Thousands join march in Istanbul to protest mayor’s arrest

Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Istanbul to protest against the arrest of the city’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, defying a stern warning from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Protesters have taken to the streets for three consecutive days, voicing their opposition to the detention of Imamoglu, who was taken into custody on Wednesday—just days before […]

Bangladesh top court scraps most quotas that caused deadly unrest

Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has significantly reduced a controversial job quota system following a week of nationwide unrest that led to the deaths of more than 100 people, as reported by local media. Students have been protesting against a policy that allocated 30% of government jobs to descendants of veterans from Bangladesh’s War of Independence in […]