A man holds his mobile phone in downtown Mexico City, Mexico, February 3, 2021. — Reuters LONDON: Britain’s online safety regime came into force on Monday, requiring social media companies like Meta’s Facebook and ByteDance’s TikTok to take action to tackle criminal activity on their platforms and make them safer by design. Media regulator Ofcom said…
A Columbia University professor who called Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on Israel “awesome” will be teaching an upcoming course on Zionism at the Ivy League school. The class led by Joseph Massad will cover the “History of the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskala) in 19th century Europe and the development of Zionism through the current peace process…
Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad broke his silence following the collapse of his government on December 8, releasing a statement detailing his account of the events that unfolded in Syria earlier in December. “First, my departure from Syria was neither planned nor did it occur during the final hours of the battles, as some have…
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India´s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) and Sri Lanka´s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake shake hands before their meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on December 16, 2024. — AFP NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake vowed to bolster ties with India on Monday during his first overseas visit as head of state,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of forcing Russia into a corner, pushing it to its “red lines” and compelling a response. Speaking to a gathering of defense officials on Monday, Putin reiterated that Russia had no choice but to act in the face of what it perceives as escalating threats from the…
A suburban New York police department regularly violated civil rights by making illegal arrests and conducting illegal strip and cavity searches, the Department of Justice said in a new report. The report, released Thursday, identified that the Mount Vernon Police Department used excessive force in numerous ways, including by unnecessarily escalating minor encounters and overusing…
Israel has hit Syria’s coastal Tartus region with “the heaviest strikes” in the area in more than a decade, a war monitor group has said. “Israeli warplanes launched strikes targeting a series of sites including air defence units and ‘surface-to-surface missile depots’”, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in what it said were “the…
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers an address to the nation at the Presidential Office in Seoul on December 7, 2024. — Reuters All six justices to attend meeting over president’s impeachment. Investigators plan to question impeached president this week. Court has up to six months to decide to remove or reinstate him. SEOUL: South…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Philadelphia arrested a Senegalese illegal immigrant who is wanted for murder in Brazil. Gora Tourie Fall, a 34-year-old citizen of Senegal, was arrested during a targeted enforcement operation on Dec. 10, in Philadelphia, ICE officials said in a statement. Fall was caught and released by the Biden-Harris administration’s…
