Veteran Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes has resigned following the rejection of her provocative cartoon. The cartoon depicted media moguls, including Post owner Jeff Bezos, appeasing President-elect Donald Trump. On the publishing platform Substack, Telnaes criticized her editor for obstructing her duty to scrutinize the influential. He...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) — Another Palestinian journalist has been killed in an Israeli attack in the central Gaza Strip, the Gaza government media office said. In a statement, the media office said Palestinian photojournalist Omar Salah Al-Derawi was killed in an Israeli bombing targeting his home in the Al-Zawaida area, central Gaza, killin...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A ministerial committee of the Palestinian Authority has suspended all operations of Al Jazeera in the occupied West Bank. The committee, made up of officials from the ministries of culture, interior and communications, also temporarily halted the work of Al Jazeera’s journalists, staff, teams and affiliated channel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has imposed a strict social media ban on Cabinet nominees as the incoming administration faces growing tensions over H-1B visas for skilled immigrants. “All intended nominees should refrain from any public social media posts without prior approval of the incoming White ...
The Sudanese government has accused Western media of distorting facts about the ongoing civil war. Information Minister Khalid Aleisir said the media unfairly supports the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) narrative and wrongly accuses the Sudanese army of targeting civilians. Alesir claimed the RSF abuses civilians, robs homes and commits violence...
A TV reporter in Colorado was attacked by President-elect Donald Trump supporter Patrick Thomas Egan. Egan allegedly said, “This is Trump’s America now,” as he confronted the reporter. Egan, 39, faces charges of bias-motivated crimes, assault, and harassment. The victim, Ja’Ronn Alex, said he believed he was targeted for being Pacific Isla...
ISTANBUL (AA) – US President-elect Donald Trump has petitioned the Supreme Court to delay the sale of TikTok by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or face a nationwide ban, according to officials. “In light of the novelty and difficulty of this case, the court should consider staying the statutory deadline to grant more breathi...
A new poll reveals two-thirds of Americans are limiting political news consumption due to overload. The trend is particularly notable among Democrats, with seven in 10 stepping back, compared to six in 10 Republicans and independents. The poll conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research said the television networ...
Iran has lifted access restrictions on WhatsApp and Google Play, marking a significant step in easing internet controls. The decision was made during a meeting of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace. It was attended by top officials, Cabinet ministers, and council members, according to state news agency IRNA. The session emphasized t...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Five journalists from the Al-Quds Today channel were killed early Thursday when an Israeli airstrike struck their broadcasting van near al-Awda Hospital in Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, according to Palestinian officials and media reports. The journalists were covering events at the hospital when the vehicle, marked with ...
