(BBC News) The US has charged and sanctioned Russian state media executives and restricted Kremlin-linked broadcasters as it accused Moscow of a widespread campaign to interfere with the presidential election.
The justice, state and treasury departments announced coordinated actions on Wednesday to "aggressively counter" the alleged operations.
Attorney General Merrick Garland accused state broadcaster RT, formerly Russia Today, of paying a Tennessee firm $10 million to "create and distribute content to US audiences with hidden Russian...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) All five judges on a Supreme Court panel have voted to uphold a ban on Elon Musk’s X social media platform in Brazil.
The move on Monday backs the decision by Justice Alexandre de Moraes, one of the five judges, to shut down X in Brazil. The ban, which went into effect on Saturday, was ordered by Moraes after the company missed a court-imposed deadline to name a legal representative in the South American...
(BBC News) Benjamin Netanyahu has asked for "forgiveness" from Israelis for failing to return six hostages found dead in Gaza on Saturday, as Hamas warned more could be "returned to their families in shrouds" if a ceasefire is not reached.
His comments came as intense street protests over his handling of negotiations entered a second night in Israel.
Pressure also mounted internationally as the UK suspended some arms sales to Israel, citing a risk of equipment...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered on Friday the “immediate suspension” of social media platform X in the country after a court-imposed deadline expired for the company to identify a legal representative in Brazil.
The move is the latest chapter in an ongoing feud between Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and Elon Musk, which included the freezing of the satellite internet provider Starlink’s financial accounts in Brazil.
In the decision, de Moraes ordered...
(BBC News) Russia is withdrawing 100 of its paramilitary officers from Burkina Faso to help in the war in Ukraine.
They are part of about 300 soldiers from the Bear Brigade — a Russian private military company — who arrived in the West African nation in May to support the country's military junta.
On its Telegram channel, the group said its forces would return home to support Russia’s defence against Ukraine’s offensive in the Kursk region.
There...
(BBC News) The CIA says the suspects in the foiled plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna wanted to kill "a huge number" of people at the event.
The intelligence provided by the agency to Austrian authorities allowed them to disrupt the plot and save "hundreds of lives", CIA's deputy director David Cohen said on Wednesday.
Cohen said that there were "tens of thousands of people at this concert, I am sure many Americans."...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The Swiss Federal Criminal Court has convicted two executives from an oil exploration company for embezzling more than $1.8 billion from Malaysia’s state investment fund 1MDB.
The verdict on Wednesday was the latest episode in the 1MDB scandal, a complex tale of international corruption that has engulfed a slew of financial institutions and individuals across the globe since allegations of wrongdoing surfaced in 2015.
Prosecutors alleged that Swiss-British national Patrick Mahony and Swiss-Saudi...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has accused United States President Joe Biden’s administration of pressuring his team to censor content on the COVID-19 pandemic in a letter that Republicans have latched on to as alleged evidence of the administration cracking down on free speech.
Zuckerberg said it was “wrong” of the government to pressure social media platforms. He said he regretted buckling to the pressure. The testimony from one of the world’s most...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The United Arab Emirates has said it is following closely the case of Telegram messaging app founder and CEO Pavel Durov – who is an Emirati citizen – following his arrest and the extension of his initial detention by authorities in France.
The Russian-born Durov, 39, was detained on Saturday at Paris-Le Bourget Airport in France based on a judicial inquiry opened last month regarding 12 alleged criminal violations involving his popular...
(BBC News) Russia has targeted Ukraine with another wave of strikes, a day after one of its biggest air attacks of the war.
Air raid alerts were issued early on Tuesday, as Ukrainian monitors detected Russian aircraft launching hypersonic missiles. Mass drone attacks have also been reported.
Ukraine's air defence forces say the whole country is under threat of a ballistic weapon attack.
A statement from the Russian defence ministry said long-range air and sea-based precision weaponry...
