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AFP : Pakistan authorities blamed a months-long internet slowdown that has drawn backlash from activists and business leaders on damaged underwater cables.Digital rights experts believe the state is testing a firewall — a security system that monitors network traffic but can also be used to control online spaces.The government has previously blamed a surge in VPN use for the slowdown whilst also admitting that the country was “undergoing a transition.”“The ongoing internet slowdown across the country is mainly due to...

Deutsche Welle : Iran 2017-2018: Protests break out in the city of Mashhad – calling out corruption, mismanagement and rising food prices. Within days the protests spread to a dozen other cities and rural communities across the country. The government in Tehran has difficulty getting them under control. Thailand 2020: Resistance to the military regime of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha grows at universities across the country after being started by an opposition party. The protests quickly pick up steam, eventually...

AFP : Kamala Harris returns to the campaign trail Wednesday with a blitz in the battleground state of Georgia, hoping to turn her momentum from the Democratic convention into a solid lead against Donald Trump. The US vice president is embarking on a bus tour of the crucial southern state with running mate Tim Walz, in her first campaign appearance since accepting the party’s nomination with an electrifying speech in Chicago. The pair will then on Thursday sit for an...

AFP : Heavy flooding caused by torrential rains in Yemen overnight has destroyed homes and left at least 24 people missing, authorities said on Wednesday. The floods in Al-Mahwit, a province west of the capital Sanaa controlled by Iran-backed Huthi rebels, triggered landslides that swept through several homes, police said in a statement carried by rebel media. At least 24 people are missing after seven homes were destroyed in the province’s Melhan district, police said.Authorities have yet to report casualties...

AFP : Police in Vietnam have arrested more than a dozen people in connection with a baby smuggling ring that trafficked 16 newborns across several cities and provinces in the country, state media said Wednesday. Sixteen men and women have been taken into custody for trading the babies aged between three days and three months old, according to the official newspaper of Ho Chi Minh City Police. The gang targeted women through closed groups on social media, exploiting those who...