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Students in Bangladesh call for leadership change as protests against quota system turn violent

Protest

Protests against a job quota system in Bangladesh have turned violent. The World’s host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Samina Luthfa, who teaches sociology at the University of Dhaka, about why people are upset.

Taiwan’s new president is facing a political minefield

Global Politics

University students across the globe protest the Israel-Hamas war 

Israel-Hamas war
Alexey Petrov at the March protest in Irkutsk. The scene reminded him of his own generation 20 yrs ago — before Russians his age became jaded about politics.

Young Russia, adrift from the Kremlin, stands up to Putin

Global Politics
A mural of then President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Belgrade, Serbia, December 4, 2016.

Russian journalists’ advice to US reporters: ‘Don’t be nervous’ and ‘keep working’

Conflict
A Russian court ruled on Tuesday to give Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny (right) a suspended sentence for embezzling money, but jailed his brother Oleg (left) for three and a half years in a case seen as part of a campaign to stifle dissent.

Russian dissident Alexei Navalny avoids jail, but his brother becomes a bargaining chip

Justice

Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny and his brother, Oleg, were both convicted of fraud on Tuesday. And while the opposition leader’s three-and-a-half-year sentence was suspended, his brother, Oleg, was sent to jail. The decision sent activists, including Navalny himself, into the streets.

A protester throws an umbrella at riot police as fellow demonstrators blocked the main street to the central financial district outside government headquarters in Hong Kong on September 29, 2014.

Peaceful protests in Hong Kong become violent clashes with police

Justice

Organizers of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have battled police throughout the weekend, saying officers used excessive force — including tear gas, pepper spray and batons — against peaceful demonstrations. But they also say demonstrations will continue.

Riot police attack a man during an anti-Muslim riot in Hlegu, outside Yangon, in April. More sectarian riots flared up in Myanmar in July.

Who’s to blame for Myanmar’s spate of sectarian riots?

Conflict & Justice

Violence between Muslims and Buddhists has become a regular feature of life in Myanmar this year. But who exactly is to blame for the riots?

Riot police attack a man during an anti-Muslim riot in Hlegu, outside Yangon, in April. More sectarian riots flared up in Myanmar in July.

Who’s to blame for Myanmar’s spate of sectarian riots?

Conflict & Justice

Violence between Muslims and Buddhists has become a regular feature of life in Myanmar this year. But who exactly is to blame for the riots?

As the World Cup nears, Brazilian youth take to the streets

Conflict & Justice

Brazil will host the World Cup this summer and, in 2016, the Olympics. And for Brazil’s young adults, that makes this the perfect time to protest their country’s lack of opportunities and crumbling infrastructure.