Washington, Sep 11 (IANS/EFE) Major US newspapers Thursday expressed doubts on the effectiveness of President Barrack Obama's plans against the Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist group in Iraq and Syria, while warning about risks of an extensive military campaign in the Middle East.


US media sceptical about Obama plan to fight IS


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Nepal's Supreme Court has summoned the country's largest media house, Kantipur Publication, to appear before the court on contempt of court charges, officials said Wednesday.


Nepal media house gets summons for contempt of court


A Hungarian prison is preparing to set up its own radio station, called Bars FM, media reported Tuesday.


Hungarian prison to set up own radio station


Social networking programmes designed to help people lose weight could play a role in the global fight against obesity, according to new research.


Want to shed extra kilos? Join social media


As floods -- worst in the last 60 years -- ravage Jammu and Kashmir, the social media is abuzz with heart-touching messages about the depredations wrought and immediate needs of those affected.


Social media connects India to needs of flood-hit Kashmir


A television anchor, well-known for his crime shows on Telugu television channels, was Sunday arrested for blackmailing the management of a dental college.


Crime shows anchor arrested in Andhra for blackmail


Radio transmission in the Kashmir Valley was cut off after flood waters inundated the transmitter installations of state-run Radio Kashmir here, officials said.


Radio broadcast cut off in Kashmir


Police in Maldives said they will send some samples of missing journalist Ahmed Rilwan's probe abroad for further examination to know more of his mysterious disappearance even as three top governmental officials were summoned to the parliament, media reported Friday.


Police to send missing Maldives scribe's case samples abroad


The Supreme Court Wednesday embarked on the task of framing guidelines to regulate the nature and extent of information police will disclose to the media on criminal cases.


SC framing guidelines on police briefing to media


Alfred de Tavares, 70, a long-time journalist in Stockholm, has died, shocking colleagues and friends who knew the kind and jovial journalist who was also a powerful networker.


Indian journalist Alfred de Tavares dies in Stockholm


Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi Wednesday said he will file a defamation case against a Jammu newspaper if it failed to apologize for carrying a false report.


Owaisi asks Jammu daily to apologize


An Egyptian court Wednesday ordered a ban on Al Jazeera for promoting "hatred" among Egyptians and "undermining national unity", a state-run daily reported.


Egypt court bans Al Jazeera


Moscow, Sep 3 (IANS/EFE) Russian photojournalist Andrei Stenin, who went missing in early August, has been found dead after an attack by Ukrainian troops against a column of refugees in eastern Ukraine, the Russian Investigative Committee reported Wednesday.


Missing Russian photographer killed in Ukraine


As the beheading of a second American journalist by the Islamic State (IS) terror group sent shock waves through the nation, US President Barack Obama authorised 350 additional troops be deployed to Iraq


Beheading of second journalist shocks US; White House in crisis mode


Washington, Aug 28 (IANS/EFE) The US journalist, who was freed this week by the miltants in Syria after two years in captivity, Wednesday thanked everyone for their efforts to secure his release and asked for privacy to be with his family.


US reporter requests privacy after release


The information and broadcasting ministry has cancelled the multi-system operator (MSO) licence given to city-based Kal Cables Pvt. Ltd.


MSO Kal Cables' licence cancelled


Has your ex-partner conveyed all personal details of your breakup to common friends on Facebook, leaving you embarrassed? Well, you are not alone.


Breakup updates on Facebook ruining relationships


The Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC) Friday expressed concern over the way leading media houses "have been either abruptly terminating the contracts of their employees or have shut down operations without any prior notice".


IWPC concerned over working conditions in media houses


Two Pakistani newspapers Friday denounced India's decision to call off talks between their foreign secretaries

Pakistan media flays India for axing talks

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As condemnation of the beheading of American scribe James Foley by the Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist organisation continued to pour in, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Thursday warned that the terror outfit operating in Syria and Iraq is one of the biggest threats to journalists.


IS dubbed biggest threat to journalists (Roundup)


Cairo, Aug 21 (IANS/EFE) Following the beheading of US reporter James Foley, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has warned that the Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist organisation operating in Syria and Iraq is one of the biggest threats to journalists.

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