HOUSTON, United States (AA) – The company formerly known as Twitter. now called X, was held in contempt of court and fined $350,000 for noncompliance with a court-ordered warrant regarding former President Donald Trump’s social media account, newly released court documents revealed Wednesday. The 34-page opinion by a three-judge pa...
TEHRAN (AA): Iran has once again emphasized the need to “clarify the dimensions” of an attack on its consulate in northern Afghanistan’s Mazar-e-Sharif city on August 8, 1998, that killed eight diplomats and a journalist. August 8 this year marked the 25th anniversary of the incident that brought Iran and the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Gaza residents took their seats in front of a large projector screen set up on a sandy beach, a rare event in the “largest open air prison” enclave blockaded by Israel that has no operating avenues of entertainment. Over two weeks in summer, the “Cinema of the Sea” festival whic...
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – The Muslim advocacy group Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) has urged Florida authorities to ban PragerU for anti-Muslim content. Florida recently approved PragerU, an unaccredited nonprofit organization, and its newly launched PragerU Kids content for teaching in public schools. PragerU has been critici...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A new biopic series on the founder of the Republic of Türkiye, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, will be shown both as a two-part movie on TV and in movie theaters, allowing it to reach a wider audience, said a statement from Disney and the production company on Wednesday. The first part of the […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): The Senegalese government has announced a suspension of the TikTok social network, days after suspending mobile internet access, according to officials. “TikTok is the social network preferred by malicious people to spread hateful and subversive messages threatening the stability of the country. As a result, TikTok is susp...
WASHINGTON – Elon Musk, the CEO of X, formerly Twitter, is threatening legal action against an organization that monitors hate speech on the Internet. The Center for Countering Digital Hate recently published research indicating that racists thrive on Musk’s platform. It claimed that the platform does not take action against the ma...
WASHINGTON – A federal judge in Florida has dismissed a $475 million defamation lawsuit filed by former President Donald Trump against CNN. District Judge Raag Singhal explained that the use of the phrase “the Big Lie” or similar statements are opinions and not facts. Therefore, they do not meet the standard for defamation. T...
ANKARA (AA) – The U.S. has rejected Australia’s request for the release of Julian Assange. Australia is demanding that the case be brought to a close. The U.S., on the other hand, is demanding the extradition of Assange and charge him with espionage. The differences on this issue became clear during a meeting between U.S. […...
JAKARTA Indonesia – Indonesia has blocked Elon Musk’s social media site X.com as part of its efforts to curb online pornography and gambling. Indonesia’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology clarified that the domain had previously hosted content that violated Indonesian laws against “negative” ma...
