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Israel News Today

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Israel News Today. Read the latest Israeli news, written by regional journalism, watch editorials and International headlines on major online newspapers of Israel.

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Yedioth Ahronoth

Yedioth Ahronoth is the most widely circulated paper in Israel. Yedioth Ahronoth was established in the late 1930s by an investor named Nachum Kumarov. It was the first evening paper in the British Mandate of Palestine and attempted to emulate the format of the London Evening Standard

Israel HaYom

Israel HaYom is an Israeli national Hebrew-language free daily newspaper first published on July 30, 2007 and currently published in tabloid format. The name is a variation of the popular USA Today, though there is no relation between the two publications. It has the large daily circulation in Israel

Maariv

Maariv is a Hebrew language daily newspaper published in Israel. It is second in sales after Yedioth Ahronoth and third in readership after Yedioth Ahronoth and Israel HaYom. Apart from the daily newspaper and its supplements, the Maariv media group (Ma’ariv Holdings Ltd) has a chain of local newspapers with a national scale distribution, a magazines division, and a semi-independent website called NRG, which includes much of the print content. The company’s shares are listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange since 1990

Haaretz

Haaretz is Israel’s oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew and English in Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with the International Herald Tribune. Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet. In North America, it comes out as a weekly newspaper, combining articles from the Friday edition with a roundup from the rest of the week. It is known for its staunch left-liberal stance on domestic and foreign issues.

Vesty

Vesty is an Israeli Russian-language daily newspaper. Based in Tel Aviv, the paper is Israel’s most widely read Russian-language paper and its only remaining daily paper in Russian. The paper was started in 1992 by Yedioth Ahronoth Group, which remains its owner. It was very widely read in the 1990s, but its sales have slumped more recently. The paper is politically right-wing.

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Iraq News Today

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Iraq News Today. Read the latest Iraqi news, written by regional journalism, watch editorials and International headlines on major online newspapers of Iraq.

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Press freedom in Iraq

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the brutal climate of repression and censorship against media outlets in Iraq and called on authorities to immediately reverse blanket internet blackouts and forced closures of TV and radio stations.

There have been widespread reports of journalists being attacked, kidnapped, tear gassed, threatened and obstructed from carrying out their work, while media outlets have been raided and forced off air by government and unidentified militia groups, leading to what local press freedom groups have called the worst climate for media since the Iraq war in 2003.

“We are witnessing unprecedented levels of attacks against media in Iraq”, Mustafa Nasser, president of the Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq (PFAA), told IPI. “And the situation is getting worse.”

On November 12, the Iraqi Communications and Media Commission (CMC) ordered the closure of 12 different local and international Arabic radio and TV stations, which were accused of violating licence regulations and “publishing content inciting violence” during coverage of demonstrations.

Meanwhile, internet access has been blocked in parts of the country for weeks, making it difficult for journalists to gather and disseminate news. Authorities have also begun to police posts on social media websites and jail critics, further worsening the climate for freedom of expression.

“Authorities in Iraq are using every tool in the box to control media reporting and access to information on the current protests”, IPI Director of Advocacy Ravi R. Prasad said. “We are seeing a brutal climate of repression and censorship against journalists reporting on demonstrations. Authorities must respect press freedom and stop attacking independent media.”

Repressive climate

Over the last few weeks, dozens of media freedom violations have been reported by local media freedom groups. On November 26, government security forces stormed the Baghdad headquarters of Tigris TV and cut the station’s broadcast.

The closure followed raids on Tigris and other TV stations by masked gunmen during previous waves of violence, which IPI documented at the time.

Also on November 26, a correspondent and cameraman for Tigris TV were reportedly beaten by riot police while covering demonstrations in Muthanna province. One suffered serious head injuries and was taken to hospital.

On November 17, Muhammad Al-Shamari, a reporter for the state-run Iraq News Agency, was kidnapped in the southern city of Al-Diwaniyah and was released 24 hours later.

The same day, the Baghdad office of Al-Arabi TV was fired at with rocket propelled grenades by unidentified individuals. Several journalists have also appeared on “kill lists” spread on social media.

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Iran News Today

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Iran News Today. Read the latest Irani news, written by regional journalism, watch editorials and International headlines on major online newspapers of Iran

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Abrar

Abrar is a Persian-language daily newspaper published in Tehran, Iran

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Censorship in Iran

Censorship in Iran was ranked among the world’s most extreme in 2020. Reporters Without Borders ranked Iran 173 out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index, which ranks countries from 1 to 180 based on the level of freedom of the press. Reporters Without Borders described Iran as “one of the world’s five biggest prisons for media personnel” in the 40 years since the revolution. In the Freedom House Index, Iran scored low on political rights and civil liberties and has been classified as ‘not free.’

