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Meta Apologizes for Removal of Malaysian PM’s Posts on Hamas Leader

Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivers a speech during a pro-Palestinian rally in Kuala Lumpur on August 4, 2024. (AFP)
Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivers a speech during a pro-Palestinian rally in Kuala Lumpur on August 4, 2024. (AFP)
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Meta Apologizes for Removal of Malaysian PM’s Posts on Hamas Leader

Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivers a speech during a pro-Palestinian rally in Kuala Lumpur on August 4, 2024. (AFP)
Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivers a speech during a pro-Palestinian rally in Kuala Lumpur on August 4, 2024. (AFP)

Meta Platforms apologized on Tuesday for the removal of content from Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's Facebook and Instagram accounts related to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh last week.

Malaysia had asked Meta for an explanation after the posts expressing condolences over Haniyeh's death were removed.

"We apologise for an operational error where content from the Prime Minister’s Facebook and Instagram Pages were removed, and the content has since been restored with the correct newsworthy label," a Meta spokesperson told Reuters in an emailed response to questions.

Malaysia's communications minister and members of the Prime Minister's Office had met Meta representatives on Monday to seek an explanation.

"The Prime Minister's Office views Meta's actions as discriminatory, unjust, and a blatant suppression of free expression," the office said in a statement on Monday.

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Russian Military Chief Gerasimov Inspects Forces in Ukraine

A view shows a damaged house following what local authorities called a Ukrainian military strike, in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in the town of Sudzha in the Kursk Region, Russia, in this handout image released August 6, 2024. (Acting Governor of Kursk Region Alexei Smirnov via Telegram/Handout via Reuters)
A view shows a damaged house following what local authorities called a Ukrainian military strike, in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in the town of Sudzha in the Kursk Region, Russia, in this handout image released August 6, 2024. (Acting Governor of Kursk Region Alexei Smirnov via Telegram/Handout via Reuters)
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Russian Military Chief Gerasimov Inspects Forces in Ukraine

A view shows a damaged house following what local authorities called a Ukrainian military strike, in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in the town of Sudzha in the Kursk Region, Russia, in this handout image released August 6, 2024. (Acting Governor of Kursk Region Alexei Smirnov via Telegram/Handout via Reuters)
A view shows a damaged house following what local authorities called a Ukrainian military strike, in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in the town of Sudzha in the Kursk Region, Russia, in this handout image released August 6, 2024. (Acting Governor of Kursk Region Alexei Smirnov via Telegram/Handout via Reuters)

The chief of Russia's general staff, Valery Gerasimov, has inspected Russian forces in the combat zone in Ukraine, the defense ministry said on Tuesday.

The ministry said Gerasimov heard reports from commanders and "set tasks for further actions". It did not say exactly where and when the visit took place.

Gerasimov has periodically visited troops at the front during the nearly two and a half years of the war. He weathered heavy criticism over Russian setbacks and retreats in 2022, and can point to a series of gradual advances since Russia regained the initiative and captured the eastern city of Avdiivka in February.

While Russia has yet to achieve any strategic breakthrough, its forces control nearly a fifth of Ukraine, with no end in sight to the war.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants in June for Gerasimov and former defense minister Sergei Shoigu, saying it suspected them of war crimes for directing attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure.

Russia denies committing war crimes in Ukraine and dismissed the move as legally meaningless because it is not a member of the court.