Articles by Pritha Mallick

Twitter bans political ads ahead of 2020 US elections, Facebook gives all 'level playing field'

Experts have stated that while Twitter's guidelines define a news organisation, loopholes such as partisan websites that promote political content is unlikely to be flagged

Nov 16, 2019

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Photo taken on March 25, 2019 shows flame and smoke above buildings following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. The Israeli army expanded air strikes on the Gaza Strip on Monday night after targeting Hamas security facilities in Gaza City, a local radio

Israel continues to strike Islamic Jihad targets claiming Gaza violated ceasefire

Israeli military defended launching an attack that killed a family of eight Palestinians, including five children, stating that attack was to target an Islamic Jihad rocket unit commander.

Nov 15, 2019

US submitted largest number of requests for user data followed by India & UK, says Facebook

Governments from all over the world submitted 128,617 requests for information on Facebook users in 2019

Nov 14, 2019

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US court rules against warrantless searches of foreign travellers' electronic devices

While rights group have called such searches "fishing expeditions" by border security forces, the US government argued saying the searches are integral in protecting America against adversaries.

Nov 13, 2019

Russian court arrests St Petersburg professor for murder of 24-year-old student girlfriend

The Napoleonic era historian Oleg Sokolov confessed to shooting and sawing the body of his girlfriend and former student Anastasia Yeshchenko following an argument last week

Nov 12, 2019

Singaporean who 'illegally exported' radio equipment to Iran extradited to US

Iran says ex-FBI agent 'missing person', Trump calls for 'positive step' amid nuclear tensions

Levinson went missing in 2007 after visiting Iran on what US officials had earlier claimed was for a " private working trip"

Nov 11, 2019

Woman kidnapped, raped and left to die by father-daughter duo in California

The victim was held at a home in Palmdale, California for at least a week and was left to die before she was robbed and raped

Nov 9, 2019

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New York firm sold Chinese surveillance tools to US military claiming they're made in US

The company sold Chinese security tools to US military claiming they're US-made and they were installed in dozens of Army, Navy and Air Force bases, and Navy aircraft carriers

Nov 8, 2019

A member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards checks a missile inside an underground depot in an undisclosed location, Iran, in this handout photo released by the official website of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on March 8, 2016

Iran injects gas in Fordow centrifuge, resumes uranium enrichment despite sanctions

The release of feedstock gas into centrifuges at the Fordow nuclear facility changes its UN-permitted status of a 'research plant' into an active nuclear site

Nov 7, 2019

China defence minister discusses policy on Hong Kong, Xinjiang with US, for the first time

While Taiwan and the South China Sea has often been discussed, experts were surprised that China also discussed Hong Kong and Xinjiang

Nov 6, 2019

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US terrorism report shows 'hostile policy' says North Korea on denuclearisation talks

The statement came weeks after delegations from both US and North Korea failed to reach a negotiation on the halted nuclear talks due to lack of 'flexibility'

Nov 5, 2019

McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook fired over relationship with employee

McDonald's recent decision to oust Easterbrook comes amid growing strict amendments in company policies against employees engaging in relationships since the #MeToo movement.

Nov 4, 2019

Nicaragua court convicts 23-year-old Orlando Tercero in Haley Anderson's murder

Tercero was sentenced for Nicaragua court for strangling Anderson on his bed at his off-campus residence in Binghamton in March 2018 where her body was found

Nov 2, 2019

Indiana woman likely choked to death by 8-ft Python in house containing 140 snakes

Reports state the Oxford house contained 140 snakes, 20 of them that were owned by 36-year-old Laura Hurst

Nov 1, 2019

Man acquitted for the killing of Shamiya Adams by a stray bullet in Chicago

Lee told the Cook County Circuit Court that the shot that killed Shamiya in 2014 was fired by a rival gang member called "Boo Man"

Oct 31, 2019

Iraqi PM Abdul Mahdi's own supporters vote against him amid escalating violence

The deadlock between two political blocs between Sadr and Amiri led to political instability as both failed to secure enough votes to form a government.

Oct 30, 2019

student held for encourgaring boyfriend into suicide

Boston college student 'encouraged' boyfriend to kill himself, faces charges

Hundreds of text messages exchanged between You and Urtula revealed You had told her 22-year-old boyfriend to "go kill himself" or to "go die".

Oct 29, 2019

Convicted rapist and child molester mistakenly released from Georgia prison, Gwinnett County prosecutor upset

Thirty-one-year-old Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez who was convicted of charges of rape and aggravated child molestation in 2015 was released 'in error' last week by Ohio authorities.

Oct 29, 2019

UN investigator reveals no major steps taken in international probe on Khashoggi's murder

The UN probe in June has established that "a planned, organised, well-resourced and premeditated extrajudicial killings" was carried forth by the state of Saudi Arabia

Oct 26, 2019

Chinese woman allegedly raped thrice on the eve of Chinese New Year

Convicted rapist Jimmie Smith held for hiring hitman to kill Illinois County judge

According to Special Prosecutor Andrew Porter, Smith had an "odd fixation" with Papa and had accumulated information including her home address

Oct 25, 2019

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