Iran has strict regulations when it comes to internet censorship. The Iranian government and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps persistently block social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as many popular websites such as Blogger, HBO, YouTube, and Netflix. Despite the state-wide ban, some Iranian politicians use social networks to communicate with their followers, including Twitter and Facebook.

Internet censorship in Iran and the NIN function similarly to the Great Firewall of China. Stricter monitoring and the National Information Network (NIN) were unveiled during the 2019 Iranian protests. These restrictions made it more difficult for videos of unrest in Iran to be posted or viewed on social media.

After YouTube was blocked in Iran, the Aparat website was founded as an Iranian video-sharing platform. In 2020, Aparat’s CEO was sentenced to 10 years in prison due to the activity of one of the platform’s users. Millions of Iranians stay connected on social media despite the government’s restrictions by using proxies or virtual private networks (VPNs), which hide the location of a user.

On November 17, 2019, in response to fuel protests, the country shut down nearly all internet access.This reduced internet traffic down to 5% of ordinary levels.

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Indonesia News Today

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Kompas

Kompas is a national Indonesian newspaper in Jakarta founded on 28 June 1965. The paper is published by PT Kompas Media Nusantara, which is a part of the Kompas Gramedia Group. It is headquartered at Kompas Multimedia Towers, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta.
The journal runs a campus. Id online portal, which contains new updates and the digital version of the journal, while Kompas Gramedia also runs another separate kompas.com.

Media Indonesia

When Media Indonesia was first published in January 1970, it was a weekly newspaper with only four pages and very limited reporting. In 1976, it was enlarged to eight pages. In 1988, its founder, Teuku Yousli Syah, joined forces with Surya Paloh, the former owner of the newspaper Prioritas, and formed a new company, PT Citra Media Nusa Purnama. This marked the birth of the new Media Indonesia under the direction of a new management team. The newspaper was, at that time, run from an office in Gondangdia, Central Jakarta.
The new management set about improving the content and appearance of the paper, and its circulation grew rapidly. Media Indonesia now became available throughout the archipelago. Since 1995, Media Indonesia’s operations have been located at the company’s own offices in Kedoya, West Jakarta. In this building, all of the newspapers’s function are assembled under one roof : editorial and reporting, management, printing, and even leisure facilities of the employees. Media Indonesia currently employs around 600 people. In addition to Media Indonesia, the company also prints a number of other newspapers and tabloids on a contract basis.

Bisnis Indonesia

Bisnis Indonesia is a daily business newspaper published in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is published by PT Jurnalindo Aksara Grafika, a subsidiary of Bisnis Indonesia Group originally founded by three conglomerate businessmen in Indonesia: Sukamdani Sahid Gitosardjono (Sahid Group), Ciputra (Ciputra Group), Anthony Salim (Salim Group), and media veteran Eric FH Samola. The first business newspaper in the country, its first edition was published on December 14, 1985.
Bisnis Indonesia primarily covers Indonesian financial and business news, as well as issues around. The paper also supplied news content for international news agency, including Japan-based NewsNet Asia, Factiva, ISI Emerging Markets, Chinese news agency Xinhua, and Bloomberg.

Koran Tempo

Koran Tempo is a daily online digital newspaper in Indonesia. It is published by PT Tempo Inti Media Harian, a part of Tempo Inti Media, which also published Tempo magazine. It was first published as a print newspaper on April 2, 2001, with a circulation of 100,000 daily.
Koran Tempo was originally published in broadsheet format, before being converted to tabloid in 2005.
Koran Tempo ceased its print publication with the last edition on 31 December 2020, citing change on newspaper readers behavior and increase of its digital version subscribers. Starting in January 2021, the paper published on digital version only, which can be accessed from the paper’s website and Tempo mobile application.

Suara Pembaruan

Suara Pembaruan was an Indonesian daily newspaper. Founded in 1987, it was one of the largest newspapers in Indonesia. Suara Pembaruan brand is owned by BeritaSatu Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Lippo Group who also owned business daily Investor Daily and television channel BeritaSatu.
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India News Today

