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Illustrative: US and Israeli flags are pasted on the ground in Tehran, Iran, August 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 16, 2026, 4:45 pm
Iran pushes bill to criminalize journalists’ communication with ‘hostile media’
Legislation would further outlaw contact with foreign media, send Iranians who interview with US or Israeli outlets to prison amid crackdown on journalists in the Islamic Republic
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers prevent Palestinian residents from the village of Qabalan, south of Nablus in the West Bank, from returning to their homes and lands after Israeli settlers, who had established an outpost on the village's land, prevented them from approaching, July 4, 2026. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
July 11, 2026, 7:42 pm
4 settlers detained for alleged involvement in attack on CNN crew in West Bank town
Network says reporters were headed to site where settlers allegedly beat American-Palestinian to death last year; several residents hurt by IDF riot control as settlers attack village
By Emanuel Fabian
Jayson Gillham, in an undated image. (Jayson Gillham website)
July 10, 2026, 4:27 pm
Pianist who said IDF targets reporters loses suit against Melbourne show cancelation
Judge rejects Jayson Gillham’s claim Melbourne Symphony Orchestra took ‘adverse actions’ by nixing 2024 performance, saying he contravened policy against all political statements
By Michael Horovitz
Screen capture from video of Iran International journalist Pouria Zeraati, 2023. (YouTube)
June 6, 2026, 9:29 am
Two convicted over London stabbing of Iranian dissident journalist
Prosecutors say assault by Romanian nationals on Iran International news presenter Pouria Zeraati was proxy operation linked to Tehran aimed at silencing criticism of regime
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Shelly Kittleson in Bahgdad, Iraq, December 2024. (Taken from Shelly Kittleson's X account)
April 1, 2026, 12:33 am
American journalist kidnapped in Baghdad; Iraq says manhunt underway, one detained
Footage appears to show freelancer Shelly Kittleson being shoved into car by unknown assailants; US says it ‘fulfilled its duty’ by warning her of threats against her ahead of time
By Agencies, Nurit Yohanan and Jacob Magid
Hezbollah's al-Manar TV correspondent Ali Shoeib, who was killed in an Israeli strike in Jezzine along with another journalist on March 28, 2026, is seen reporting in the town of Marjayoun, November 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
March 28, 2026, 5:59 pm
IDF kills Hezbollah-linked journalist, says he was part of elite Radwan Force
Army says Al-Manar’s Ali Shoeib ‘served as a terrorist’ in the Shia group; strike also kills Al-Mayadeen reporter Fatima Ftouni; Lebanon’s Aoun condemns ‘blatant crime’
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Palestinian cameraman Hussam al-Masri, a contractor for Reuters who was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital on August 25, 2025, stands next to his camera as he works at the hospital in this undated picture. (REUTERS / Mohammed Salem)
February 26, 2026, 3:57 pm
129 journalists killed worldwide in 2025, mostly by Israel, press group claims; IDF rejects findings
Committee to Protect Journalists says true number likely higher; IDF says report based on general allegations, data of unknown origin; over 40 names on CPJ list since start of war have been IDed as terror group members
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Palestinian journalists report on the war and ongoing humanitarian crisis in the central Gaza Strip, July 26, 2025. (Ali Hassan/ Flash90)
September 25, 2025, 11:29 am
Major outlets demand free press access to Gaza: ‘History is told by those who report it’
BBC, Reuters, AP, AFP release short film on sidelines of UN General Assembly, warn their Palestinian journalists are ‘facing the same dire circumstances as those they are covering’
By ToI Staff
German-born journalist Ruth Weiss during an interview for Deutsche Welle published on July 7, 2024. (YouTube screenshot)
September 7, 2025, 5:53 pm
Ruth Weiss, who fled Nazi Germany and chronicled South African apartheid, dies at 101
Weiss, whose journalism exposed rights violations in Africa, was among a thousand women nominated for Nobel Peace Prize in 2005
By Alexandra Hudson
Demonstrators gather in solidarity with journalists killed by Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip, during a protest organised by the Gaza Journalists Syndicate, in Gaza City, on August 26, 2025. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)
September 1, 2025, 2:24 pm
250 international media outlets protest Gaza journalist deaths, Israel slams ‘bias’
‘At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no-one left to keep you informed,’ says Reporters Without Borders, amid front-page protest
By Agencies and Nava Freiberg
US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack (L) delivers a statement, as he is accompanied by US deputy Middle East envoy Morgan Ortagus, following a meeting with Lebanon's president at the Presidential Palace in Baabda on August 26, 2025. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
August 26, 2025, 9:27 pm
US envoy sparks uproar after calling Lebanese reporters ‘animalistic’
Tom Barrack tells press to ‘act civilized’ after meeting with Lebanese president; Aoun, information minister express regret; journalist groups demand apology
By AFP and ToI Staff
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting in the Knesset on April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 11, 2025, 3:20 pm
AG postpones investigation into journalist who allegedly shoved Sara Netanyahu aide
Gali Baharav-Miara calls meeting with law enforcement to review police summons for questioning of TV legal reporter Aviad Glickman over press freedom concerns
By ToI Staff
An IDF officer is seen speaking to a group of international journalists near Masafer Yatta, West Bank, June 2, 2025. (X screenshot used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 2, 2025, 6:43 pm
IDF bars reporters from visiting W. Bank villages on tour based on ‘No Other Land’ film
Officer seen telling group of journalists they cannot be let into Masafer Yatta — subject of Oscar-winning documentary — due to need ‘to keep the order in the area’
By AP and ToI Staff
Then-Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, left, walks with US president John F. Kennedy at the residence of the US ambassador in Vienna, Austria on June 3, 1961. (AP Photo, File)
March 4, 2025, 2:32 pm
Journalist who had Khrushchev’s ear as nuclear war loomed says Putin wouldn’t have caved to US
When 94-year-old veteran foreign correspondent Marvin Kalb speaks, world leaders should pay attention. His new memoir, ‘A Different Russia,’ serves as both warning and plea
By Mordechai I. Twersky
Mourners attend the funeral of Gazans killed in an Israeli strike, at the al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on December 26, 2024. Israel denied claims that the five were journalists, saying they 'posed' as reporters but were Islamic Jihad fighters. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
February 12, 2025, 8:25 pm
Watchdog: Israel behind most reporter deaths in 2024; IDF: Many were terror operatives
Jerusalem responsible for 85 of record-setting 124 journalists killed last year, Committee to Protect Journalists claims; IDF rejects accusation, says it doesn’t target journalists
By Agencies and Emanuel Fabian
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