Four employees of a satirical magazine in Turkey have been arrested for publishing a cartoon that appears to show the Prophet Muhammad – a sacred religious figure whose depiction is forbidden in Islam. Turkey’s interior minister Ali Yerlikaya condemned LeMan magazine’s drawing as “shameless”, announcing that its editor-in-chief, graphic designer, institutional director and cartoonist had...
AFP The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem said it condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the attack on al-Ahli hospital Five people have been killed in an Israeli strike on al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City, according to the Anglican Church, which operates it. The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem said three journalists, a father escorting his son...
Political activist Tommy Robinson has pleaded not guilty to two charges of harassing two Daily Mail journalists. The 42-year-old from Luton, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with two counts of harassment causing fear of violence towards two reporters in August. He was released on bail by senior district...
Reporters are prohibited from entering Pentagon locations unless they’re accompanied by Trump administration personnel. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has pledged to do his part in making the Trump administration the most transparent in history, issued a memo Friday imposing tight restrictions on reporters’ movements at the Pentagon in an apparent bid to crack...
Pope Leo XIV has called for the release of imprisoned journalists in his first address to members of the media at the Vatican. He expressed solidarity with journalists who were jailed “for seeking and reporting the truth” and said their suffering “challenges the conscience of nations and the international community”. Press freedom must be defended,...
The bodies of a journalist and his partner have been found in South Africa in an advanced stage of decomposition, more than two months after they went missing, local media groups have said. Police said they had found human remains, but DNA tests still needed to be conducted to confirm they were those of radio...
As I look at the two ties left now, I think it’s going to be one of the first-time winners, so either Arsenal or PSG, whoever comes through their semi-final. That’s a shame for one of them because they are the two best teams in the competition. It’s very hard to choose between the two...
The world is healing, one MAGA snub at a time. During the first Trump administration, the White House was often stymied by trying to follow rules and norms that were designed with the purpose of buttressing the power of an establishment with which it was at war. The second Trump administration has put its focus...
More journalists have been killed in Israel’s genocide in Gaza than in the past seven major U.S.-involved wars combined, marking the “worst ever conflict” for reporters in history, a new report says. As of late March, at least 232 journalists have been killed in the Gaza genocide, with the vast majority being Palestinians, according to...
Israel has killed two journalists in Gaza on Monday 24 March. Occupation forces targeted the car of Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat in northern Gaza. And they targeted the house of Palestine Today journalist Mohammad Mansour in southern Gaza. They are among an estimated 51 people Israel has killed today. Shabat’s Al Jazeera colleague Tareq...
The new book Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful by The New York Times business investigations editor David Enrich chronicles an ongoing campaign by the wealthy and powerful to overturn the landmark Supreme Court decision New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, which in 1964 established bedrock...