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DUBAI: Iran's clerical rulers are clamping down on dissent ahead of the anniversary of the death of a young woman in morality police custody, fearing a revival of nationwide protests that rocked the Islamic Republic for months.Journalists,…

As the war in Ukraine unfolded last year, Russia’s best digital spies turned to new tools to fight an enemy on another front: those inside its own borders who opposed the war.To aid an internal crackdown, Russian authorities had amassed an…

Over half a dozen companies including Paytm, Bharat Matrimony, Shaadi.com, Match Group (which owns Tinder), ShareChat, and Spotify have written to the Committee on Digital Competition Law (CDCL), saying they don’t agree with apex internet…

Last Updated: May 03, 2023, 10:21 ISTIn this photo taken on March 9, 2023 members of ethnic rebel group Ta'ang National Liberation Army patrol near Namhsan Township in Myanmar's northern Shan State. (AFP)The military has arrested thousands…

Reuters also found that the Russian and Belarusian companies participated in a US facial-recognition test programme, aimed at evaluating emerging technologies and run by an offshoot of the Department of Commerce. One of the firms received…

Issued on: 20/01/2023 - 07:19 Western defence ministers gather at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Friday to hammer out future military aid to Ukraine amid ongoing dissent…

Issued on: 10/01/2023 - 19:41Modified: 10/01/2023 - 19:42 Iran is weaponising the death penalty, attempting to crush dissent by frightening the public with the execution of…

Nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini have ushered Iran into a new era of deepening crisis between the clerical leadership and society at large. Amini’s family said she was beaten…

CNN  —  Stunning scenes of dissent and defiance played out across China over the past week, marking the country’s largest protests in decades – and an unprecedented challenge…

Police officers and in some cases the Chinese military has stepped in to quell protests and track protest leaders across Chinese cities.China since the weekend has seen a large number of protesters gather in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and…