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Protests around the world

Protests around the world

Protests in Hong Kong in 2019 and 2020 made headlines around the world. Here’s the latest news and updates from street protests happening elsewhere.

A driver speaks to police officers after protesters from Just Stop Oil blocked the road in London on Saturday. Photo: PA Wire via dpa

Van appears to drive into Just Stop Oil protesters at group’s final UK rally

The driver asked ‘what about my right to get home?’, as the activists – known for throwing soup on van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ – blocked roads.

27 Apr 2025 - 1:25AM

Exclusive | Bangladesh’s new leader dreams big, with a little help from China

26 Apr 2025 - 8:33AM

Elon Musk to cut back work with Trump and Doge after Tesla sales skid

23 Apr 2025 - 7:03AMvideocam

Harvard University sues Trump over threats to cut US$2.2 billion in funding

Trump has sought to bring several universities to heel over claims they tolerated antisemitism by threatening budgets and tax-exempt status.

22 Apr 2025 - 3:35PM

Protesters rally on Cambridge Common in a protest organised by the City of Cambridge calling on the Harvard leadership to resist interference at the university by Trump’s government, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 12. Photo: Reuters

Thousands protest, as new round of anti-Trump rallies hits US cities

Demonstrators took aim at the US president’s deportation of migrants and his administration’s ‘direct assault’ on the rule of law.

20 Apr 2025 - 7:10AM

Trump officials say Harvard letter sparking legal battle was sent by mistake

The Ivy League university declined to ‘surrender’ to the letter’s demands, prompting an escalating series of attacks by the US president.

20 Apr 2025 - 2:24AM

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US lawsuit challenges revocation of visas for international students

The suit represents over 100 students from China, India and elsewhere, after many lost their legal status in a Trump administration crackdown.

19 Apr 2025 - 3:28PMvideocam

Demonstrators hold a “Hands off higher education” sign at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday. Photo: AFP

Canada universities see jump in US applicants as Trump cuts funding at home

UBC Vancouver even briefly reopened admissions to US citizens for some graduate programmes in response to the spike in demand.

16 Apr 2025 - 4:48AM

Trump wants Harvard to ‘apologise’, threatens school’s tax-exempt status

The US president’s new threat came after the Ivy League university defied demands to change its policies in exchange for billions in funding.

16 Apr 2025 - 4:43AM

Palestinian activist expecting US citizenship interview is arrested by ICE

Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent US resident and a critic of the war in Gaza, was arrested in Vermont on Monday.

15 Apr 2025 - 1:28PM

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University, gives a peace sign as he is detained at the US Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester, Vermont on Monday. Photo: Christopher Helali via AP

Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ public events

Ahead of Monday’s vote, opposition politicians and other protesters attempted to blockade entrance to the parliament building in Budapest.

15 Apr 2025 - 1:32PM

Protesters kiss during a demonstration outside the Hungarian parliament on Monday, the day it voted on constitutional amendments targeting the LGBTQ community. Photo: Reuters

Bangladesh reintroduces ‘except Israel’ phrase on passports

Muslim-majority Bangladesh does not recognise Israel. The ‘except Israel’ phrase was removed in 2021 during former PM Sheikh Hasina’s tenure.

14 Apr 2025 - 7:08AM

Harvard professors sue Trump over threat to US$9 billion in funding

The US president’s administration is reviewing grants and contracts as it cracks down on diversity programmes and Gaza protests on campuses.

13 Apr 2025 - 5:07AM

Serbia’s government rallies to counter anti-corruption protests

The Serbian government has stepped up a crackdown against critics, with police questioning activists and threatening legal action.

12 Apr 2025 - 10:38PM

Protesters spill red paint in front of a local police station during an anti-corruption protest led by university students in the southwestern town of Novi Pazar, Serbia, on Saturday. Photo: AP

‘Yoon again’: protesters call for ousted South Korean president’s return

Yoon Suk-yeol’s downfall seen among his supporters as not just a political misstep, but also a setback in country’s battle against communism.

12 Apr 2025 - 9:28AMvideocam

Former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol shakes hands with his supporters as he leaves the presidential residence on Friday, a week after the country’s top court upheld his impeachment. Photo: Kim Jung-yeop

Israel-Gaza war

Judge rules US can deport Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil

The pro-Palestinian activist was the first person arrested under Trump’s crackdown on students taking part in campus protests over Gaza.

12 Apr 2025 - 3:59PM

‘No court run this way’: chaos at Israel hearing over sacking of security chief

Protests disrupted proceedings as an Israeli court heard petitions against the sacking of security chief Ronen Bar amid claims of political motives.

8 Apr 2025 - 6:48PM

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Korean Air pilots fired after fighting over ex-president Yoon’s martial law call

The altercation is one of the more dramatic examples of the political polarisation triggered by Yoon’s impeachment, observers say.

8 Apr 2025 - 5:08PMvideocam

‘Like a retired king’: concern over South Korea’s Yoon politicking from home

As the fallen president remains in his official home and continues to be active in politics, officials say no date has been set for a snap poll.

7 Apr 2025 - 8:50PMvideocam

Bangladesh court detains 70 lawyers tied to toppled government

All of the lawyers belonged to the party of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India following a student-led uprising in 2024.

7 Apr 2025 - 8:18AM

France’s Le Pen slams ‘witch hunt’ as ban dominates rival rallies

Le Pen spoke at rally in Paris days after court found her and other National Rally officials guilty of embezzling European parliament funds.

7 Apr 2025 - 2:26AM

Far-right Rassemblement National (RN) leader Marine Le Pen delivers a speech during a rally in her support one week after being convicted, in Paris, France on Sunday. Photo: EPA-EFE

‘Hands off’: thousands protest against Trump and Musk in rallies across US

Organisers expect it to be the largest day of demonstrations in response to policies pushed by the US president and his billionaire adviser.

6 Apr 2025 - 2:14AM

Protesters attend a “Hands Off” rally to demonstrate against US President Donald Trump on the National Mall in Washington on Saturday. Photo: AFP

Spaniards march in 40 cities to protest growing housing crisis

Thousands marched in the capital Madrid and 30 other cities, organised by housing activists and backed by Spain’s main trade unions.

5 Apr 2025 - 10:51PM

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In South Korea, thousands protest ex-president Yoon’s ‘invalid’ impeachment

Yoon’s supporters took to the streets in the capital and braved the rain on Saturday, chanting that his impeachment was invalid!

5 Apr 2025 - 4:10PMvideocam

White House shoots down reports Elon Musk will be out soon

US reports said the world’s richest man could soon step away from his unprecedented role in the Trump administration.

3 Apr 2025 - 3:38PM

Elon Musk boarding Air Force One. Photo: Reuters

South Korea’s impeached president to learn his fate on Friday

If the Constitutional Court removes Yoon Suk-yeol from office, a fresh presidential election must be held within two months.

1 Apr 2025 - 12:41PMvideocam

Yoon Suk-yeol attends a hearing of his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul in February. Photo: AFP

Claims of plot to reinstate impeached president Yoon rock South Korea

Opposition figures allege ‘calculated’ moves are being made to reinstall Yoon Suk-yeol, igniting fears of a second martial law attempt.

1 Apr 2025 - 8:00AMvideocam

Turkey opposition ramps up rallies as Swedish journalist jailed

The arrest of Istanbul’s opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu sparked the most significant anti-government protests in Turkey in over a decade.

30 Mar 2025 - 8:14PM

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