HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Wu Chi-wai was granted permission to remain in the U.K. as a visitor, his lawyer said Tuesda…
A protestor holds a placard with a portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the text "Can't See Your Democracy, My Lashes are Too Long" during a demonstration demanding educational reforms as part of the Cockroach Janta Party's ongoing protest movement in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Verda Sabzwari)
A protestor holds a piece of paper with "Democracy?" written on it during a demonstration demanding educational reforms as part of the Cockroach Janta Party's ongoing protest movement in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Vipin)
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's former prime minister Viktor Orbán declared on Wednesday that he and his far-right Fidesz party will lead a…
A new police station with a memorial stone reading "for peace, freedom and democracy, never again fascism, million dead remind" is located and will be officially opened in Adolf Hitler's birth house in Braunau am Inn, Austria, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
A large coalition led by the Rev. Al Sharpton and the family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will mark the anniversary of the historic March on Washington next month with a march for democracy. Sharpton’s National Action Network announced Tuesday plans for March on Washington 2026: Defend the Vote on Aug. 28 on what will be 63 years since the 1963 march. The NAACP and the National Urban League are among multiple groups participating. The location and other details will be announced later. The original March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where King gave his famous “I Have A Dream” speech, is considered one of the most consequential racial justice demonstrations in U.S. history.
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's Parliament voted Monday to pass a constitutional amendment aimed at removing President Tamás Sulyok, part o…
'Awesome.' 'Sad.' 'Let's keep democracy going.' Americans weigh in on state of a 250-year-old nation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Across the United States, many Americans are celebrating their country's 250th birthday by closing their ears to all the par…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans have grown less proud of their country's history or the way its democracy works over the past decade, according to…
BANGKOK (AP) — Vietnam is increasingly using broadly written laws to arrest activists, dissidents and others that authorities consider a threa…
