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India stops Kashmiri journalist from traveling to US to receive Pulitzer Prize

Kashmiri journalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo said she was prevented from flying to the United States by Indian authorities to collect her Pulitzer Prize award even though she had a valid visa and ticket.

Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli army gunfire in West Bank

Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot dead on Wednesday in the occupied West Bank

Twitter account of Pakistan embassy in Serbia briefly hacked

The official Twitter account of Pakistan's embassy in Serbia was hacked and briefly hijacked on Friday. The account began publishing a series of tweets from the hackers which criticized Prime Minister Imran Khan for soaring inflation and alleged non-payment of...

Pakistan asks UN, EU to probe fake Indian NGOs, media and disinformation campaign

Pakistan asks UN, EU for urgent inquiry into India’s disinformation campaign

Twitter to label misleading COVID-19 tweets

Twitter previously developed a system to label tweets such as deepfake videos that contain synthetic and manipulated media.

After Facebook, Whatsapp to curtail social media freedom in India, occupied Kashmir

NEW DELHI -- According to Indian media reports WhatsApp announced on July 19, 2018, that it is planning to limit message and photo forwarding in "India" which would include Indian-held Jammu and Kashmir. Although Whatsapp did not mention the areas...

Another Kashmiri journalist killed in occupied Srinagar, roles of Hindu fundamentalists suspected

SRINAGAR -- In Indian-held Kashmir, unknown gunmen on June 14, 2018 shot dead the Chief Editor of daily Rising Kashmir,  Shujaat Bukhari outside his office at Press Avenue in Srinagar. Shuijaat Bukhari who also worked for BBC received multiple...

Fake accounts can influence polls in Pakistan, says Mark Zuckerberg

Pakistan may suffer in upcoming elections 2018-19 because of fake accounts, warns Facebook chief In a startling statement, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has said that fake accounts can interfere in the upcoming elections in several countries including Pakistan and can...

ICIJ, CPJ granted $1 million each at Golden Globes 2018

Golden Globes announce $2 million grant for journalism organizations ICIJ and CPJ One of the highlights of the 75th Golden Globe Awards was the $2 million grants announced for a journalism consortium and a media rights group to combat growing...

McCandless first astronaut to fly untethered, dies at age 80

He travelled 320ft from the space shuttle Challenger during the spacewalk Bruce McCandless, an astronaut who was the first to fly untethered from his spacecraft in a gripping scene watched around the world, has died at the age of 80. The...

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South Korea’s KAI signs $1.4 billion deal to launch mass production of homegrown KF-21 fighter jets

Nine years after the development of South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae began, the Korean government finalized a significant deal with Korea Aerospace Industries for the production of 20 fighter jets