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Marefati was convicted in March 2026 by an Islamic revolutionary court in Tehran on charges alleging participation in activities against national security, entering religious sites with the intent to destroy them, and participating in the burning of a mosque and a religious seminary.
At first glance, the wave of student-led protests that has swept across France might resemble the events of May 1968. Both featured surging crowds of demonstrators calling for education reform, criticizing the government, erecting blockades and being confronted by riot police. Both also attracted casseurs, who turne…
The expanded industrial action comes amid a wave of strikes and protests that have sparked unrest across Europe.
Minister warns weeks without lessons are putting exams at risk as unions plan nationwide strike on ThursdayDozens of high schools across France were blockaded again on Monday as the government braced for another tense week of protests over school conditions and the high cost of living.The protests come amid warnings…
The EU’s own democratic principles have collapsed in recent years, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa has warned Read Full Article at RT.com
MIRPUR, Bangladesh — Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers blocked a major highway and clashed with police on Monday, demanding a monthly minimum wage more than double current pay, as protests spread across industrial hubs.
The "Gen Z" protests have spread beyond France as similar movements happened in Germany, Italy, Belgium and Albania.
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Anger and protest have put liberal democracy on trial. It’s vital to understand the rage that now unites a generationWe have not yet reached a 1968 moment, when students at the Sorbonne lit a fuse that detonated a crisis that eventually brought down the De Gaulle government. But in late 2026, starting with the symbo…
Protests rage in Bangladesh’s flagship garment sector, shutting 500 facilities and affecting more than a million workers Read Full Article at RT.com
Education ministry says 41 schools blockaded as students return after holiday break.
The prime minister will also meet UK counterpart Andy Burnham to discuss rules for British backpackers visiting on working holiday visas.
French student protests resumed on Monday on a much smaller scale than in past weeks as pupils returned from a two-week break, with youngsters trying to blockade a few high schools in Paris, Marseille and Rennes, French media reported. By 0830 GMT some 41 high schools – about 1 per cent of those nationwide – were …
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The backlash against the high Palestinian turnout reveals much about the state of Israeli democracy and its future.
Workers in Bangladesh's largest export sector are demanding a minimum wage increase amid rising inflation.
Samira's 16-year-old daughter Sevda was shot dead as they took part in mass protests in January.
President Lee Jae Myung on Monday laid out a record budget to spur economic growth and narrow inequality under his “growth for all” agenda, while projecting a 20-year low in the managed fiscal deficit. In his budget speech to the National Assembly, Lee outlined an 820.9 trillion won ($610 billion) spending plan for …
Officials in Germany are pledging to stamp out violent protests after demonstrators turned to looting.
The German city of Frankfurt emerges as a new flashpoint for Europe's anti-government protests as students demand better education and lower living costs.
Ministers have threatened tough penalties for looters after violence erupted in Frankfurt and other cities at the weekend after a series of cost-of-living protests.
Thousands joined largely orderly demonstrations earlier in the day, before violence erupted in Frankfurt, Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg.
France on Sunday opened an attempted murder probe after petrol bombs were thrown at security forces during Paris protests, as footage of an officer engulfed in flames sparked outrage. On Saturday, clashes erupted in Paris and other cities after hundreds of thousands of people staged a third weekend of protests again…
Voters are turning against the Republicans. But the clearest possible message is needed to safeguard democracyThe psychologist Jennifer Freyd identified a pattern often used by perpetrators: deny, accuse, and reverse victim and offender. More than one observer has noted that Donald Trump employs that pattern politic…
Youth-led protests end with street violence in cities across France, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal and Albania French officials have opened an investigation into the attempted murder of a police officer and Germany’s interior minister has called for harsh penalties after peaceful and mainly youth-led protests acros…
THE wave of street protests sweeping across Europe puts on center stage the emergence of the youth as a key player in politics.
Thousands joined Gen Z-led protests across 34 German cities for better education and lower costs, leading to store looting in Frankfurt.
A French officer described "skin that stings" after being set alight by a molotov cocktail during another weekend of protests in Paris.
Trust in politicians is down but Australians remain confident in key institutions, according to a new survey examining the country's democracy.
Demonstrations held in industrial cities as workers demand wage increase as cost of living rises.
Protesters have clashed with police in Paris for the third week in a row as demonstrations were also seen in other parts of Europe, including Germany and Italy.
Demonstrations across Germany, France, Italy and other European countries on Saturday saw clashes with police, arrests and calls for greater investment in public services.
The protesters also tried to intimidate the new recruits arriving at the base, police added.
Two years until post-Trump presidential race mark crossroads for growing global divisions
Rioters looted shops and attacked police in Frankfurt during nationwide Gen Z protests, prompting more than 30 arrests Read Full Article at RT.com
Hundreds of thousands of protesters inspired by frustrated high school students took to the streets across France on Saturday in a third consecutive weekend of demonstrations over living costs and education. Youth-led protests were also held elsewhere in Europe, including in Germany and Portugal. France's protests w…
The protests in cities across Germany - including Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt - came on the same day hundreds of thousands also protested in France.
Expectations are growing that US President Donald Trump will order new strikes against Iran as soon as this week, possibly the day after Americans go to the polls on November 3.
Thousands gathered in the heart of delhi, calling for the chief election commissioner to step down.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters, inspired by frustrated high school students, take to the streets across France in demonstrations over living costs and education.
Mexican-American civil rights attorney, Ezra Young, was at the receiving end of racially driven insults from U.S. District Judge Ada Brown in Dallas.
French police officers were set ablaze by Molotov cocktails during nationwide cost-of-living protests that left five officers injured Read Full Article at RT.com
Prime minister says shake-up is vital to restore tribunal crippled by years of political disputesPoland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, has vowed to see through a contested overhaul of the country’s constitutional court, declaring that “in certain matters, there can be no compromise”.In a prime-time television addres…
PARIS — Hundreds of thousands of protesters inspired by frustrated high school students took to the streets across France on Saturday in a third consecutive weekend of demonstrations over living costs and education.
On France's third weekend of protests, riot police charged to disperse small groups of rioters at the end of the Paris march, and fired tear gas in Lyon and in Toulouse.
Demonstrations also taking place in Germany, where officers fire teargas to disperse crowds as evening fallsClashes erupted in Paris, Marseille and other cities on Saturday after tens of thousands of demonstrators, some in Halloween fancy dress, marched across France in a third wave of protests over the cost of livi…
Police fired tear gas and clashed with protesters in Paris and elsewhere on Saturday as hundreds of thousands marched across France against soaring living costs and police violence, with some demonstrators dressed as clowns and witches for Halloween. While the third consecutive weekend of nationwide protests was lar…
Turnout was lower than during the previous two Saturdays of protests
German police fired water cannon to disperse firework-hurling protesters on Saturday and were also pelted with other projectiles, as tensions rose at the end of massive youth-led protests. In Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne and dozens of other cities, demonstrators turned out for the protests organised by the group “GenZ…
Cities across Europe faced wave of protests against rising cost of living.