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The Times of India (TOI) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. According to Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has the largest circulation among all English-language newspapers in the world, across all formats (broadsheet, tabloid, compact, Berliner and online
Dainik Jagran (Hindi: दैनिक जागरण) is a Hindi language daily broadsheet newspaper in India. Dainik Jagran is the second largest newspaper in India, by circulation as of 2010.
The Hindu is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded and continuously published from Chennai since 1878. The Hindu has its largest base of circulation in southern India, especially in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala and it is also the most widely read English daily in Tamil Nadu and Kerala
Deccan Chronicle is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. It is published in Hyderabad, India by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited. The newspaper’s name derives from the originating place, the Deccan regions of India. Supplements are “TV Guide”, “Sunday Chronicle”, “Hyderabad Chronicle”, “Chennai Chronicle”, and “Bengaluru Chronicle”. It also supplies other weekly features like “School Chronicle” and “Teen Chronicle”
Amar Ujala (Hindi: अमर उजाला) is a Hindi regional daily newspaper with a readership of over 29.5 million in India as per the latest IRS reports. The news paper which had its humble beginning on 18th April 1948 from Agra has now emerged as a leading newspaper in Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand and New Delhi.
Mathrubhumi (Malayalam: മാതൃഭൂമി) is a Malayalam language newspaper that is published from Kerala, India. Mathrubhumi was founded by K. P. Kesava Menon, an active volunteer in the Indian freedom struggle against the British. The word Mathrubhumi roughly translates to ‘mother land’. It is the second most widely read newspaper daily in Kerala
Dainik Bhaskar (Hindi: दैनिक भास्कर) is an Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper published by D B Corp Ltd.. It was started in year 1958 from Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh.
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Timor News Today

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Timor News Today. Latest Regional and World News in Timor. Read the latest news, written by regional journalist, watch interesting editorials and International headlines on major online newspapers of Timor.

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The BBC – Timor News Today

The BBC is the world’s leading public service broadcaster
We’re impartial and independent, and every day we create distinctive, world-class programmes and content which inform, educate and entertain millions of people in the UK and around the world.
We do this across:
A portfolio of television services, including the UK’s most-watched channel BBC One, the pioneering online-only youth service BBC Three, and our multi award-winning channels for children, as well as national and regional television programmes and services across England. Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
BBC World Service television, radio and online on more than 40 languages
Established by a Royal Charter, the BBC is principally funded through the licence fee paid by UK households. Our role is to fulfil our mission and promote our Public Purposes.
Our commercial operations including BBC Studios, the BBC’s award-winning production company and world-class distributor, provide additional revenue for investment in new programming and services for UK audiences.
The BBC’s Board ensures that we deliver our mission and public purposes which are set out in the Charter. The Executive Committee is responsible for day-to-day management. We are regulated by Ofcom.
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China News Today

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Reference News, first published on November 7, 1931, is a newspaper daily which has the largest circulation in mainland China. It is published by Xinhua News Agency. As the Chinese government’s official news agency, Xinhua carefully selects articles from world’s major news agencies and news journals and translates them into Chinese.
The People’s Daily is a daily newspaper in the People’s Republic of China. The paper is an organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), published worldwide with a circulation of 3 to 4 million. In addition to its main Chinese-language edition, it has editions in English, Japanese, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Korean. Similar to Pravda’s relationship with the Soviet Union, the newspaper provides direct information on the policies and viewpoints of the Party
The Yangtse Evening Post is a Chinese Language newspaper published from Nanjing, China. It is one of world’s most circulated newspapers.
Guangzhou Ribao is the official newspaper of the Guangzhou municipal party committee published by the Guangzhou Daily Newspaper Group. The daily newspaper was established on December 1, 1952.
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The Global Times is a daily Chinese tabloid under the auspices of the People’s Daily newspaper, focusing on international issues. Although its parent is owned by the Communist Party of China, the tabloid’s opinion pieces are not necessarily indications of government policy. The Global Times differentiate itself from other Chinese newspapers in part through its more 
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The China Daily, is an English language state-controlled daily newspaper published in the People’s Republic of China.China Daily was established in June 1981 and has the widest print circulation of any English-language newspaper in the country
Xinhua, english.news.cn, delivers breaking news from across China and the world and information on the latest top stories, politics, business, sports, ..

