A federal judge ruled that Detroit police officers cannot use batons, shields, gas or bullets against protesters for at least the next two weeks. U.S. District Court Judge Laurie Michelson issued a ...

CAIRO -- Riot police cracked down on demonstrators in Iran's capital Monday, hours after the Revolutionary Guard threatened to crush any further post-election protests. A witness described an "air of ...

Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has called on security agents to exercise caution in the handling of the ongoing protests, to avoid fatalities. Soyinka made the call in a statement on Sunday while ...

DENVER (Reuters) - A U.S. District Court Judge ordered Denver police on Friday not to use tear gas, plastic bullets and other "less-than-lethal" force such as flash grenades against protesters, unless ...