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Singapore Bars Massive Attack After Palestinian Flag Display

Singapore said the onstage flag violated its foreign emblems rules and risked racial and religious harmony.

Lam Wing-Kee Dies in Taipei After Long Battle With Cancer

Former Causeway Bay Bookshop Manager Lin Ying-ki Dies in Taipei at 70

Christophe Gleizes Still Detained in Algeria as Only Path to Release Is Presidential Grace

La Croix Correspondent Expelled From Ethiopia After Reporting in Tigray

Moscow Court Upholds Eight‑and‑a‑Half‑Year Sentence for Satirist Jacques Tilly

Iran Confirms One-Year Sentence for Filmmaker Jafar Panahi

U.S. Judge Halts Sanctions on UN Gaza Rapporteur Francesca Albanese

Trump Pressed to Win Jimmy Lai’s Release as China Visit Begins

Boualem Sansal Plans Legal Action Against Algerian President Tebboune

Iran-Aligned Militia Seeks Prisoner Swap for Kidnapped U.S. Journalist in Baghdad

Moscow Court Sentences German Satirist Jacques Tilly to 8½ Years in Absentia

UN Warns of Sharp Clampdown on Free Speech Across Middle East After Strikes on Iran

Oscar Nod for Iranian Documentary Collides With U.S. Travel Ban and Iran Internet Blackout

CPJ Report: 2025 Was Deadliest Year for Journalists With 129 Killed

CPJ: 129 Journalists Killed in 2025, Two-Thirds Attributed to Israel

Iran Frees Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian on Bail After 17 Days

CAS Rejects Heraskevych Appeal, Upholds Olympic Disqualification Over Memorial Helmet

Jimmy Lai Sentenced to 20 Years Under Hong Kong’s National Security Law

Hong Kong Court Sentences Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 Years Under Security Law