A day after Jordan’s Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh resigned, 1,000 people gathered in the capital Friday to protest against government corruption and refusal of introduce reform.
Bahrain's Shia-Muslim-led opposition on Sunday announced a week of daily pro-democracy protests to last until after the controversial Formula One Grand Prix race next Sunday.
A French organisation led up to 2,000 members in protest in Paris on Saturday, to fight for the right to die in dignity. The group is calling for changes to French laws to legalise euthanasia.
Police in Uganda have arrested opposition leader Kizza Besigye and 16 other people after a police officer was stoned to death by a mob in the central business area in Kampala.
In St Petersburg, an angry backlash against Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency saw hundreds of people take to the streets with scores of arrests.
Police arrested dozens of Russians on Monday as thousands protested at Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency in elections Western monitors described as "skewed".
