Germany is preparing for nationwide youth-led demonstrations on Saturday, October 31, with more than 160,000 people expected to participate in rallies across 34 cities, according to organisers. The protests, organised by the campaign group “Gen Z regelt” (Gen Z Takes Charge), are calling for better education, lower living costs, increased investment in public services and...
Hundreds of high schools across France have been closed as student protests over school conditions and education resources spread nationwide, with clashes between demonstrators and police reported in several cities. The protests began in the Paris region last week before spreading across the country. Students say they are protesting long school hours, overcrowded and overheated...
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has pledged to ensure equal access to quality education across Pakistan, saying educational disparities remain a major obstacle to building the welfare state envisioned by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Addressing an International Youth Day 2026 event in Islamabad on Wednesday, the prime minister said Pakistan could not become a welfare state...
Norwegian Foreign Affairs Minister Espen Barth Eide is set to visit Pakistan on August 13-14, marking the first visit by a Norwegian foreign minister to the country in a decade, Pakistan’s Foreign Office said on Wednesday. Eide is visiting Islamabad at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. During his two-day...