Headlines- On Monday at 14:00 GMT, the US military says it would start blockading Iranian ports, preventing ships from entering or leaving Iran from passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
- In the southern town of Biyyada, Hezbollah claims that its men have attacked Israeli soldiers with "a swarm of attack drones."
- US President Donald Trump's threat to block the Strait of Hormuz was deemed "ridiculous" by Iran's navy chief, Shahram Irani.
- Any military ships approaching the Strait of Hormuz "will be considered a violation of the ceasefire and will be met with severe force," according to a statement released on Sunday by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
- The speaker of Iran's parliament Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf is leading the delegation that has arrived to Pakistan for talks with the United States.
- Nawaf Salam, the prime minister of Lebanon, stated that he was working to ensure the withdrawal of Israeli forces and to put an end to the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
- The president of Lebanon announced on Friday that Israel and Lebanon would meet in Washington, D.C., next week to talk about a truce and begin talks.
- More than 180 Hezbollah fighters were killed in airstrikes the Israeli military carried out in Lebanon two days prior, the Israeli military claimed on Friday.
- Hezbollah claims to have bombed Israeli military positions in southern Lebanon's Tyre and Shamaa.
- More than 3,000 Iranians have died as a result of U.S.-Israeli attacks since February 28, Abbas Masjedi, the head of Iran's Forensic Medicine Organization, said Mizan, the official news agency of the Iranian judiciary, on Thursday.
Tag: Free Speech
Future of Egyptian Opposition Television Stations...
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Australia ‘Concerned’ About Journalist Cheng Lei,...
One year after her detention on “spying” charges, concerns are growing over Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who remains in detention with no access to a lawyer, the Australian government said on Friday
Interview: ‘They Will Turn You Into...
Veteran Chinese journalist Chang Ping fled China a decade ago, and now makes a living as a writer in Germany. A former senior editor at the once cutting-edge Southern Weekend newspaper in the southern city of Guangzhou, Chang spoke to RFA about ever-widening controls on press freedom and public expression under the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and shared his warning to the journalists of Hong Kong
Aggression is Denounced by Salvadoran Journalists
El Salvador’s Association of Journalists has issued a warning about an increase in journalist assaults
The Turkish Media Landscape After the...
Turkish Journalists And Government Opponents Are Still Being Punished Five Years After A Failed Military Coup, According To Analysts. More From VOA’s Namo Abdulla
Free Press Attack in Myanmar
The Release Of Journalist Nathan Maung, A U.S. Citizen Who Was Detained In Myanmar On March 9 And Held For Months, Is Welcomed By The United States. Journalist Daniel Fenster, Another U.S. Citizen, Is Still Behind Bars. His Release Has Been Demanded By The US
Outlook For Hong Kong’s Press Freedom...
The media landscape in Hong Kong following the forced closure of the Apple Daily bears a striking resemblance to that of Shanghai after the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power in 1949, a veteran Chinese journalist told RFA