Pakistan bans Chinese app TikTok over unlawful content

Pakistan has blocked the Chinese social media app TikTok, saying the company failed to fully comply with the instructions to develop an effective mechanism to control unlawful online content

Road to Saudi ties with Israel being paved, cautiously

Saudi Arabia, the most powerful Arab nation and home to Islam’s holiest sites, has made clear that full ties between the kingdom and Israel can only happen when a peace agreement is reached with the Palestinians

Iran summons German envoy over tweet on executed wrestler

Iran has summoned Germany's ambassador after his embassy in a tweet criticized the execution of a wrestler after President Donald Trump asked for the 27-year-old man’s life to be spared

Turkish parliament to vote on controversial social media law

Turkish lawmakers are making their final speeches before voting on a bill that would give the government greater powers to regulate social media in what human rights groups and the opposition have decried as a violation of free expression online

Egyptian women get 2 years in prison for TikTok dance videos

An Egyptian court has sentenced several young women to two years in prison for posting “indecent” dance videos on TikTok

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Turkey's ruling party moving to tighten grip on social media

A top legislator says Turkey's ruling party is submitting draft legislation to parliament that would tighten the government's grip on social media

Accusations of serial assault spark new #MeToo wave in Egypt

More than 100 allegations of sexual harassment, assault and rape against a former student at a top university have roiled Egypt for the past two weeks

Bollywood's Amitabh Bachchan hospitalized with coronavirus

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan says he has tested positive for the coronavirus and is hospitalized in Mumbai

Modi visits military base close to China amid standoff

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made an unannounced visit to a military base in remote and picturesque Ladakh region bordering China where the soldiers of the two countries have been facing off for nearly two months