Strasbourg Attack
Bringing the death toll from this week’s Christmas market attack in France to four, authorities confirmed Friday that an Italian journalist injured in the shooting has died.
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Italy Challenges Europe With Budget Plans
The Italian government is pushing ahead with an anti-austerity spending plan that raises alarms it could spark a European financial crisis, while political turmoil deepens under the rule of anti-establishment and far-right parties.
Read moreCNN Sues White House Over Acosta Press Ban
CNN sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday demanding that White House security credentials be returned to correspondent Jim Acosta.
Read moreTop Saudi Prosecutor Arrives in Turkey to Discuss Writer’s Death
Saudi Arabia’s attorney general arrived in Turkey on Sunday to hold talks with investigators looking into the slaying of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate earlier this month.
Read moreChanging Story Again, Saudi Arabia Says Killing Was Planned
Saudi prosecutors say the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was planned, state-run media reported Thursday, reflecting yet another change in the shifting Saudi Arabian account of what happened to the writer who was killed by Saudi officials in their Istanbul consulate.
Read moreJapan Journalist Freed From Syrian Captivity Says He’s Safe
A Japanese freelance journalist who was freed after more than three years of captivity in Syria said Wednesday he is safe in neighboring Turkey.
Read moreSaudi Investment Forum Opens Under Haze of Khashoggi’s Death
A high-profile economic forum in Saudi Arabia began on Tuesday in Riyadh, the kingdom’s first major event on the world stage since the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul earlier this month.
Read moreTurkish President: Saudis Plotted Writer’s Killing for Days
Saudi officials murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate after plotting his death for days, Turkey’s president said Tuesday, contradicting Saudi Arabia’s explanation that the writer was accidentally killed. He demanded that the kingdom reveal the identities of all involved, regardless of rank.
Read moreIn Khashoggi Case: Saudi Calls, ‘Body Double’ After Killing
A man appearing to wear Jamal Khashoggi’s clothes left the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul following his killing there, according to a surveillance video, while a member of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s entourage made four calls to the royal’s office around the same time, reports said Monday.
Read moreSaudi Arabia Confirms Khashoggi Death, Claims He Died in ‘Fight’
Saudi Arabia on Friday night confirmed for the first time that Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi died after entering the the kingdom’s consulate in Turkey nearly two weeks ago.
Read moreTurkey Suggests Khashoggi’s Remains Taken Out of Consulate
A Turkish official said Friday that investigators are looking into the possibility that missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s remains may have been taken to a forest on the outskirts of Istanbul or to another city — if and after he was killed in Istanbul earlier this month.
Read moreSuspect Says He Didn’t Mean to Kill Bulgarian Journalist
A 21-year-old suspect in the rape and slaying of a Bulgarian television journalist said Friday that he killed Viktoria Marinova, but didn’t mean to.
Read moreTurkey Pledges Accountability in Saudi Probe; Critics Wonder
Under global scrutiny, Turkey vows to get to the bottom of the alleged killing of a Saudi journalist at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul. But some observers see a double standard in promises of transparency from a government accused of stifling freedom of expression.
Read moreSuspect in Bulgarian Journalist Slaying Arrested in Germany
German police have arrested a suspect in the rape and killing of a television journalist from Bulgaria whose work highlighted corruption in the East European country, officials said Wednesday.
Read morePost Prints Empty Column for Saudi Writer Missing in Turkey
By AYSE WIETING and JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — The Washington Post printed a blank column in its newspaper
Read moreTennessee Justices Weigh Malice Standard for Defamation
The Tennessee Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in the case of a Nashville TV station and reporter hoping to overturn a precedent that could punish journalists in the Volunteer State for reporting truthful information.
Read moreEurope Worries Over Attacks on Journalists, Press Freedom
A Sicilian journalist’s house was searched last week by Italian authorities and his telephone and computer hard drives were combed over. What was his offense? He wrote an article in March revealing leaked details about a probe into alleged police misconduct in the investigation following one of Italy’s most troubling and murky crimes, the car bombing of an anti-mafia judge in 1992.
Read moreWives of Convicted Myanmar Reporters Shocked by Sentences
The wives of two Myanmar reporters for the Reuters news agency sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for possessing state secrets said Tuesday they were shocked by the court’s decision.
Read more$50,000 Bond Set for Man Who Threatened Journalists
A California man who made a series of calls to the offices of The Boston Globe threatening to kill journalists was ordered released on bond by a federal judge Thursday despite the objections of prosecutors who painted him as a danger to his community.
Read moreJournalists Ask Panel to Revive Claims Over Prison Riot
Several members of the news media, including a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter, argued before the Sixth Circuit on Thursday in hopes of reviving their constitutional claims against the Ohio Department of Correction, which blocked interviews with inmates involved in the 1993 Lucasville prison riot for over 20 years.
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