Protest

Protesters have taken to the street to take a stance against the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Reports of protesters being killed have also surfaced.

A man was reportedly stabbed as a reporter was attacked at an anti-vaccine protest in downtown Los Angeles.

Animal activist Tash Peterson made her way into the headlines yet again as she stormed a fast food outlet with fake blood in hand to publicize her cause to end a brutal "animal holocaust."

After the death of several demonstrators and a police officer over the weekend, more unrest is predicted in Colombia.

Rihanna never fails to make heads turn with her style statement but recently she also made time for important issues like anti-racist activism where she went incognito.

Jane Fonda makes an interesting announcement. Find out all about it here.

As much as the honor of receiving an award or commendation from Queen Elizabeth is a reward in itself, there are still some celebrities who have declined Her Majesty’s honors for various reasons.

After spending his season on the bench as a back-up, Colin Kaepernick will finally start this Sunday against the Buffalo Bills.

TIME pays homage to Colin Kaepernick

Police injured dozens of protesting professors Paraná State on Wednesday, as well as a cameraman who was mauled by a pit bull.

Miami-based Cuban dissidents became involved in a literal fight with members of a delegation from Cuba on the streets of Panama as the Summit of the Americas began

Jewish demonstrators gathered for a minute of silence ahead of the Argentina-Iran World Cup game. The protest came after nearly 20 years of a deadly bombing attack to a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that left 85 dead and three hundred injured.

Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin sang to a male lover in his last concert in Rabat by changing the pronouns of his famous song She's All I Ever Had.

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader recently expelled from the country's National Assembly, has today spoken before the Brazilian Senate.

A port of entry at the US-Mexico border near San Diego will see the largest protest by one-time undocumented immigrants to date.

Protests are being organized in support of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzmán in Durango, the state south of his home state of Sinaloa.

The Sinaloa state government says it is trying to find out who organized marches in two Sinaloa towns in support of the Sinaloa drug boss.

Madonna has lashed out at Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro on Instagram saying "Apparantly Maduro is not familiar with the phrase "Human Rights"!

Venezuelan capital Caracas has become the center of increasingly violent student-run protests against Maduro's government.

Police in Rio de Janeiro have arrested a man in connection with an explosion during a protest on Friday which seriously injured a journalist.

The Economist has predicted Mexico, Argentina and Brazil are at 'High' or 'Very High' risk for social unrest in 2014.

Fans of the famed Colombian singer Shakira have taken to Twitter to ask her to stop allowing the aquarium SeaWorld to play her son 'Suerte' during their killer whale shows.

One senator from the opposition Party of the Democratic Revolution stripped down to his underwear during a floor speech, telling senators he was doing it "just like you all have stripped the nation" of resources through privatizations of major industries.

First Lady Michelle Obama tweeted her support for the "Fast for Families" on Tuesday as protestors entered their 16th day of fasting for immigration reform.

The 30 are the second such group of immigrant activists to present themselves at the US-Mexico border in a protest of immigration policies which saw them either deported or denied re-entry to the country where they grew up.

Teachers in Mexico have been protesting for weeks, angered about new labor reforms approved by the President.

La Coalición de Taxistas de New York, a group of mostly Latino livery cab drivers from all five of New York City’s boroughs, say a city plan to expand green-cab service to the outer boroughs will strain their already slim margins.

A group of bus drivers had themselves crucified in protest of the recent firing.

As many as 4,000 teachers flooded main arteries in Mexico’s capital on Friday, causing “roadway chaos” as they protested a new education reform. Watch video of protesting teachers on Wednesday as they attempt to enter the Chamber of Deputies in Mexico City.

Bars stop selling Stoli vodka in protest of anti-gay laws in Russia.