Riots

A timeline in the shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo. and the subsequent fallout.

Hundreds of civil rights lawyers from across America are descending on Ferguson, Missouri as police and protesters prepare for a grand jury decision on whether to charge the officer who killed an unarmed black teenager in August.

A Missouri grand jury looking into the police shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown will hear testimony on Thursday from a private pathologist hired by Brown's family to perform an autopsy, a representative for the family said on Wednesday.

Law enforcement officials from three agencies will be on hand to maintain order in and around St. Louis when a grand jury announces whether Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson will face charges in the shooting death of Michael Brown.

Stones and flares were thrown at lines of riot police after a far-right march turned violent in the Polish capital

Israeli security forces entered a Jerusalem holy compound and clashed with Palestinian stone throwers on Wednesday, officials said.

The media have seized on Joshua Wong, 17, one of the leaders of the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong as a counterpoint to China's Communist Party.

More than 70 were arrested on Friday after some two hundred protesters burst through a police cordon

Demonstrations turned violent again Sunday night after police fired smoke and tear gas at protesters

The US National Guard tries to restore order in Ferguson, Missouri after a second night of unrest

Protesters have taken to the streets every day since Michael Brown, 18, was shot by police on Saturday.

A man driving an excavator ran down a pedestrian and was killed by police in what they described as a 'terror attack'