The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has launched a special operation aimed at removing online social media accounts that spread “fake news” and impersonate government-run media. The CAC said on Wednesday that since April 6 it had removed 107,000 accounts that disseminated false news and rumors on the internet. Hundreds …

France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his case on Wednesday against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling at the Paris Court of Appeals. The court upheld a sentence of three years with two years suspended; he will wear an electronic bracelet for the remaining year instead of going …

Iraq’s government, chaired by Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani, approved the National Strategy for Education in Iraq (2022-2031) during its 20th regular session on Tuesday. The decision, according to a press release by the cabinet, was based on recommendations from the Ministerial Council for Human Development (23011), marking a significant …

The US Justice Department said on Tuesday it has charged a former Apple Inc engineer with attempting to steal the firm’s technology related to autonomous systems, including self-driving cars, and then fleeing to China. The case was among five announced on Tuesday aimed at countering efforts to illicitly acquire American …

Russian legislators have voted to formally pull out of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), which aims at limiting key categories of conventional military equipment in the continent. The treaty was signed in 1990 by the US-led NATO and Warsaw Pact countries, comprising the Soviet Union and …

UK’s unemployment rate has increased over the first three months of the year as skyrocketing inflation puts further pressure on the labor market, according to official data released on Tuesday. According to a report by the National Bureau of Statistics, the unemployment rate across the UK climbed from 3.8 percent …

Russia says it has destroyed a US-built Patriot air defense system in an overnight barrage of missile and drone strikes on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. The Russian military said on Tuesday it destroyed the US air defense system using a hypersonic Kinzhal missile. The missile is capable of carrying conventional or …

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned once more that the United States is on track for default in June if the opposing Republican lawmakers do not approve the proposed budget bill hinged on debt increase and decrease in public spending. It is likely that the US could default on …

The Arab League has welcomed Syria’s readmission to the 22-member organization, saying the presence of Damascus in ongoing meetings in the Saudi port city of Jeddah ushers in a new era in the Arab world. Hossam Zaki, the assistant secretary general of the Arab League, made the statement ahead of …

China has sentenced a 78-year-old U.S. citizen to life in prison for espionage, a court said Monday, but revealed few details about the previously unreported case. Such heavy terms are relatively rare for foreign citizens in China, and the jailing of American passport holder John Shing-wan Leung is likely to …

I hold the citizenship of my occupier; I hate it but I also fear losing it. When Zionist militias started attacking Palestinian villages and ethnically cleansing them in 1948, news reached my grandparents in the village of Reineh in Jalil, northern Palestine. Fearing Zionist violence, they packed their bags and …

Syria on Monday called on Arab countries to invest in the war-torn nation, now again a member of the Arab League. The appeal from Syria’s economy and trade minister came during an economic conference in Saudi Arabia, ahead of a league summit in the Kingdom. The 22-member Arab League agreed …

A tractor trailer and a van crashed on a highway in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas on Sunday morning, killing 26 people, local authorities said. The two vehicles crashed about half an hour outside of the state capital Ciudad Victoria and then caught on fire, the Tamaulipas’ public security …

Thailand’s two main pro-democracy opposition parties agreed to form a coalition government on Monday, one day after they swept to a landslide victory in elections that saw voters demand a change in the decades-long hold on political power by the military and the monarchy. The progressive Move Forward Party stunned …

Cyclone Mocha lashed Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Sunday with devastating winds and heavy rain, killing at least six people and causing extensive damage, the UN and local media reported. The big picture: The storm, which packed maximum sustained winds of 155 mph as it moved ashore just north of the …

The Iraqi President, Abdul Latif Rashid, received an official invitation to participate in the next Arab summit that will be held in Saudi Arabia within days, according to a statement issued by the Iraqi Presidency. The statement illustrated that the invitation was sent from the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman …

A water lake in the Kurdistan region of Iraq astonishes people because the watercolor changes to several colors, such as violet, white and pink, as temperature changes. Rare species of turtles threatened with extinction live in the lake that contains large quantities of sulfur and rare algae. This environment prompted …

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani announced on Monday the launch of the National Education and Teaching Strategy for the years 2022-2031. He also revealed a plan to send 5,000 students abroad for study in various fields. This announcement came during his opening of a special conference for the strategy, …

US President Joe Biden and congressional Republicans enter a critical week for debt-ceiling talks hoping they can find common ground on spending levels and energy regulations to avert a devastating default. Though the two sides did not appear close to an agreement, the White House has not ruled out the …

The United Arab Emirates has invited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to attend the COP28 climate summit it is hosting at the end of this year, Syrian state news agency SANA reported on Monday. The invite was extended by UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed.