Terry Anderson, US Journalist Held Captive By Lebanon's Hezbollah For 7 Years, Dies At 76
Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longes...
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Burkina Faso Suspends BBC and Voice of America after covering report on mass killings
Burkina Faso suspended the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Voice of America (VOA) radio s...
Wall Street Journal moves Asia headquarters from Hong Kong to Singapore; layoffs imminent
The Wall Street Journal(WSJ) will shift its Asia headquarters from Hong Kong to Singapore, it said o...
Israel extends Al Jazeera ban by 45 days, citing security threat
A ban on Al Jazeera's operations in Israel was extended for another 45 days by Israel's telecoms reg...
Khyber News journalist shot dead in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
A Pakistani journalist was gunned down on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, by unknown gunmen in the restive K...
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted on July 19 of espionage and sentenced to...
British journalist deported from Pakistan after seeking meeting with Imran Khan in jail
A 73-year-old British-American author and journalist, who sought an interview with Pakistan's jailed...
After a traumatic fortnight, media in Bangladesh slowly returning to normal
On August 19, a group of men arrived at the East West Media Group’s office in the heart of Dhaka and...
Global media body mourns killing of 10th scribe in Pakistan in 2024
GUWAHATI A global media safety and rights body has mourned the killing of the tenth journalist in Pa...
Family of murdered Sri Lanka editor seek justice from new President
The family of murdered Sri Lanka journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge appealed on Monday (September 23,...
Hong Kong outlet ‘Stand News’ editor jailed for sedition
A Hong Kong judge jailed a former chief editor of pro-democracy outlet Stand News for sedition on Th...
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange says he pleaded ’guilty to journalism’ in order to be freed
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said Tuesday (October 1, 2024) that he was freed after years of inc...
Afghan Taliban vow to implement media ban on images of living things
Afghanistan's Taliban morality ministry pledged Monday (October 14, 2024) to implement a law banning...
Internet ‘vigilantes’ behind the rise of online blasphemy cases in Pakistan
Aroosa Khan’s son was chatting on WhatsApp but suddenly found himself the target of “vigilante” inve...
