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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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2/14/2025 11:00:00 PM
Iran condemned remarks by Israel on Friday on disrupting flights from Tehran to Beirut, after a decision barring two Iranian planes from landing in the Lebanese capital sparked protests.
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1/28/2025 3:04:22 PM
Pakistan criminalised online disinformation on Tuesday, passing legislation dictating punishments of up to three years in jail and prompting journalist protests accusing the government of quashing dissent.
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12/28/2024 10:21:06 AM
Protests were planned across South Korea on Saturday, as supporters and opponents of suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol prepared to hold rival rallies two weeks after he was impeached.
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12/25/2024 10:35:23 PM
Angry protests broke out Wednesday in the heartland of deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, a war monitor and witnesses said, after a video circulated showing an attack on a shrine.
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12/24/2024 1:30:36 PM
Valencia fired coach Rubén Baraja on Monday after another setback in La Liga left the club stuck in the relegation zone and sparked renewed protests against Singaporean owner Peter Lim.
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12/18/2024 6:51:21 PM
Iran has paused the process of implementing a new, stricter law on women’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, an official said — a bill that many believe could have reignited the protests that engulfed the Islamic Republic after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini.
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12/10/2024 3:54:20 PM
South Korean authorities banned more top officials from leaving the country Tuesday, in the wake of President Yoon Suk Yeol's bungled attempt to impose martial law.
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