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More protests in Hong Kong Wednesday as the bill to allow extradition from Hong Kong to the Chinese mainland was scheduled to be debated later in the day..... US Attorney General William Barr announcing Tuesday the arrest of nearly 1700 suspects in cases involving child pornography and the sexual abuse of 357 child victims.... Facing prison again in the UK on July 4th for live streaming outside a child sex abuse trial in Leeds, England is activist Tommy Robinson..... Syria reporting an Israeli attack overnight.... Russia's mission in Syria reporting eight jihadist-nationalist shelling attacks..... The political manuevering is on in...

Well-known Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov was hospitalized Saturday after two days in police custody. He was detained on Thursday and charged with attempting to sell drugs on Saturday, according to Meduza, the online news site where Golunov, 36, works. According to police, authorities found mephedrone, a narcotic, on the journalist during a search Thursday. They say they also found additional drugs, including cocaine, along with scales, in Golunov's apartment. Golunov says the drugs were planted, according to a statement from Meduza's CEO and editor-in-chief. The site also wrote that its correspondent was beaten in police custody and that he...