TEHRAN, Iran – Monday’s report quotes a statement by the Guard’s cyber security division as saying it has tracked “likes” by 8 million Facebook users. It accuses Facebook of trying to attract users to “immoral pages” with “obscene content” through its suggestion system. It says Facebook openly supports pages that …
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MONTREUX, Switzerland – Fresh from the latest round of Iran nuclear negotiations, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Saudi Arabia to ease Gulf Arab concerns about an emerging deal and discuss ways to calm instability in troubled Yemen. Kerry flies later Wednesday to Riyadh where he will …
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SANTIAGO, Chile – Prosecutors are asking a judge to charge the owners of a prominent Chilean financial company with bribery, tax evasion and illegally financing the campaign of right-wing politicians. Attorney General Sabas Chahuan is seeking formal charges against Carlos Delano and Carlos Lavin, who own the Penta Group, which …
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DUBLIN – A top Irish court has ruled a key plank of the country’s anti-narcotics laws illegal, temporarily legalizing the possession of many street stimulants and hallucinogens. The government scrambled to close the surprise loophole Tuesday with an emergency late-night bill. Health Minister Leo Varadkar said the government hoped its …
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BRUSSELS – The North Atlantic island of Iceland has withdrawn its bid to join the European Union, with the government saying that its interests are best served outside the 28-nation EU. EU spokesperson Maja Kocijancic said Friday that the bloc would “fully respect such a decision,” and underlined that Iceland …
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BANGKOK – Human rights groups are calling on Thai authorities to drop charges against four activists who expressed dissent against the country’s military rulers and are now being tried in a military court. Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that the junta should stop prosecuting peaceful critics in the military courts, …
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SINGAPORE – As the health of Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew deteriorated on the weekend, thousands of Singaporeans visited his hospital and a community center to leave flowers, gifts and emotional messages of support. Lee, 91, was hospitalized in early February with severe pneumonia. In the past week …
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ROME – Key dates in the case of Amanda Knox, the U.S. student who was convicted then acquitted then convicted in the slaying of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. Italy’s high court took up her appeal Wednesday. — Nov. 2, 2007: Kercher, 21, is found dead in Perugia apartment. Investigators …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The deputy governor of Saudi Arabia’s investment authority says the country faces challenges attracting foreign investment outside its oil and gas sectors, but that several initiatives in place are helping to change investors’ perceptions. Prince Saud al-Faisal told The Associated Press in an interview Monday …
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PARIS – The last of the 12 victims slain in the terror attack on the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo was a police officer — the son of immigrants from mainly Muslim North Africa — who was shot dead on the sidewalk by one of the assailants as they started their …
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