Press freedom

TV networks resume covering White House as press access fight continues

MS NOW White House correspondents Laura Barron-Lopez and Jake Traylor work at the White House grounds after regaining access.

Judge blocks Trump’s White House media ban, orders access to be restored

News organisations including CNN had filed a lawsuit contesting the ban.

Large crowd demands justice for assassinated Malta journalist

Mandy Mallia, sister of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, holds a poster bearing Daphne's portrait during a protest organized by civil society group Repubblika following the acquittal of Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech, who had been accused of complicity in the 2017 murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, in Valletta, Malta, September 16, 2026. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Declining US democracy emboldens global authoritarians: Report

Washington’s retreat from the rules-based international order has weakened confidence in multilateralism and emboldened authoritarian leaders and populists, the report said.

HK court convicts Wall Street Journal publisher for blocking ex-reporter from union role

Former Wall Street Journal journalist Selina Cheng speaking to reporters outside the courts in Hong Kong on Sept 10.

Acquittal in journalist murder trial stirs tensions in Malta

People protest outside Auberge de Castille, the office of Malta's Prime Minister, after Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech was acquitted of conspiracy and complicity to murder investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017, in Valletta, Malta, September 2, 2026. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Pakistan broadens foreign media curbs to local staff, drawing backlash

Pakistani journalists, fixers and others working for foreign media will need government permission to travel and report outside Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi.

Hong Kong independent bookstores to close after police raids

Have A Nice Stay bookstore posted a sign outside its shop saying it would close effective immediately.

Azerbaijan sentences online TV founders, journalists to jail

Trump mixes jokes with barbs at press freedom dinner

US President Donald Trump (right) shake hands with CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on July 24.

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