Headlines
  • 1,332 people have killed as a result of the US-Israeli attacks in Iran.
  • Early on Sunday morning, Kuwait's defense ministry announced that an Iranian drone attack had targeted fuel tanks at the country's international airport.
  • In what appears to be a planned assassination, Israeli forces bombed the Ramada Hotel in central Beirut, killing at least four people and injuring ten more, Al Jazeera reports.
  • The US and Israel are strikes Tehran's refineries and oil storage facilities for the first time.
  • US president Trump said he believes Iran is to blame for the attack on the school of Iranian girls.
  • As the conflict with the Iran-backed Hezbollah intensifies, dozens more people have died in Lebanon as a result with major Israeli air and ground operations.
  • On Saturday, Trump visited an air base in Delaware for honorable transfer of six US service members who had been killed in the fighting.
  • After a week of strikes, Israel and the United States had almost complete control of the skies over Tehran, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who declared on Saturday that Israel would continue its fight with Iran "with all our force."

Tag: Press Freedom

May 7, 2021

Freedom of Press:Female Journalists in Pakistan

Pakistan, female journalists are often seen on camera, but the work can be demanding. VOA Peshawar’s Umer Farooq encounters two women who are breaking down barriers

May 5, 2021

RSF Claims Olivier Dubois, a French...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Malian and French governments to do everything possible to secure the release of the journalist who claims to have been abducted by an armed Islamist group

April 30, 2021

‘Breath of Fresh Air’:Navalny Investigations on an Independent Russian TV Channel

One of the few Russian media outlets to cover jailed opposition figure Aleksei Navalny is an independent Siberian television station. Navalny’s anti-corruption probes and protests against Russian President Vladimir Putin

April 28, 2021

RSF Condems Killing of Two Spanish...

Two Spanish journalists were killed during an attack in eastern Burkina Faso, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). RSF condemns a new tragedy for journalism, the latest reminder of the grave dangers that those attempting to do their journalistic duties in the Sahel face

April 15, 2021

Press Freedom: Afghanistan Women Journalists

Female journalists in Afghanistan are calling on Kabul to include their representative at peace talks to ensure media and women’s rights are protected

April 14, 2021

Journalists Systematically Targeted by Myanmar Military...

The Myanmar army is attacking journalists and increasing censorship in its deadly crackdown against opponents of the February coup. Five major media groups have been banned and the internet has been shut down, but Burmese journalists are not giving up

February 26, 2021

Myanmar Threats, Arrests of Journalists at...

Journalists covering mass street protests against Myanmar’s military junta are increasingly reporting threats, arrests and harassment from authorities tightening a crackdown on opponents of the Feb. 1 coup in what a local press watchdog called an attempted “news blackout.”

February 24, 2021

Commentator’s Killing Raises Fears in a...

recent killing in Lebanon of activist and commentator Lokman Slim, a prominent critic of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group, has rattled the country and raised fears that more people may be targeted

February 6, 2021

Congo: Journalist Arrested in Hospital Without...

Prosecuted for simple alleged defamation, a director of publication was arrested while he was hospitalized. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounces unfair methods, illegal detention, and calls for his immediate release

Afghan Press Freedom Afghan Women’s Media

A weekly newspaper run by a team of female journalists is thriving in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, despite threats against journalists in parts of the country

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