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Cambodia News Today

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Rasmei Kampuchea Daily. Rasmei Kampuchea is Cambodia’s largest daily newspaper. The paper was started in 1993. It circulates about 18,000 copies in Khmer.
The Cambodia Daily Khmer. The Cambodia Daily is an English and Khmer language news site that writes and aggregates news about Cambodia. It was originally an English-language daily newspaper based in Cambodia from 1993 to 2017, and was considered a newspaper of record for Cambodia.
According to the owners, the 2017 closure was the result of a dispute with the Cambodian government over a US$6.3 million tax bill, which was disputed by the newspaper’s ownership as politically motivated. The newspaper ceased its daily print newspaper, but still maintains a small online presence, and is no longer located in Cambodia.
In 2017, the Cambodian government ordered ISP’s to block The Cambodia Daily’s website from within Cambodia.
Koh Santepheap Daily – Koh Santepheap is a Khmer language weekly newspaper published in Cambodia with its headquarters in Phnom Penh. According to the Media Ownership Monitor, it is the most widely read paper in the country. It was founded in 1967 by Chou Thany. During the Khmer Rouge, publication was shut down and Thany killed in the Cambodian Genocide. It resumed operation in January 1993, owned by Thong Uy Pang and Yin Phanny, husband and wife who also served as editor-in-chief and manager, respectively. In 1998, Pang was shot while at a temple, blaming “powerful politicians in the present government.”Their daughter, Thong Sovanrangsi, took over management, and in 2005 Pol Saroeun replaced Pang as editor. It has ties to government via the Cambodian People’s Party, and shares employees in common with the Interior Ministry, giving the paper access to stories about crime it has become known for. Liu Yangyue cites it, along with the Phnom Penh Post, as an example of news “under control of the government or individual politicians”, a claim which the owners and editor denies
The Phnom Penh Post is a daily English-language newspaper published in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Founded in 1992 by publisher Michael Hayes and Kathleen O’Keefe, it is Cambodia’s oldest English-language newspaper. The paper was initially published fortnightly as a full-color tabloid; in 2008 it increased frequency to daily publication and redesigned the format as a Berliner. The Phnom Penh Post is also available in Khmer. It previously published a weekend magazine, 7Days, in its Friday edition. Since July 2014, it has published a weekly edition on Saturdays called Post Weekend. Post Weekend was folded into the paper as a Friday supplement in 2017 and was discontinued in 2018.
It has a staff of Cambodian and foreign journalists covering national news. The newspaper includes specific business, lifestyle and sports sections, and also prints a “Police Blotter”, which has items related to crime translated from local Khmer-language dailies.
Since its founding in Phnom Penh in July 1992, the printed edition was published on a fortnightly basis. In early 2008, the newspaper received investment from some Australians and became a daily publication on August 8, 2008.
In May 2018 the newspaper was purchased by Malaysian businessman Sivakumar Ganapthy, who also owns a public relations firm known to have worked on behalf of the Cambodian government, prompting several senior writers to leave its newsroom. Describing the sale of the paper, one official for Amnesty International said, “We have witnessed the crumbling of Cambodia’s media freedom.” In response to criticism of the sale, Huy Vannak, acting as undersecretary of the Cambodian Interior Ministry, said, “It is a normal business, and it remains a newspaper.”

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Myanmar News Today

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NUGMyanmar

NUGMyanmar is the Official Government Information and Services Website for National Unity Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
Myanmar Gazette. The Myanmar Gazette is a San Gabriel Valley-based Burmese language newspaper intended for overseas Burmese, with a primary focus on Burmese related news in the United States and Canada. The monthly paper has a total circulation of 12,000, and is distributed at major cities across the US and Canada with sizable Burmese populations. The paper’s secondary target audience includes overseas Burmese in Asia, mainly Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan.
The typical coverage of the paper is a mix of Burmese American community news, Burmese celebrity interviews, and US and world news. The paper, usually 28 to 32 pages long, devoted a considerable number of pages to Cyclone Nargis coverage. The freely distributed paper also contains a number of Burmese American advertisements. The paper uses the tabloid format. The paper was founded in 2006 by two Los Angeles-based Burmese-Americans, Thakhin Kai Bwor and Maung Maung Kyi . The paper’s mission purportedly is to “promote networking amongst Burmese Americans towards a more civic-minded community”. The first issue was published in July 2006. The company has established scholarships for local students and actively pursues its mission of improving literacy and education in local youth.

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Brunei News Today

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Brunei News Today. Latest Regional and World News in Brunei. Read the latest Brunete news, written by regional journalism, watch editorials and International headlines on major online newspapers of Brunei.

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The Brunei Times was an independent English-language daily compact broadsheet newspaper published in Brunei Darussalam from 2006 to 2016. It was owned by Brunei Times PLC.

Media Permata

Media Permata is a Malay-language newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Brunei by Brunei Press Sdn Bhd, which also publishes the Borneo Bulletin. The Saturday edition features a special 16-page pull out called Suasana, which offers lifestyle and entertainment news.Permata Media is published by Brunei Press Sdn Bhd. which is the oldest publishing company in Brunei Darussalam. Media Permata started as a weekly insert in the Borneo Bulletin newspaper on 13 January 1994 and continued to be published daily from 30 July 1998.
Since then, Permata Media has been persistent in recording various events, historical events, challenges and community grievances to emerge as the best Malay language daily newspaper and become the primary choice of readers in Brunei.
With the determination as one of the media to advance and dignify the Malay language, Media Permata acts as a platform to nurture and nurture young and new talents to become good writers as well as to be the voice and give a local perspective to the news that is happening.
Because of that Media Permata continues to be accepted as a newspaper, independent and the choice of Malay readers in Brunei.

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