A near-record number of journalists around the world are behind bars for their work, including two Reuters reporters whose imprisonment in Myanmar has drawn international criticism, according to a report released on Thursday.

Number of journalists jailed for doing job near record high: Report

President Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday to remain a "steadfast partner" of Saudi Arabia despite saying that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may have known about the plan to murder dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi last month.

Donald Trump stands by Saudi prince despite journalist Khashoggi's murder

Video journalist dies in Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh

The eldest son of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Salah, and his family have left the Gulf kingdom for Washington after the government lifted a travel ban, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.

Khashoggi's son leaves Saudi Arabia for US after govt lifts travel ban

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday said he would no longer attend next week’s investment conference in Saudi Arabia, as the Trump administration awaited the outcome of investigations into missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin withdraws from Saudi conference

President Donald Trump said Thursday he now believes journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead and warned of "very severe" consequences should Saudi Arabia be proven responsible.

Trump says Saudi journalist likely dead, warns of 'severe' response

US President Donald Trump on Thursday expressed confidence in intelligence reports that suggest a high-level Saudi role in the suspected killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Trump says too early to assign blame in Khashoggi's apparent killing

British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Friday that allegations regarding the case of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi would be totally unacceptable if true but any response by Britain would be "considered".

UK says any response over Khashoggi case would be 'considered'

Turkey's foreign minister on Saturday accused Saudi Arabia of so far failing to cooperate in the probe into the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at its consulate in Istanbul and called on Riyadh to grant access to Turkish investigators.

Turkey says Saudis not cooperating in missing journalist probe

Saudi Arabia has welcomed a joint investigation with Turkey into the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The country had earlier requested Turkey to form a bilateral level team to investigate the murder of Khashoggi.

Saudis welcome joint Turkey probe into missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Britain's foreign secretary has warned Saudi Arabia of "serious consequences" in case the speculations made by Turkish officials that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul comes out to be true.

Saudi Arabia faces 'serious consequences' if Khashoggi claims turns out to be true: UK

President Yameen's party challenges election results in Maldives Supreme Court Maldives President Abdulla Yameen's party today filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging his election defeat last month.

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German police have arrested a man suspected of the rape and murder of Bulgarian television journalist Viktoria Marinova, Bulgarian officials said Wednesday. But Bulgarian prosecutors said that, at least for now, the killing does not appear linked to her work as a journalist.

Germany arrests suspect over killing of Bulgarian journalist

Saudi Arabia allowed consulate search of missing journalist

Bangladesh's High Court issued a notice to the government on Sunday asking it to justify why a prominent social activist should not be granted bail, in a case widely seen as a test for freedom of speech.

Bangladesh court asks government why jailed photographer should not get bail

Hong Kong's decision to effectively blacklist a senior Financial Times journalist required an "urgent explanation", the UK said Saturday, as foreign governments sounded the alarm over eroding freedoms in the former British colony.

 UK seeks 'urgent explanation' as Hong Kong bans journalist

China on Saturday warned foreign countries not to "interfere" over Hong Kong's decision to effectively blacklist a senior Financial Times journalist, after the UK and other governments expressed alarm over eroding freedoms in the former British colony.

China warns against foreign interference as Hong Kong bans journalist

Mystery surrounded the whereabouts of a prominent Saudi critic on Thursday after Riyadh announced he had left their consulate in Istanbul -- but Turkey and his fiancee said he had not been heard from since entering the building.

Mystery surrounds Saudi journalist's consulate disappearance

Gunmen shot and killed a Mexican journalist as he left his home in the southern state of Chiapas, his newspaper said Friday, at least the ninth reporter murdered in the country this year.

Journalist murdered in Mexico, ninth of 2018: Report 

Gul Bukhari is a political activist and social media voice in Pakistan. Reports suggest she was abducted by agents of the state.

Abducted Pakistan journalist Gul Bukhari returns home

The 62-year-old actor will play father to Anne Hathaway's hardscrabble journalist

Willem Dafoe joins 'The Last Thing He Wanted'

Ukraine's SBU security service said the ruse was meant to foil a real assassination plot against Babchenko ordered by Russia and has arrested the organiser of the crime.

Anti-Kremlin journalist smeared himself in pig's blood to fake his death

A prominent Russian war correspondent who became famous for his fierce tirades against Moscow, Babchenko, 41, was murdered on Tuesday evening in a contract-style killing in the stairwell of his building in the Ukrainian capital Kiev where he moved last year

Murder of anti-Kremlin war reporter shocks Russian opposition

The elections for the post will be held on June 30.

Journalist Rajat Sharma to contest for DDCA President's post

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