Israeli police have arrested journalist Amira Hass upon her return from the Gaza Strip over being in violation of a military ban on Israeli citizens...
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Obama U-turn over prisoner abuse photographs
The release of more photos of prisoner abuse by US soldiers is "of no benefit" and may inflame opinion against the US, President Barack Obama has...
UK troops banned from Page 3 website
The Ministry of Defence has banned UK troops in Iraq and Afghanistan from looking at The Sun's page3.com website deeming it inappropriate for...
Dimbleby: fearful BBC risks losing its way
The BBC Trust’s condemnation of Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen has the potential to cause serious damage to the corporation’s international...
Pope condemns denial of Holocaust
Pope Benedict XVI has said the suffering of Holocaust victims must never be denied as he visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem....
Israeli army singers caught in censorship row
A group of singers from the Israel Defence Forces has become embroiled in a censorship row after their performance in London was cancelled over...
Iran: Saberi is no spy
The imprisonment of Roxana Saberi for 'espionage' is the act of a government obsessed with controlling the media, says Omid Memarian...
Iran hints US reporter’s sentence may be eased
Iran's judiciary spokesman has said that the eight-year jail term for Roxana Saberi may be reconsidered on appeal, an indication her sentence will...
Diplomats walk out of UN conference after Iranian ‘hate speech’
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused Israel of being the 'most cruel and racist regime', sparking a walkout by angry Western diplomats...
Iran: president calls for ‘fair investigations’ for Saberi and Derakhshan
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written to Tehran's prosecutor calling for 'fair investigations' in the cases of journalist Roxana Saberi...