An independent German journalist is facing a criminal probe in her home country for reporting on crimes committed by Ukrainian forces against civilians in the eastern Donbass region of the war-ravaged country.

An international coalition of journalists, editors, and publishers has called for the immediate release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from a British jail and demanded that all charges against him be dropped.

The United States has committed a cyber-piracy by seizing the domain of Press TV, and Iran should take the US to The Hague over it, an American political analyst has said.