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Iran frees Japanese national held since January
Tokyo: Japan said Tuesday, April 7, a Japanese national who had been detained in Iran since January has been released. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara told reporters that his release was confirmed…
- Obituaries
Eminent journalist, diplomat HK Dua passes away at 88
New Delhi: Eminent journalist HK Dua, who held the rare distinction of helming editorial operations at three of India’s leading newspapers, passed away on Wednesday, March 4, at the age of 88.…
- Middle East
Israel killed two-thirds of all journalists globally in 2025: CPJ
New York: Israeli military actions accounted for nearly two-thirds of journalists and media workers killed worldwide in 2025, according to a report recently released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which…
- India
X account of Middle East Eye journalist covering India-Israel ties blocked
The X account of Azad Essa, a US-based South African journalist and senior reporter with Middle East Eye (MEE), has been withheld in India following an order issued by the government under…
- Top Stories
Journalist Ravi Nair convicted in Adani defamation case
Gandhinagar: The magistrate court in Mansa, Gandhinagar, has convicted journalist Ravi Nair in a criminal defamation case and sentenced him to a year’s imprisonment and imposed a fine. The case followed a…
- World
Journalist Don Lemon charged in anti-ICE Church protest
Journalist Don Lemon was released from custody Friday, January 30, after he was arrested and hit with federal civil rights charges over his coverage of an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a…
- India
Maharashtra: Gauri Lankesh murder accused wins Jalna civic poll
Jalna: Shrikant J Pangarkar, an accused in the 2017 murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, on Friday, January 16, won as a corporator from the Jalna Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra. Counting of votes…
- Featured News
Dr J, a pioneer in Indian science journalism, turns 90
The mention of Dr Jayaraman, or simply Dr J, might not ring many bells to you, but for journalists of the Press Trust of India (PTI) and the innumerable media subscribers, it…
- India
After 12 years, Saurabh Dwivedi resigns from Lallantop
Senior journalist and Editor of Lallantop and India Today Hindi, Saurabh Dwivedi, called it quits on Monday, January 5, bringing an end of his 12-year association with the group. He announced the…
- India
J&K police seize journalist’s phone, return it later
The Jammu & Kashmir police on Wednesday, December 17, seized the mobile phone of journalist Jehangir Ali of news portal The Wire, allegedly while he was reporting on allegations of nepotism and…
- India
Kuldeep Sharma offers land to journalist Arfaz Ahmad after house bulldozed
Jammu: After the Jammu Development Authority demolished a journalist’s house, citing ‘illegal structure’ on government land, a Hindu neighbour, Kuldeep Sharma, stepped forward and offered him 5 marlas of land in an…
- Middle East
Turkish journalist jailed for threatening Erdogan on social media
Ankara: A court on Wednesday, November 26, convicted a Turkish journalist of threatening President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reports said, in a case that critics view as an attempt to silence a prominent…
- World
Sami Hamdi returns to UK after US detention over Gaza war comments
British–Tunisian commentator and journalist Sami Hamdi is on his way home to his family in the United Kingdom (UK) after spending more than two weeks in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
- Middle East
Two Russians face sentencing in plot to kill Iranian-American journalist
New York: A plot to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her Brooklyn home came “chillingly near success,” prosecutors told a judge who will sentence two purported Russian mobsters. Prosecutors are…
- World
Journalist Sami Hamdi detained in US for criticising Israel
British journalist Sami Hamdi was detained for his comments on the US-Israel relations on Sunday, October 26. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) condemned Hamdi’s detention at San Francisco airport on Sunday…