Palestinian photojournalist Mohammed Salem has won the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year award with a poignant image of Inas Abu Maamar grieving over her niece’s body in war-torn Gaza. Five-year-old Saly was killed by an Israeli strike alongside her mother and sister. Salem’s snapshot was taken at Nasser Hospital morgue in Khan Y...
The New York Times has issued an internal memo advising journalists to limit the use of terms like “genocide” and “occupied territory” in the newspaper’s coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza. Written by Times editors Susan Wessling and Philip Pan, it discourages the use of specific terms, which some staff see as favor...
Major U.S. news outlets have called on President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to commit to participating in debates for the November election. Despite the ongoing primary season, both candidates have secured enough delegates for their respective party nominations. The Commission on Presidential Debates has already set dates for...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Mali’s military junta banned media coverage of political parties a day after suspending their activities. A statement by Mali’s high authority for communication called on “all media (radio, television, written press and online) to halt broadcast and publication of the activities of political parties and the ac...
Renowned Harry Potter actor Miriam Margoyles has urged fellow Jews around the world to “shout, beg and scream” for a cease-fire in Gaza. In a video released by the Jewish Council of Australia, the 82-year old expressed deep shame over Israel’s actions. She compared its war on Gaza, which has killed over 30,000 Palestinians, mostly [&he...
On Tuesday, Sudan’s Ministry of Culture and Information announced it has suspended the operations of three Arab news channels. The order cited Al Arabiya, Al Hadiath, and Sky News Arabia’s lack of transparency and failure to renew broadcast licenses. According to Lina Yaakoub, director of Al Arabiya in Sudan, the channels were not officially ...
Israel’s Knesset has passed legislation allowing the closure of Al Jazeera television. The law was passed 71 to 10 in its second and third readings in the Knesset plenum or assembly. Under the law, the communications minister can shut down foreign networks operating in Israel and confiscate their equipment if the defense minister identif...
Israeli strikes killed veteran Palestinian journalist Saher Akram Rayan and his son Anas on Monday in Gaza City. Rayan worked for the Palestinian news agency Wafa for two decades. They were killed while trying to help wounded neighbors. On Saturday, three journalists — Muhammad Al-Rifi, Abdul Rahman Saima and Mahmoud Imad Issa — had been [&...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Monday arrested several journalists at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, according to witnesses. “They were brutally beaten by Israeli forces, blindfolded and taken into custody,” an eyewitness to the latest attack on the hospital reported. The Qatar-based Al Jazeera television confirmed that its c...
LONDON (AA) – “Significant biases” have been evident in the British media over its coverage of Gaza since October 7, with “emotive language” describing Israelis as victims of attacks 11 times more than Palestinians, says a report published Wednesday. The report, ‘Media Bias Gaza 2023-24’, exposed ̶...