Iranian government reverses decision to increase insurance, fuel prices after strikes

According to the decision, drivers’ insurance would be increased from 2.35 million Iranian tomans ($29) to 3.35 million Iranian tomans ($40). Gasoline, which used to be at 300 Iranian tomans per liter, was also increased, and transportation fares, lowered.

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Turkish student detained in US for criticizing Israel released on bail

The PhD student was detained in late March for co-authoring an op-ed criticizing her school's stance on the war on Gaza

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Iraqi parliament to hold emergency session amid teachers’ strike escalation

Iraqi parliament will convene an emergency session on Thursday to address the growing demands of striking teachers and academia employees across the country.

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Teachers protest for better services across Iraq

The striking teachers’ key demand is the inclusion of teachers in the Education Service Law, granting them allowances equal to those offered to university teachers and staff who are on the Ministry of Higher Education's payroll

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Turkey clamps down on media coverage amid Imamoglu protests

Turkish authorities have taken a series of measures to suppress media coverage since the arrest of Imamoglu and the eruption of one of the country's largest protests in recent years over the past week.

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Kurds, Azerbaijanis in Iran’s Urmia struggle for coexistence, contention for authority

The Azerbaijani protesters were showing the Grey Wolves gesture, a sign of ultranationalism and pan-Turkism, widely regarded as a racially motivated display

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Over 1,100 protesters detained, 120 policemen injured during Turkey’s unrest: minister

A total of “1,133 suspects were detained in illegal actions carried out between March 19 and March 23, 2025,” Turkey's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya wrote on X, adding individuals “affiliated with 12 different terrorist organizations were identified among those captured.”

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Turkey calls for closure of more than 700 accounts on X: platform

"We object to multiple court orders from the Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority to block over 700 accounts of news organizations, journalists, political figures, students, and others within Turkiye,” X said in a statement.

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Turkish court rules on arrest of Istanbul mayor on graft charges

“Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has been arrested by Istanbul criminal court on graft charges,” state-run Anadolu Agency reported. 

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