Turkish authorities detained prominent independent journalist Fatih Altayli on Saturday over social media comments allegedly threatening President Tayyip Erdogan, the Istanbul prosecutor’s office said. Altayli, who has more than 1.51 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, posted a video on Friday referencing an unnamed poll showing 70% of Turks opposed Erdogan ruling for life, saying…
Indian-origin BBC presenter Naga Munchetty is facing allegations of bullying and inappropriate off-air behaviour. The 50-year-old has reportedly been reprimanded by BBC bosses over two incidents in the past three years. One of these involved a crude comment made during a break, where Munchetty allegedly used a slang term for a sex act and directed…
A prominent Saudi journalist who was arrested in 2018 and convicted on terrorism and treason charges has been executed, the kingdom said. Activist groups maintain that the charges against him were trumped-up. Turki Al-Jasser, who was in his late 40s, was put to death on June 14, according to the official Saudi Press Agency, after…
An Australian reporter was shot by a police officer with a rubber bullet while she was reporting on immigration raid protests in Los Angeles. The incident was caught live on camera. Lauren Tomasi, US correspondent for Nine News, was covering demonstrations against immigration raids near the Metropolitan Detention Centre in downtown LA when she was…
A Canadian journalist reports being attacked during a pro-Khalistan rally in Vancouver. He claims multiple Khalistani supporters harassed him, grabbed his phone, and threatened violence. The journalist states he has been covering Khalistan protests across several countries since last year, aiming to provide independent reporting. He alleges that an individual who has been harassing him…
An independent Canadian journalist has alleged that he was physically assaulted and threatened by a group of pro-Khalistan activists while reporting on a rally in Vancouver on Sunday. The journalist, Mocha Bezirgan, said he was targeted for his editorial independence and previous coverage of Khalistan-related protests. The incident occurred while Bezirgan was in the city…
Representative Image (AI) SEOUL: South Korean police said Tuesday they have requested an arrest warrant for a journalist over a false report related to former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief imposition of martial law.A reporter for local news outlet Sky eDaily wrote in January in a purportedly “exclusive” report that 99 Chinese spies had been…
Kenneth Walker, an Emmy Award-winning journalist whose reporting for the ABC News program “Nightline” helped bring the brutality of South Africa’s racist apartheid system to the attention of the American public, propelling it onto the agenda of U.S. policymakers, died on April 11 in Washington. He was 73. His cousin and executor, Jeff Brown, said…
Haji Najibullah, a former Taliban commander, has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a US journalist and supporting deadly attacks on American soldiers. The plea was made in a Manhattan federal court on Friday, in which Najibullah pleaded guilty to providing weapons and assistance to Taliban militants between 2007 and 2009. Through an interpreter, he informed Judge…
The US on Friday refused to entertain a Pakistani journalist’s question about whether President Donald Trump was still willing to play mediator between India and Pakistan over the Jammu and Kashmir issue, if both countries were interested. Asked if Trump was still willing to mediate like he had claimed during his first term in office,…