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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.

JJ from Austria holds up the Eurovision trophy he won with the song “Wasted Love” in Basel, Switzerland, on Saturday. Photo: AP

Austria wins Eurovision crown with JJ’s ‘Wasted Love’

The 24-year-old’s performance combined elements of opera, techno and high-pitched vocals.

18 May 2025 - 7:48AM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel’s presence still roils Eurovision a year after protests over war in Gaza

16 May 2025 - 1:16PM

South Korea’s Starbucks bans use of presidential candidates’ names in orders

14 May 2025 - 5:09PMvideocam

Bangladesh bans former ruling party citing anti-terrorism legislation

The Awami League’s activities will remain banned until after a trial of the party and its leaders over the deaths of hundreds of protesters.

12 May 2025 - 8:26AM

Protesters in Dhaka demand the ban of the Awami League, Bangladesh’s former ruling party, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

Catholic Church

Pink smoke: excluded from conclave, Catholic women want their voices heard

The only women the men choosing the next pope will see are ‘nuns tidying their rooms’, protesters say as they call for more female priests.

8 May 2025 - 1:30AMvideocam

South Korea’s ex-PM talks up Trump credentials ahead of snap poll

Ex-PM Han Duck-soo he was the ‘most experienced and capable person’ to discuss trade issues with the US.

7 May 2025 - 5:12PMvideocam

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Indonesian students in US fear immigration crackdown over political views

Concerns have heightened after an Indonesian student had his US visa revoked and was allegedly detained over his political activism.

2 May 2025 - 5:00PMvideocam

Protesters demand an end to ICE enforcement, among other issues in New York last month. Photo: AFP

Opinion | Deja vu for Hong Kong as Tesla becomes lightning rod for public anger

Unresolved issues like poor governance, economic troubles and corporate power can lead to public frustration, resulting in violence and destruction.

2 May 2025 - 9:30AM

Palestinian student released after being arrested at US citizenship interview

Mohsen Mahdawi is out on bail as he challenges the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him for taking part in Gaza protests.

1 May 2025 - 4:39AM

South Korea conducts historic raid on ex-president Yoon’s home

Yoon Suk-yeol’s home was raided amid influence peddling allegations involving his wife and close aides.

1 May 2025 - 8:13AMvideocam

Police officers are on standby in front of the residence of former President Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday. Photo: EPA-EFE

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

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

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

A popular revolt that ousted the kleptocratic Sheikh Hasina thrust Muhammad Yunus, 84, into power. Now he’s looking to China for help.

26 Apr 2025 - 8:33AM

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

The billionaire CEO’s political actions as a close adviser to the US president have damaged the brand and caused blowback.

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

Protesters hold signs with deicting Trump with a Hitler mustache in New York on Saturday. Photo: dpa

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

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

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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

Family members take photographs at the entrance of the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada, on Monday. Photo: Reuters

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

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

Bangladeshi Muslims buy clothes during Ramadan in Dhaka on March 25. Israel is a flashpoint issue in Muslim-majority Bangladesh. Photo: AFP

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

‘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

Muslim protesters pray outside the main campus of Columbia University during a demonstration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil in New York in March. Photo: Reuters

‘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

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

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