Sputnik news agency launched a 24/7 Farsi-language newswire at a multimedia press conference in Moscow devoted to the event . The press conference brought together Rossiya Segodnya Director General Dmitry Kiselev, …
An American journalist for Iran’s Press TV was freed in Washington by federal law enforcement officials, her son said, ending a detention that began on January 13. Hashemi had been ordered to appear before a grand jury in …
Head of the Turkish Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTUK) Ilhan Yerlikaya resigned, according to RTUK website. According to the statement, the reasons for the resignation are health issues and family …
Turkey deported a journalist Johanna Cornelia Boersma working for the largest Dutch financial newspaper, Het Financieele Dagblad, after it received information from Dutch police that she had links to a designated terrorist …
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Bahram Qasemi called for the immediate release of a journalist Marziyeh Hashemi, arrested in the United States while working for Iran’s Press TV. "We …
An American-born journalist working for Iran’s English-language Press TV, Marziyeh Hashemi, was arrested in the U.S. on unspecified charges, the state-run broadcaster reported. …
Turkish journalist Pelin Ünker has been sentenced to more than a year in jail for her work on the Paradise Papers investigation into offshore tax havens, because it revealed details of the business activities of the …
Armenia's newspaper published in Turkey, Luys, now has its own TV channel – the first ever Armenian channel to be broadcast on Turkish television. Luys TV first broadcast was aired on January 6, Sputnik Armenia …
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said he has listened to a "disgusting" tape that allegedly captures the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. "I listened to it. He …
Sports reporter Sukru Oytan suffered a heart attack live on air on a local television channel in Turkey's Eskisehir province. Oytan suffered a heart attack on air and was rushed to a local hospital and is now …
Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT has stopped showing cowboy films, which the channel has aired on Sundays since the 1980s. Instead of Westerns, TRT said it plans to broadcast Turkish movies. The decision was taken in …
China’s media regulator is cracking down on video spoofs, the official Xinhua new agency reported, amid an intensified crackdown on any content that is deemed to be in violation of socialist core values under President Xi Jinping, South …
Turkey’s Dogan Holding confirmed it had started talks with Demiroren Holding on the sale of its $890 million media arm, a deal seen as further cementing media support for the country's President Recep Tayyip …
Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Tigran Sargsyan and chairperson of the Kazakh Senate's international affairs, security and defense committee, Dariga Nazarbayeva, discussed …
A German journalist detained in Turkey for a year Deniz Yucel is being released from jail pending trial, German officials and his lawyer said. Yucel, a correspondent for German daily Die Welt, could still …
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said the Constitutional Court had overstepped its limit, set out in the law, with its ruling to release two journalists on the grounds that their rights had been violated while in …
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev ratified the amendments to the laws "on information and communication issues" banning anonymous comment on the Kazakh websites. According to the president's …
Detention warrants have been issued in Turkey for a total of 35 journalists over allegedly using the smartphone application ByLock, used by the followers of the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denied that the country has jailed 150 journalists, saying only two people with press cards were in prison. "No-one is jailed because of journalism here, we have to …
The chief editor of a pro-Islamic Yeni Akit newspaper, Kadir Demirel, has died after being stabbed by his son-in-law, Turkey's Anadolu Agency said. Demirel, 56, died late on May 29 at his daughter's …
