Ex-central banker Lady Shafik, the university’s president, now faces calls to resign due to her handling of campus unrest

Police have arrested nearly 2,200 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks

Police arrest more than 200 students at UCLA as law enforcement clears camp at Dartmouth, arresting more than 90 students

More than 1,000 campus protesters in the US have been arrested in recent weeks in opposition to Israel’s attacks on the embattled territory

A wave of student protests has spread across U.S. campuses over the last two weeks, led by students who have pitched tents or occupied buildings in protest of the Israel-Hamas war

Police used water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray against protesters in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi on Wednesday night (1 May). Tens of thousands took to the streets as the country’s parliament moved closer to adopting a controversial law tha ...

Although it might be tempting to compare the U.S. campus protests to the anti-Vietnam War movement of a half century ago, experts say that would be an overreaction at this point

A visual guide to the protest movement and the police response

Joe Biden has said that freedom of speech and the rule of law must be respected in protests at college campuses over the war in Gaza. The US president spoke from the White House on Thursday 2 May, where he condemned the unrest and violence that has d ...

Hundreds of helmeted police muscled their way into a central plaza of the UCLA campus early on Thursday (2 May) to dismantle a Gaza protest camp attacked the previous night by pro-Israel supporters. Live TV footage showed officers in tactical gear ar ...

NYPD officers tore down tents inside a Fordham University building on Wednesday, 1 May, as they cleared a Gaza protester encampment. Police escorted demonstrators away from the Lincoln Center campus. NYPD Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry said &qu ...

President’s remarks come after police were met with violence while clearing Gaza protest encampments from college campuses nationwide

The protests follow violent clashes at campuses across the US, most prominently at Columbia University in New York.

Congresswoman was asked to leave Denver performance of musical in September after loudly singing along, vaping and appearing to get intimate with her date

Watch as Joe Biden speaks from the White House on Thursday 2 May.

European Union officials say passing the law – which critics say is inspired by the Kremlin’s crackdowns on dissent – would harm Georgia’s prospects of joining the EU

Union of Jewish Students deplores ‘torrent of antisemitic hatred’ in British universities since start of Israel-Gaza war

Gaza protesters and police faced off at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, on Wednesday, 1 May, in similar scenes seen at other universities across the US this week. Scuffles broke out between demonstrators and officers, with local media re ...

Activists don hard hats, goggles and respirator masks in anticipation of police raid

In the US and the UK, what is the real picture on the mass marches and campus rallies? Plus: the fall of Hunza Yousaf