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World
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War in Ukraine
8/29/2023 3:32:00 PM
Russia on Tuesday handed 11-year jail terms to two exiled journalists accused of spreading misinformation about the military, pursuing a historic crackdown on criticism of the conflict in Ukraine.
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World
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Region
8/28/2023 10:11:56 AM
Three members of the United States Congress made a rare visit Sunday to rebel-held territory in northern Syria controlled by pro-Turkish factions, an AFP journalist at the scene said.
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Egypt
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Society
8/21/2023 10:48:10 PM
The staff at BBC's Cairo Office began their third strike in three months on Monday over demands for fair pay.
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Egypt
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Society
8/20/2023 11:04:56 PM
Egyptian journalist Karim Asaad, who was arrested early on Saturday, was freed today, Head of the Syndicate of Journalists Khaled El-Balshy said in a Facebook post.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
8/20/2023 7:17:59 PM
Expressing appreciation for recent presidential pardons granted to prisoners of conscience, the Egyptian Press Syndicate’s Freedoms Committee called on Sunday for the release of 24 detained journalists, including Karim Asaad.
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World
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War in Ukraine
8/20/2023 6:34:42 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky landed Sunday at an air force base in southern Denmark, two days after Washington approved the transfer of US-made F-16 fighter jets by Denmark and the Netherlands to Kyiv.
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World
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War in Ukraine
8/14/2023 10:24:48 PM
The US ambassador to Russia on Monday visited jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich for the third time and reported that he was in good health.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
8/11/2023 2:52:24 PM
Head of Egypt's Syndicate of Journalists Khaled El-Balshy voiced his unwavering support for the staff of both the BBC Cairo office and Al-Wafd newspaper against the “intransigence" of their managements.
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World
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Region
8/8/2023 6:47:31 PM
Iranian authorities have questioned or arrested over 90 journalists since nationwide protests rocked the Islamic republic last year, local media reported Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
8/2/2023 7:58:50 PM
Agouza Misdemeanor Court fined former Zamalek Sporting Club President Moratada Mansour EGP 5,000 for defaming and slandering journalist and television presenter Ahmed Moussa.
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Egypt
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Society
7/21/2023 1:10:00 PM
The staff at the BBC's Cairo office ended on Wednesday a three-day strike to protest unfair pay and discrimination, pending a meeting with London management.
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World
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Region
7/20/2023 10:25:11 AM
Protesters set fire to Sweden's embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad early Thursday, an AFP journalist said, ahead of a planned burning of a Koran in Sweden.
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Egypt
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Society
7/17/2023 4:04:24 PM
Staff at the BBC office in Egypt have initiated a three-day strike starting on Monday in Cairo to protest unfair pay and discrimination, according to a joint statement issued by the staff in Cairo.
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World
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Region
7/13/2023 10:47:14 PM
Palestinian security forces have detained a Palestinian journalist after he wrote critical posts on social media, an activist group said Thursday.
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World
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Region
7/12/2023 11:46:51 AM
An Israeli court on Tuesday ordered a Palestinian journalist from occupied east Jerusalem to perform community service, and handed down a suspended sentence, her lawyer said, after she was charged with incitement to violence.
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Egypt
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Politics
6/11/2023 9:53:21 PM
Head of Egypt’s Syndicate of Journalists, Khaled El-Balshy, called for cancelling the jail penalty for publishing cases, in light of the constitution, during the Sunday session of the National Dialogue, which was held to call for issuing the long-awaited Freedom of Information Act.
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World
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Africa
6/6/2023 12:33:15 PM
Kenyan police fired tear gas and arrested 11 protesters, AFP journalists said, during a march in Nairobi on Tuesday against a new finance bill that critics say will pile more economic hardship on ordinary people.
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World
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Region
5/30/2023 11:00:21 AM
Israelis started reviving a flashpoint outpost settlement in the occupied West Bank on Monday, AFP journalists said, constructing a building at the site which has drawn international attention.
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World
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International
5/25/2023 5:58:09 PM
A prominent Pakistani television journalist known for his public support of former Prime Minister Imran Khan has gone missing, the police, his family and his employer said.
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World
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International
5/23/2023 6:45:34 PM
Russia on Tuesday extended by three months the detention of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal journalist who was arrested in March for alleged spying, a charge he denies.
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