RFK Jr is wrong about the Arab world
Its challenges in knowledge production cannot be blamed on some kind of innate incompetence or a political group.
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Students on hunger strike in India demand restoration of student union
Students at New Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia university are on hunger strike demanding a student union.
Published On 28 Oct 2026
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Palestinian children crawl under Israeli military gates to get to school
Palestinian children in Jenin have to crawl under Israeli military gates to get to and from school.
Published On 26 Oct 2026
Eight killed in Gaza as Israel targets university campus and other sites
Israeli air strike kills three security guards in one of two attacks on the Islamic University in Gaza City.
Serbia votes in election pitting longtime leader against student movement
Polls show populist leader Aleksandar Vucic in a tight race against the anticorruption and antirepression movement.
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Violent clashes as Albanian government cracks down on protests
Protesters in Albania have fought running battles with police, on a 12th day of anti-government protests.
Published On 24 Oct 2026
Pentagon designates Confucius Institutes a national security threat
Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon dismantled 80 ‘propaganda cells’ operating under new names at 30 universities.
US universities are failing to protect victims of sexual assault
The Cornell case shows how university bureaucracy discourages complaints and shields institutions.
Thousands march for school funding in Greece
Teachers joined nationwide student protests amid growing youth-led demonstrations in Europe.
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France’s Macron says protesters won’t be allowed to ‘cause chaos’
French president criticises comments by ‘foreign leaders’ trying to exploit disorder for their own political agenda.
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Why are French protesters chanting ‘Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres’?
The slogan has come to represent a whole array of grievances that lie at the heart of the protest movement.
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