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Federal court dismisses defamation lawsuit against Fox News for Jan. 6 conspiracy theory

Nov. 27, 2024 15:33 PM EST

CROTON, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a defamation lawsuit against Fox News by a former Donald Trump supporter who said he received death threats when the network aired false conspiracy theories about his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. ...

Mali cuts TV news station's signal over broadcast criticizing Burkina Faso's ruling junta

Nov. 26, 2024 11:49 AM EST

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s ruling junta cut the signal of the popular news broadcaster Joliba TV News after a prominent politician criticized the military rulers of neighboring Burkina Faso during a televised debate, a journalist for the channel said Tuesday. “This morning, the...

Rights groups condemn Bangladesh for canceling accreditation of 167 journalists

Nov. 13, 2024 12:12 PM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — An association of editors and rights groups has condemned a decision by Bangladesh’s interim government to cancel press accreditations for 167 journalists, calling it a threat to press freedom in the country. Between Oct. 29 and Nov. 7, the Press Information...

Hong Kong reporter says she'll sue Wall Street Journal for dismissal because of her union role

Nov. 12, 2024 04:15 AM EST

HONG KONG (AP) — A former Hong Kong reporter of The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday said she'll sue the publication for sacking her because she joined a trade union. Selina Cheng lost her job in July after a senior editor told her that her position was eliminated due to...

Moroccan journalist sentenced to 1.5 years after remarks about politician

Nov. 11, 2024 15:41 PM EST

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan journalist who accused a prominent politician of fraud was sentenced to prison Monday in a case that has sparked international condemnation from press freedom advocates. Hamid Mahdaoui will serve a 1.5-year sentence and be fined an equivalent of...

Algeria pardons and releases journalist who became a key voice during 2019 pro-democracy protests

Nov. 01, 2024 12:32 PM EDT

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria has pardoned a journalist who emerged as a key voice during the country’s 2019 pro-democracy protests and was later imprisoned for taking foreign funding for his media outlets and threatening state security. Ihsane El Kadi was released from prison...

Duterte says he had a 'death squad' as mayor but didn't order killings as Philippine president

Oct. 28, 2024 21:41 PM EDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told a Senate inquiry Monday that he had maintained a “death squad” of gangsters to kill other criminals when he was mayor of a southern Philippine city. Duterte, however, denied authorizing police to gun...

Well-known Cambodian investigative journalist released on bail

Oct. 24, 2024 04:25 AM EDT

TA KHMAU, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian investigative reporter who was charged with a criminal offense after exposing online scams and corruption was released on bail Thursday. Mech Dara told reporters from a car outside the Kandal Provincial Prison complex, south of the capital...

Mexican newspaper offices hit by gunfire in Sinaloa state capital

Oct. 18, 2024 19:10 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Assailants fired a dozen gunshots at a building housing the newspaper El Debate in the embattled northern Mexico state of Sinaloa, the media outlet said Friday. The newspaper is based in the state capital, Culiacan, where rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel have...

Prosecutors in Iran target a newspaper over its cartoon mocking internet restrictions

Oct. 18, 2024 10:21 AM EDT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian newspaper implying that the public needed to have the patience of the Biblical figure Job in waiting for President Masoud Pezeshkian to lift restrictions on the internet now faces potential criminal charges. The reported case against the pro-reform...