politics

The death of Mahsa Amini — a young Kurdish Iranian woman who was arrested and beaten in police custody — sparked widespread protests across Iran in September 2022. Protest songs became a powerful unifying force for the movement. Nahid Siamdoust of the University of Texas at Austin tells The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler why Iran’s regime has struggled to silence the musicians at its heart.

The Turkish opposition party, CHP, says Turkey is experiencing a decline in democracy under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s administration. Is the leader moving the country toward complete authoritarian rule?

As the trial of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro enters its final phase, the outcome could set a precedent for how democratic institutions respond to authoritarian threats in the South American country and beyond.

The largest contingent of international students to the US comes from India. But with the new restrictions by the Trump administration, many Indian students are considering more hospitable destinations.

The rise of far-right parties in Europe is intensifying concerns about the future of EU climate policy. Italy’s populist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is a vocal critic of the EU’s green agenda, and environmentalists fear her influence could stymie progress. But the threat to Europe’s climate ambitions isn’t coming solely from the far-right.