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The vice chairwoman of Al Jadeed TV appeared before the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to answer charges of contempt of court and obstruction of justice.

Taking another step to restrict Russia’s Internet, President Vladimir V. Putin quietly signed a new law requiring popular online voices

to register with the government.

Accusations that the country’s spy agency was involved in the attack have led to a divisive debate and demands that a television station be shut down.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said his government would investigate targeted violence, ease visa and travel limits, and review the expulsion of a reporter for The New York Times.

The guidelines signed by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Friday are intended to ensure a balance between protecting national security and safeguarding freedom of the press, a preamble says.

Turkey deported an Azerbaijani journalist on Friday for “posting tweets against high-level state officials,” according to an Interior Ministry order obtained by his newspaper, the English-language daily Today’s Zaman.

Austin Ramzy would be the second Times correspondent obliged to leave mainland China in 13 months because of an unprocessed visa application.

The Turkish government, which has frequently had journalists fired and even jailed, may be losing its grip on the news media, as a former ally turns and Internet influence abounds.

China and Britain both underscore how transparency, however painful in the moment, allows democracy, business and the citizenry to thrive in the long run.

A chilling inquisition aimed at The Guardian over publishing leaks highlights how, unlike the United States, Britain has no constitutional guarantee of a free press.