Headlines- Thirty people have died in a devastating fire at a pub in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, according to reports on Tuesday.
- Two UAE tankers have been struck in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
- On Monday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said that airstrikes on Iran have started for the third night in a row.
- On Monday, the UAE Ministry of Defense announced that two Iranian tankers had attacked two national tankers. One Indian crew member was killed and eight others were injured, including four critically, by cruise missiles in the southern lane of the Strait of Hormuz in Omani territorial waters.
- Despite unleashing fresh attacks on Iran and reimposing a blockade of Iranian ports, US President Donald Trump said on Monday that an deal with Tehran to end the Middle East war was still possible.
- IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said in a statement on Monday that Iran will "continue to exercise our sovereignty and management over the Strait of Hormuz."
- A constitutional amendment was passed by the Hungarian parliament to oust Orban ally President Tamas Sulyok.
Tag: Press Freedom
Police: Suspected Gunman in Philippine Broadcaster’s...
Philippine police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a suspect in the killing of a radio journalist who was known for criticizing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his immediate predecessor
China ‘Gutted’ Press Freedom in Hong...
As ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping lauded his government for bringing “order from chaos” with a citywide crackdown on dissent in the wake of the 2019 protest movement, an international journalists’ group said press freedom has been “gutted” in the former British colony.
Hong Kong Radio Host Gets 32-Month...
A court in Hong Kong on Friday sentenced a prominent online radio host to two years and eight months in prison for sedition and money laundering, charges he confessed to in a plea deal
Gunmen Kill Philippine Radio Broadcaster
Gunmen on a motorbike in Metro Manila shot dead a radio commentator who had criticized President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his predecessor, colleagues and police said about the latest in a long line of killings of journalists in the Philippines
Cuban Journalist Places Truth Above Revolutionary...
Despite coming from a family of Cuban revolutionaries, Abraham Jiménez Enoa chose to report the truth rather than live that life.He is currently living in exile, just as many other independent voices from Cuba
Former BBC Journalist Sentenced to 3...
A former BBC television presenter and freelance journalist in Myanmar was sentenced to three years in prison with hard labor on Wednesday by a military regime court in Yangon for violating the country’s Unlawful Associations Act, bringing her total time in jail to six years, a source in the legal community said
Hong Kong Press Freedom Index Hits...
Press freedom in Hong Kong has declined for yet another year, with most local outlets now hesitant to criticize the Chinese government, according to a recent survey by the city’s journalists
Journalist for TOLOnews on Why She...
When the Taliban ordered female journalists to cover their faces on air, pictures of Khatera Ahmadi were shared throughout the world. Because she feared for the safety of her family, the former TOLOnews journalist has recently left to Pakistan
Crackdown on Independent Media Continues in...
Several media outlets in Nicaragua have been shut down recently by President Daniel Ortega’s government. An iconic newspaper and one of the nation’s oldest radio stations just closed down
Ailing Vietnam Journalist Pham Doan Trang...
Award-winning Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang is in increasingly poor health as she heads back to court this week to appeal her nine-year jail sentence for “conducting anti-state propaganda,” her lawyer told RFA on Wednesday