's plant as a "fantastic facility" and Ivanka Trump applauded the company for being "one of the early signers" of the administration's 'Pledge to America's Workers' initiative.