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France braces for renewed nationwide protests as Macron's government vows tough response

The unrest has handed a political boost to far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who leads the polls ahead of April's presidential election, while potential centrist successors to Macron remain divided.

A fire burns, as Police officers in riot gear stand guard, during civil unrest, the day after a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices, in Paris, France, October 18, 2026.
Protesters take cover behind a plywood board as French riot police and gendarmes use a water canon amid clashes during an authorised demonstration organised by labor unions in Paris, October 24, 2026.

'If we burn, you burn with us!': Why a Gen Z youth wave of protest is sweeping Europe - analysis

People on a tram stop holding a French flag with the inscription - revolution - during a demonstration against the high cost of living in southeastern France on October 24, 2026.

French students vow more protests despite Macron government's concessions

Thousands of Israelis demonstrate at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, calling for the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led massacre, just days ahead of Israel’s general elections, October 24, 2026.

Israel Police brace for 'January 6' scenario at Knesset after election, deploy 22,000 officers


Ultra-Orthodox rioters throw stones at bus carrying IDF soldiers during Jerusalem protest

Soldiers tried to help the police disperse the rioters, but were forced to go back inside the bus violently. The police had to use stun grenades to disperse the rioting crowd.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police during a protest following the issuance of a parking ticket on Bar-Ilan Road in Jerusalem, on December 18, 2025.

Thirteen officers injured as ultra-Orthodox Jews riot over parking ticket, four arrested

Rioters hurled stones, vandalized a police vehicle and property, and threw trash cans at officers after police tried to issue a routine parking ticket in Jerusalem.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police during a protest following the issuance of a parking ticket in Jerusalem, December 18, 2025

Iran's judiciary sues US for $22b. damages caused by 2022 protests following Mahsa Amini's death

A Tehran court ordered the US to pay $22b. in damages for allegedly supporting Iran’s 2022 protests after Mahsa Amini’s death, issuing another political ruling amid strained ties.

A mural of Mahsa Amini painted by Chilean-American artist Rodrigo Pradel in collaboration with Yasi Farazad, his Iranian-American friend, is pictured in Washington, United States in this undated handout picture.

WATCH: Haredi protesters set fires, block roads, throw stones at police officers, in Beit Shemesh

Haredi demonstrators rioted in Beit Shemesh, blocking buses and throwing stones, as police units moved in to disperse the crowd.

Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters gather in Mea She'arim, Jerusalem, to celebrate draft dodgers' release from miiltary prison, November 30, 2025; illustrative.

Four Israelis wounded, one badly, as rioting Palestinians attack shepherds in Gush Etzion

Responding police and soldiers used riot-dispersal measures but made no arrests as the crowd swelled.

Palestinian demonstrators clash with Israeli soldiers in the village of Azmut near the Jewish settlement of Elon Moreh in the West Bank, March 06, 2020.

Violent clashes in Ramat Gan as protesters attack troops detaining draft-dodging yeshiva students

As tensions rose, Border Police rescued the soldiers under attack. Protesters overturned a military police vehicle, chanting, "We do not believe in the rule of the heretics."

Ultra orthodox Jews block a road and clash with police during a protest against the drafting of ultra orthodox jews to the Israeli army, in Ramat Gan, December 24, 2024.

Israel must restore equality under the law or risk collapse of its liberal democracy - opinion

A danger that Israel's liberal democracy might collapse does exist, unless a change takes place in the foreseeable future in the way the state is being run.

Israeli security forces clash with Jewish settlers during the evacuation of Illegal structures in Tzur Misgavi, an outpost in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, November 17, 2025

Anti-Israel rioters attack Bologna police with firecrackers, set fires, build barricades

Violent protests against a Maccabi match saw masked rioters clash with police, injuring eight officers using flagpoles, bottles, clubs and flares.

Police spray water on protesters during a demonstration against the visiting Israeli basketball team on the day of the Virtus Bologna-Maccabi Tel Aviv Euroleague match in Bologna, Italy, November 21, 2025.

Molotov cocktails, arson, and stone throwing: Riots reported in east Jerusalem neighborhood

A 15-year-old boy was arrested while holding a Palestinian Islamic Jihad flag and Molotov cocktails.

Weapons and a PIJ flag confiscated during a riot in east Jerusalem on October 14, 2025.

Bern streets ravaged as anti-Israel protest devolves into violence

Bern streets suffered millions of francs in damages due to vandalism and exchanges of projectiles between activists and police after a Saturday anti-Israel protest devolved into intense riots.

aftermath of bern protest