April 11 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich had “violated Russian law” and been caught “red-handed,” one day after the U.S. State Department officially designated him as having been “wrongfully detained.” Russia’s federal security service arrested Gershkovich last month on espionage charges[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, March 28 (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, expected to be a top contender for the 2024 U.S. Republican presidential nomination, will travel to Israel next month as the country is being riven by a crisis that has led to widespread protests. The trip, which is being billed by[Read More…]

GENEVA, Jan 10 (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief said that the death penalty was being weaponised by Iran’s government to strike fear into the population and stamp out dissent, saying the executions amounted to “state sanctioned killing.” “The weaponization of criminal procedures to punish people for exercising their basic rights – such as those participating in or organizing demonstrations –[Read More…]

DUBLIN, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Ireland’s data privacy regulator fined Meta META.O 390 million euros ($414 million) on Wednesday for breaches at its Facebook and Instagram services and said both must reassess the legal basis on how they run advertising based on personal data in the European Union. The order on how both social media companies run advertising[Read More…]