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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/27/2025 8:56:39 PM
Israel's parliament on Thursday passed a law expanding elected officials' power to appoint judges, defying a years-long movement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious judicial reforms that saw massive street protests.
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Region
3/26/2025 10:29:26 PM
Turkey’s president on Wednesday accused the political opposition of “sinking the economy” during the country’s largest protests in more than a decade over the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor, the biggest challenger to Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 22-year rule.
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Region
3/26/2025 1:01:12 PM
Almost 1,500 people have been detained -- including an AFP photographer -- as tens of thousands continued protests in Istanbul Tuesday after the arrest of the main political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Region
3/25/2025 11:16:30 PM
Thousands of students chanting angry slogans hit the streets of Istanbul on Tuesday as a court jailed an AFP journalist and six others for covering the biggest protests to hit Turkey in over a decade.
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Region
3/25/2025 12:29:34 PM
The head of Turkey's main opposition party visited jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Tuesday after six nights of massive protests calling for his release.
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Region
3/24/2025 3:34:43 PM
Turkish authorities detained several journalists from their homes, a media workers’ union said Monday, calling it a crackdown amid growing protests triggered by the jailing of Istanbul's mayor, a top rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Region
3/23/2025 11:32:27 AM
A Turkish court formally placed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu under arrest as part of a graft investigation Sunday, after a fourth night of mass protests sparked heavy clashes with riot police.
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Region
3/22/2025 8:13:15 PM
Turkey was headed for a fourth straight night of protests late Saturday, as the biggest street unrest the country has seen in over a decade raged on over the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.
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Region
3/21/2025 1:34:59 PM
Turkey braced for a third day of protests on Friday, as anger simmered over Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest in a graft and terror probe and ministers fired warnings over the mass rallies.
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Region
3/20/2025 12:05:04 PM
Istanbul's powerful mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, remained in police custody Thursday over graft and terror allegations after being held the day before, as his party called for more protests in Turkey's largest city.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/18/2025 2:52:04 PM
The federal government and a Columbia University student threatened with deportation for his role in campus protests against Israel have been sparring in court over the Trump administration’s move to ship him halfway across the country to an immigration lockup in Louisiana.
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World
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Region
3/18/2025 12:10:02 PM
Yemen's Houthis on Tuesday claimed their third attack on American warships in 48 hours, despite US strikes on the Iran-backed rebels that have sparked mass protests organised by the group.
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World
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Region
3/17/2025 11:02:48 PM
Houthi media said fresh US strikes hit Yemen on Monday, after huge crowds gathered in the conflict-torn country to protest earlier bombings targeting the Iran-backed rebel group.
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World
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Region
3/14/2025 2:58:15 PM
Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country's mandatory headscarf in public, even as hard-liners push for harsher penalties for those protesting the law, a United Nations report released Friday found.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/14/2025 1:20:47 PM
Columbia University has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring and temporarily revoked the diplomas of others who have since graduated, officials said Thursday.
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Sports
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Egyptian Football
3/11/2025 10:15:48 PM
In a dramatic twist on Tuesday, the eagerly awaited Egyptian Premier League derby between Zamalek and Ahly was cancelled following escalating disputes over match officials.
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World
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International
3/11/2025 12:15:00 AM
The Arab American Institute (AAI) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released statements condemning the arrest of one of the notable leaders of the anti-Gaza war student protests at Columbia University, Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/10/2025 9:09:00 PM
Federal immigration authorities arrested a Palestinian activist Saturday who played a prominent role in Columbia University’s protests against the Israeli war on Gaza , a significant escalation in the Trump administration’s pledge to detain and deport student activists.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/8/2025 4:00:00 PM
An activist holding a Palestinian flag scaled London’s Big Ben on Saturday, demanding the release of the Filton 18 political prisoners from Palestine Action, who were arrested for protesting against Israeli genocide.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/8/2025 2:38:00 PM
Pro-Palestinians activists have defaced Donald Trump’s luxury golf course in Scotland, spray-painting “Gaza is not for sale” across the lawn in protest of his colonial plan to seize Gaza, expel its people, and turn it into a “Middle East Riviera.”
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