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Mob storms Russian airport looking for Israelis
AFP, Published on 30/10/2023
» MOSCOW - A mob looking for Israelis and Jews overran an airport in Russia's Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Sunday, after rumours spread that a flight was arriving from Israel.
Twitter drops media tags in latest changes
AFP, Published on 22/04/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter has dropped "state-affiliated" and "government-funded" labels from media accounts after widespread complaints, according to a review Friday of many high-profile pages.
Twitter's blue ticks start vanishing
AFP, Published on 21/04/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter began the mass removal of its blue ticks on Thursday, as the symbol previously used to signify a verified account vanished from users including the Pope, Donald Trump and Justin Bieber.
Musk's Twitter tags US radio NPR as 'state-affiliated'
AFP, Published on 06/04/2023
» WASHINGTON - Twitter drew the anger of venerable US radio broadcaster NPR on Wednesday after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk tagged the news giant as a state-backed entity.
Time for Syria to return to Arab fold, UAE president tells Assad during visit
AFP, Published on 20/03/2023
» DUBAI - The UAE's president on Sunday told his Syrian counterpart it was time for diplomatically isolated Damascus to be reintegrated into the wider Arab region during a meeting in Abu Dhabi, state media reported.
Russia to retaliate after RT accounts frozen in France: reports
AFP, Published on 22/01/2023
» MOSCOW: Moscow will retaliate against French media in Russia after the bank accounts of RT France, the French arm of its state broadcaster, were frozen, Russian news agencies quoting an anonymous foreign ministry source reported Saturday.
Criticism mounts in Russia as Ukrainian strike toll rises
AFP, Published on 04/01/2023
» MOSCOW: The toll from a Ukrainian New Year's missile strike on a Russian-controlled city in eastern Ukraine rose to 89 on Wednesday, upping pressure on Russia's military leadership.
Kherson pullout starts as Ukraine claims gains
AFP, Published on 10/11/2022
» MYKOLAIV, Ukraine: Moscow announced on Thursday that it had begun retreating from Ukraine's southern city of Kherson as Kyiv said it had recaptured a dozen villages in the strategic Black Sea region.
Russia orders troops out of Kherson in major reversal
AFP, Published on 10/11/2022
» MOSCOW - Russia ordered its troops to withdraw from the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine on Wednesday in a further major blow to its campaign amid a Ukrainian counter-offensive.
Russian media figure flees to Lithuania
AFP, Published on 27/10/2022
» VILNIUS - Ksenia Sobchak, a Russian media figure and the daughter of Vladimir Putin's mentor, has fled her country for Lithuania, border officials in Vilnius said Wednesday, after Russian news agencies reported that she had become a suspect in an extortion case.