May 9, 2023 Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrested on corruption charges by police Former Pakistan Prime Minster Imran Khan was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau over corruption charges and carried off in a black armored vehicle.
May 8, 2023 Top Senegalese opposition politician gets 6-month suspended sentence in defamation case Popular Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been issued a six-month suspended sentence in a defamation case brought against him by Tourism Minister Mame Mbaye Niang.
May 8, 2023 Turkish authorities detain over a dozen people during opposition rally that was cut short due to violence A Turkish opposition election rally was shut down early due to violence. Police in the country detained over a dozen people and used water cannons to disperse the crowd.
May 8, 2023 Iran hangs two on blasphemy charges as executions continue to spike Iran hanged two men on rare blasphemy charges Monday as executions continue to surge across the country following months of unrest.
May 7, 2023 Group threatens ayatollah in hack of Iranian Foreign Ministry, then leaks trove of sensitive data An Iranian anti-regime group hacked into the servers of Iran's Foreign Ministry, defacing its website before leaking data and documents about the agency's inner workings.
May 5, 2023 British PM Rishi Sunak refuses to ‘unpick history’ with slave trade apology, reparations The question of reparations has periodically bubbled over the past 23 years since a Labour minister first asked the prime minister to apologize to descendants of slaves.
May 2, 2023 Opponents to French pension reform plan make last ditch effort to prevent change Another round of protests took place in France. Protestors pushed to stop President Macron's pension reform plan from being enacted in September.
May 2, 2023 Kenyan police clash with anti-government protestors during demonstrations Protestors in Kenya held demonstrations led by an opposition leader on May 2, 2023. The country's police clashed with protestors during the demonstrations.
May 1, 2023 Climate protestor glues self to podium on live Swiss TV An Extinction Rebellion protestor glued himself to a podium on the set of a Swiss television debate. The man was chided by the program's host and promptly removed.
April 28, 2023 Azeri protesters will end blockage of key road Azeri protesters will end the blockage of a key road due to an added checkpoint at the start of the road. The road leads from the Armenian border to the Nagorno-Karabakh region.