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After a temporary suspension, Emirates said the airline "will resume operations."
On Saturday, US President Donald Trump said that Iran will be "hit very hard" and that he was thinking about extending the strikes to other targets..
At least five ballistic missile launches from Iran have been detected by the Israelis since midnight.
Mehrabad Airport in Tehran is hit by strikes
The Prince Sultan Air Base was the target of a ballistic missile that Saudi Arabia's military intercepted and destroyed, according to the country's defense ministry.
Heavy gunfire on Friday injured three peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon inside their base in southwest Lebanon.
To put an end to the bloodshed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged serious diplomatic negotiations..
In a social media post, President Trump said that "no deal" other than "unconditional surrender" will be with Iran.
Iran reportedly receives intelligence from Russia on US targets.

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September 27, 2019

Egypt: Wave of Arrests of Journalists...

Three journalists have already appeared and are now in pretrial detention: Nasser Abdel Hafiz , of Akhbar El-Yom newspaper , Sayed Abdellah , who covered the mobilizations in Suez, including Al Jazeera , and published real-time information on his Facebook account ( today disabled), and Khaled Dawoud ( Al-Ahram ). The first was arrested on September 20 while he was in Tahrir Square

September 23, 2019

The Independence of the Bulgarian Public...

Known for her uncompromising interviews and pressing questions at the microphone of the Bulgarian national radio BNR where she has been employed for 26 years, the journalist Silvia Velikova was withdrawn the presentation of her show the next morning and without notice on 12 September latest

September 20, 2019

Pakistan: Reporter Waseem Baig Murdered for...

The perpetrators of the murder of Mirza Waseem Baig allegedly linked to a mafia group specialized in the extortion of funds from local elected officials, as denounced by the journalist in several reports, always available on his Facebook page

September 13, 2019

Winners of the RSF 2019 Prize...

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the German section of the organization, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) presented the 2019 Freedom of the Press Award on Thursday 12 September in Germany at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin

September 10, 2019

Morocco: Hajar Raissouni, New Victim of...

The trial of Hajar Raissouni , a reporter for the Arabic-language daily Akhbar Alyaoum , one of the last independent newspapers in Morocco, opened on Monday (September 9th) before the Rabat court of first instance. Arrested for illegal abortion on August 30 and kept in detention since then, the journalist denounces “fabricated accusations” and a “political affair”, related in particular to his recent articles on detainees of the social movement of “Hirak”

August 29, 2019

Wave of Assassinations of Journalists in...

The recent assassinations of Jorge Celestino Ruíz Vázquez and Nevith Condés Jaramillo bring to 10 the number of journalists killed in Mexico in 2019, which confirms its status as the most dangerous country in the world for the press. Coupled with almost total impunity, this situation of extreme violence has not yet generated a strong reaction from the government of Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador, to whom Reporters Without Borders (RSF) addresses its recommendations

August 26, 2019

Iran is the World’s Biggest Jailer...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed by a new wave of arrests and interrogations of women journalists since the start of August in Iran. The Islamic Republic is now the world’s biggest jailer of women journalists, with a total of ten currently held

August 1, 2019