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A U.K. Parliament committee accused Facebook on Wednesday of cutting special deals with some advertisers to give them more access to data as it released 250 pages worth of documents on the tech giant’s internal discussions about the value of users’

Canadian authorities said Wednesday that they have arrested the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies for possible extradition to the United States. China demanded her immediate release, and a former Canadian envoy to China warned the case might lead to

Those who think the political and environmental state of the world is worsening to an unprecedented level may be heartened to hear humans have had it a lot worse. In fact, one century that kicked off with a doozy of a

United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday that the body had reports of Daesh executing people perceived as cooperating with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in eastern Syria’s Deir el-Zour province. Speaking to a news conference in Geneva,

There have been nearly 1,000 human rights violations by French police towards refugees in Calais in the past year, according to a report released on Wednesday. Police Violence in Calais: Abusive and Illegal Practices by Law Enforcement officers, published by four humanitarian

Famous Hollywood actor and director Sean Penn came to Istanbul Wednesday to shoot a documentary about dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder. The Oscar-awarded actor, who is also known for his political and social activism, took footage in front of Saudi

A Turkish court issued arrest warrants for former Saudi Deputy Foreign Intelligence Chief Gen. Ahmed Asiri and Royal Court Adviser Saud Al-Qahtani over their roles in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Reuters reported earlier on Wednesday that the Istanbul Chief

Saudi Arabia told the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday that national security concerns meant it “simply will not engage in dispute settlement procedures” in an intellectual property dispute with Qatar, according to a transcript seen by Reuters. The European Union