The Russian parliament is considering new legislation which could see tens of foreign Russian-language media outlets banned from operating within the country. Russia's Federation Council, the upper chamber of the country's parliament, is debating new laws which would force Russian-language outlets to disclose how they are funded. Media companies receiving money from abroad would be forced to register as "foreign agents," opening them up to increased state scrutiny.

A TV screen shows images of the U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. Ahn Young-Joon / AP On June 12, North Korea released Otto Warmbier, an American student imprisoned for 17 months in the secretive country. But what should have been a victory for international diplomacy was hardly celebratory. Warmbier returned home comatose, in a persistent vegetative state with no chance of recovery.