Headlines- JD Vance,vice president of the United States, has arrived in Switzerland for high-level talks with Iran, which will be mediated by Qatar and Pakistan.
- Iran’s IRGC claims the Strait of Hormuz is blocked over Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon that have killed at least 32 civilians since dawn..
- The US State Department said on Friday that the next round of talks between Israel and Lebanon will take place in Washington from June 23 to 25. This announcement came after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.
- Hezbollah fired more than fifty rockets on Israel through Saturday night, according to an Israel Defense Forces, targeting soldiers stationed in southern Lebanon.
- Two wagons plunged over the bridge and onto the street below when two freight trains crashed on a railway bridge in Germany overnight. One person was killed.
- Giorgia Meloni, the prime minister of Italy, and President Trump continued to spar on Saturday. Meloni had earlier stated that she was "stunned" by Mr. Trump's alleged statement to an Italian network that she had "wanted a picture with me so badly" at the G7 summit in France earlier in the week, and that he only agreed because he "felt sorry for her."
Tag: Freedom of Expression
Hong Kong’s Media Face Year of...
2021 was a year of dramatic changes for Hong Kong’s media scene, as the city adjusted to life under Beijing’s national security law
Jailed Chinese Citizen Journalist, Disappeared Rights...
Jailed citizen journalist Zhang Zhan and disappeared rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng have won the Lin Zhao Freedom Award for their work promoting Chinese civil society and advancing the rule of law
Is China’s Door to Hollywood Closing?
China has been producing patriotic films for local audiences while tightening control over its film industry, causing Hollywood to fear if its films will still be accepted in China’s lucrative market
In Afghanistan, Owner of Female-Run Television...
When the Taliban took over the country in August, Afghanistan had a thriving media. One of the many TV channels was controlled by women. Because to Taliban threats and censorship, that channel is currently closed down. But the woman who started it all refuses to give up
Jailed Wuhan COVID-19 Journalist ‘Close to...
Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan is close to death following months of intermittent hunger strikes in protest at her jailing, RFA has learned
Vietnamese Journalist Trang Examined for Health...
Award-winning Vietnamese journalist and rights activist Pham Doan Trang has been examined for health problems suffered in detention following appeals made to authorities by her defense team, her lawyer said in a posting on Facebook this week
China Plans Ban on Private-Sector Involvement...
The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has set out plans to ban private investment in the media, amid an ongoing program of regulatory changes aimed at tightening state control over the private sector
2021 Nobel Peace Prize: RSF Hails...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is very pleased that the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov, two eminent and courageous journalists. This prize rewards all those who work with determination for free and independent information
Analysts Say Ties Between US and...
Human rights activists and others around the world are outraged that three years after Washington Post columnist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, the US has failed to sanction Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is accused of ordering the killing
A Journalist Silenced:Anna Politkovskaya
Anna Politkovskaya, a relentless investigative reporter who uncovered the brutality of Russia’s war in Chechnya and showed how President Vladimir Putin was curbing democracy in Russia, was assassinated 15 years ago. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who was one of the subjects of her human rights reporting, is still in power, and claims of his complicity in murder and torture have persisted