ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – The imam was there to lead prayers for the gathered faithful, but to an affectionate cat, he seemed the most attractive target to climb. A video clip of the kitty jumping onto a robed imam as he led Tarawih, a featured prayer during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, went viral […]
Algiers, Algeria (AFP): An Algerian court on Sunday sentenced prominent journalist Ihsane El Kadi to three years in prison for “foreign financing of his business” in a case denounced by rights groups. El Kadi, one of the last independent media bosses in the North African nation as director of the Maghreb Emergent news website and [...
Dhaka, Bangladesh (AFP): Bangladesh’s high court granted bail on Sunday to Matiur Rahman, one of the country’s most respected editors, after he was charged under a controversial digital law. Matiur Rahman, 78, the editor of the Bengali-language daily Prothom Alo, requested bail after a lawyer filed a case against him and a reporter...
ANKARA (AA) – Burkina Faso has expelled reporters of French newspapers Le Monde and Liberation, French media reported on Sunday. Sophie Douce from Le Monde Afrique and Agnes Faivre from Liberation were ordered by the Burkinabe authorities to leave the capital Ouagadougou on Saturday, according to Le Monde. The notification by agents from...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso’s military government said on Monday it had suspended France 24 broadcasts after the TV station ran an interview with the head of the al-Qaeda’s North African wing. The channel aired an interview with Yezid Mebarek, head of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), earlier this month. Mebarek, also known [&hell...
Tulkarm, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, the first killing in the occupied West Bank during Ramadan. Amir Imad Abu Khadija, 25, was killed by “the Israeli occupation bullets during their aggression on Tulkarm,” the ministry said in a statement...
SRINAGAR, Jammu & Kashmir (AA) – A freelance journalist, Irfan Mehraj, in Indian-occupied Kashmir has been arrested by the Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with an ongoing probe into alleged “NGO terror funding case,” said an official statement released on Tuesday. “Following comprehensive investig...
Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan (AFP): A bomb blast in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Saturday killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists, as well as several children, police and a witness said. The blast took place during an event honouring Afghanistan’s media at a cultural centre in Mazar-i-Sharif. Police sai...
Dhaka, Bangladesh (AFP): The only newspaper of Bangladesh’s main opposition party halted printing on Monday after a government suspension order was upheld, stoking fears about media freedom in the South Asian nation. Campaigners and foreign governments including the United States have long expressed worries about efforts by Prime Ministe...
NEW DELHI (AA) – A day after tax authorities’ search ended at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) offices in India, the Ministry of Finance on Friday said that Income Tax Department conducted a survey of a prominent international media company and found “discrepancies and inconsistencies” in tax records. “The survey revealed that ...
