The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group Friday kidnapped three Iraqi reporters in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul even as French fighter jets and Iraqi military helicopters bombed its positions in northern Iraq.


IS abducts Iraqi journalists as its positions get bombed (Roundup)


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Mosul (Iraq), Oct 24 (IANS/EFE) The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group Friday kidnapped three Iraqi reporters in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a human rights official told Efe news agency.


IS abducts three journalists in Iraq


Even the skeptics now agree that India shall be a power in the Asian century. To insure this rise to the top, India must maximize all its assets. One asset for which it has a reputation is a lively media, a function of a relatively stable democratic order since independence.


Collapsing credibility Of Western media: An opportunity for India (Comment: Special to IANS)


Paris, Oct 24 (IANS/EFE) Unesco Director-General Irina Bokova Friday condemned the murder of Paraguayan journalist Pablo Medina Velazquez and his assistant Antonia Maribel Almada Chamorro, who were shot dead Oct 16 near Curuguaty in southeastern Paraguay.


Unesco chief condemns murder of Paraguayan journalists


London, Oct 22 (IANS/EFE) The father of British hostage John Cantlie, who has been held captive by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Syria since 2012, has died days after recording a video asking the captors to release his son, his family announced Wednesday.


Father of British hostage John Cantlie dies


Miami, Oct 22 (IANS/EFE) The University of South Florida (USF) in the US has cancelled the academic visit of 14 African journalists fearing that they might be carriers of the Ebola virus, media reported.


On Ebola fear, US varsity blocks African journalists' visit


Asuncion, Oct 21 (IANS/EFE) Paraguayan Interior Minister Francisco de Vargas has vowed to provide police protection to journalists in the city of Curuguaty following the murder last Thursday of reporter Pablo Medina and his assistant Antonia Almada.


Protection assured to Paraguayan journalists


Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar Monday proposed launching a communications university on the golden jubilee of the Indian Institute of Mass Communications in 2015.


Javadekar proposes communications university on IIMC golden jubilee


Kerala Governor P. Sathasivam Friday told journalists to ensure that they report court cases after reading the judgments.


Journalists should report cases after reading judgments: Kerala governor


Asuncion, Oct 17 (IANS/EFE) Pablo Medina, a reporter in a Paraguayan newspaper was killed in an ambush along with a woman while travelling in his car Thursday. He was the third journalist to be killed in this South American nation this year.


Paraguay journalist killed in ambush


Asuncion, Oct 17 (IANS/EFE) A reporter with Paraguay's ABC Color newspaper was shot dead Thursday in the eastern town of Curuguaty, the third journalist to be slain in the country in 2014.


Journalist shot dead in Paraguay


Bangkok, Oct 13 (IANS/EFE) Three members of Cambodia's security forces have been arrested for murdering a journalist who was investigating illegal logging in the northeast of the country, media reported.


Journalist probing illegal logging murdered in Cambodia


English supermodel Naomi Campbell's tweet congratulating "malaria" for winning the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize has gone viral on social media.


Naomi Campbell congratulates 'malaria' for Nobel Peace Prize


Police in China's capital city of Beijing have arrested some 30,000 suspects involved in cyber crimes in an online crackdown that began in 2011, a latest statistics report said Thursday.


China police arrest 30,000 suspects in cyber crime crackdown


Los Angeles, Oct 3 (IANS/EFE) A law firm representing a dozen celebrities affected by the theft and recent publication of private photographs online has threatened to file a lawsuit against Google if the company does not delete the material, including nude images, from the web.


Celebrities stand up to Google in stolen photos case


Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday urged people to win over dirtiness and join the Clean India campaign in his address through national broadcaster All India Radio.


Lets win over dirtiness this Vijaya Dashmi: Modi


The Delhi High Court Wednesday posted the plea of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice-president Rahul Gandhi and other party leaders in a case relating to the acquisition of the National Herald daily for final hearing Nov 3.


National Herald case: HC to hear plea of Sonia, Rahul Nov 3


The Maldives police Monday confirmed the arrest of three men in connection to the disappearance of journalist Ahmed Rilwan.


Three arrested over missing journalist in Maldives


Iran's intelligence ministry has thwarted a plot by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to steal artistic, historical and cultural documents from the country's archive centres, the ministry has said.


Iran foils BBC's plot to 'steal documents'


Senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai of Headlines Today news channel was heckled and roughed up, allegedly by a band of supporters of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, outside the Madison Square Garden venue after he got a group of anti-Modi people to air their views just ahead of the prime minister's much-awaited speech to thousands of the Indian diaspora.


Rajdeep Sardesai of Headlines Today heckled in New York


Days after the launch of 11 new media centres - one for each police district of the national capital - for better dissemination of information, confusion still prevails with just five of the designated officers admitting to familiarity with their duties.

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