KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A prominent Pakistani journalist and TV host, Arshad Sharif, was shot dead by police in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, his family and media reported on Monday. Sharif was shot in the head and killed by police after his driver and he allegedly breached a roadblock that had been set up to check […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran is a “victim” of disinformation, distortions and lies in media, the country’s culture and Islamic guidance minister said on Saturday. Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili told Anadolu Agency that Iran “has been experiencing” the problem of disinformation “for decades.” “We are currently faced with a media that seeks to create a false st...
PARIS (AA) – Tears of the Seine, an animated short film, has received attention in France and globally. The film has won a bronze medal at the Student Oscars in Los Angeles. It sheds light on the bloody police crackdown on the demonstration by Algerians in Paris on Oct. 17, 1961, in which hundreds of […]
AMMAN (AA) – In a tiff over a radio license application, Jordan has condemned the Dutch ambassador to the country for interfering in internal matters. Dutch envoy Harry Verweij requested a radio broadcast license for a citizen of a third country during a courtesy meeting with State Minister for Media Affairs Faisal al-Shboul, according to [&he...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A new investigation conducted by British and Palestinian groups concluded that Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was deliberately killed by Israeli forces. The London-based Forensic Architecture and Palestinian Al-Haq rights group said the findings of their joint investigation were submitted on Tuesday to the I...
JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli court has ordered the conditional release of detained Palestinian journalist Lama Ghosheh. In a statement, Ghosheh’s lawyer Nasser Odeh said that the Israeli District Court released the Palestinian journalist on condition that she does not write on social media and remain under house arrest until her cou...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has demanded global streaming platform Netflix remove content deemed offensive to “Islamic and social values and principles.” In a statement, the General Commission for Audiovisual Media said the content “violated media regulations in the GCC and Islamic and social principles and values.” It s...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s media watchdog slapped a ban on Saturday on live broadcasts of speeches by former Prime Minister Imran Khan, accusing him of hurling “baseless” allegations and threats against state institutions and government officials. The action came hours after Khan’s fiery speech at a prote...
AMMAN (AA) – A number of Jordanian journalists held a vigil in commemoration of the 100th day since Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot dead by an Israeli sniper in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The protest took place in front of the office of the Al-Jazeera news network in central Amman on […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A court in Pakistan has ordered the release of a news channel executive facing sedition charges. Ammad Yousaf, head of news for local broadcaster ARY News, was arrested in the southern port city of Karachi a day earlier. The charges he faced were in connection with comments made by Shahbaz Gill, an […]
