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Tunisian court sentences journalist Zied Heni to one year in prison

Wikimedia completes Indonesia registration under threat of ban

The Wikimedia Foundation - which owns and operates Wikipedia - said the ministry informed it that the registration requirement was administrative in nature.

Prosecution of ex-FBI chief Comey over seashell post is flawed, experts say

FILE PHOTO: FBI Director James Comey testifies before the House Intelligence Committee hearing into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

Kimmel says his joke was misconstrued, Trump says ABC should fire late-night host

US comedian Jimmy Kimmel (right) said his quip, made before the shooting in the lobby of where the White House correspondents' dinner was held, was referring to the difference in ages of US President Donald Trump (left) and his wife.

US DHS to vet immigrants for what it calls extremist views, raising free speech concerns

The Trump administration said in 2025 it would vet immigration applications for “anti-Americanism” and anti-Semitism.

Tunisian journalist detained after criticising judiciary, lawyer says

Elon Musk does not appear at hearing in French prosecutors’ X probe

A view shows the Paris' courthouse building as Elon Musk, the owner of X and a host of other tech companies, is summoned for a hearing before prosecutors' offices as part of their investigation into social media platform X at the courthouse in Paris, France, April 20, 2026. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq

French Bill targeting anti-Semitism sparks free speech row

A petition against it surpassed 500,000 signatures this week – a threshold that can trigger a separate parliamentary debate and underscores the intensity of public concern.

Russia brands Nobel-winning rights group Memorial an extremist movement

FILE PHOTO: A man walks inside an office of the human rights group Memorial in Moscow, Russia December 29, 2021. Picture taken December 29, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo

US Army veteran charged with leaking classified information to journalist

US President Donald Trump at a rally in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in 2025.

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