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  • According to US President Donald Trump, talks with Iran may occur this next weekend.
  • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards claim that in response to US strikes on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, they opened fire on US military installations.
  • In order "to safeguard national security," Bahrain's Ministry of Interior declared that it has arrested fifteen people who were allegedly linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
  • Kuwait said on Wednesday that one person was killed and numerous others were injured in an Iranian missile and drone strike on its international airport.
  • During a press conference in Geneva on Wednesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, stated that the Ebola virus in central Africa has had a "big head-start" and warned that health officials were still lagging behind.

Tag: Turkish Freedom of Press

December 22, 2020

Press Freedom Turkey Womens News Network

In Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeast, a news network staffed entirely by women is taking the lead in reporting on women and human rights. But the groundbreaking JIN News agency is increasingly targeted in what the government claims is its battle against terrorism

September 25, 2020

Turkish Journalist Can Dündar Victim of...

Turkish justice imposed on September 17 an unprecedented ultimatum to the famous Turkish journalist Can Dündar . Exiled in Germany since the summer of 2016, the journalist has 15 days, until October 5, 2020, to appear at his trial before the Istanbul Assize Court

October 15, 2019

Turkey: Syrian Journalist Al-Arabiya Threatened With...

Syrian journalist exiled in Turkey is at risk of being deported for trying to cover Turkish military operations in northern Syria. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounces this measure, a real obstacle to the right to inform, and asks that he be allowed to work freely

October 9, 2019

Turkey’s Internet Regulation Sparks Fears of...

In Turkey, new controls regulating internet broadcasting have come into force. The government says all broadcasters need to abide by the same rules, but critics claim the new measures are an attempt to silence the last platform for independent journalism

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