Reporters Without Borders (RSF) stated on Tuesday that Israel was responsible for nearly half of all journalists killed worldwide in 2025. The group reported that 29 Palestinian journalists were killed by Israeli forces in Gaza during the year. RSF’s annual report recorded 67 journalist deaths globally, a slight rise from 66 in 2024. Read More: […]
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IMF to disburse $1.2bn to Pakistan after board approval
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has scheduled a meeting of its executive board on December 8 to approve the immediate disbursement of $1.2 billion to Pakistan under two concurrent programmes. The funds include $1 billion under the $7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and $200 million under the $1.4 billion Resilience and Sustainability Fund […]
Hundreds killed in alleged RSF massacre
DARFUR, SUDAN: Horrific accounts have emerged from the Sudanese city of al-Fashir, where witnesses say Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters executed hundreds of unarmed men after capturing the city last weekend. According to survivors and aid workers, fighters on camels rounded up groups of men, insulted them with racial slurs, and opened fire near a […]
Pakistan Eyes IMF Staff-Level Agreement During Aurangzeb’s US Visit
ISLAMABAD: Authorities are optimistic about concluding a staff-level agreement (SLA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s upcoming visit to the United States. The agreement hinges on consensus regarding Pakistan’s external account and the verification of flood-related losses and their fiscal distribution among federal and provincial accounts. Officials confirmed that the […]
Pakistan and IMF near agreement on next loan tranche
Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are close to reaching a Staff Level Agreement (SLA) for the first review of the 37-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF). Nathan Porter, the IMF mission leader, stated that significant progress has been made during the discussions, which took place from February 24 to March 14, 2025, in Islamabad […]
Pakistan embassy in Sudan attacked amid violent clashes between army, RSF
Clashes between the Sudanese army and a paramilitary group have left over 300 people dead, and a thousand injured while several embassies also suffered attacks amid fear of full-scale civil war in the North African state. As Pakistan shared no for a government-sponsored evacuation, its Embassy in Khartoum came under attack on Wednesday. Pakistan Embassy […]
RSF calls for UN probe into Arshad Sharif’s killing
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a Paris-based NGO that promotes press freedom, claimed that prominent journalist Arshad Sharif was “clearly targeted” in Kenya and demanded a UN investigation into the brutal killing. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) criticised the waste of two weeks following the death of renowned Pakistani TV news anchor Arshad Sharif, which were characterised […]
RSF says journalists in Belarus face ‘disastrous’ situation
VILNIUS: Belarusian journalists are facing a disastrous situation, the head of Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF) said on Thursday during a visit to neighbouring Lithuania. “We came here because we want to send a signal that we support the journalists in Belarus,” Christophe Deloire said after speaking to Lithuanian prosecutors who have launched an investigation into […]
Journalism in Venezuela: it would be ‘a crime’ to stop
Journalism is becoming “very complicated” in Venezuela where power outages, patchy internet and threats of violence have made reporting increasingly difficult, says Luz Mely Reyes. But she says it would be “a crime” to stop. The director of Venezuelan independent news site Efecto Cocuyo made the remarks in Rio de Janeiro after media watchdog Reporters […]
Hatred of journalists turning to violence, watchdog warns
Hatred of journalists whipped up by populist and authoritarian leaders is degenerating into violence across the world, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned Thursday. And the number of countries where journalists can work safely is plummeting, its annual World Press Freedom Index revealed. Political leaders’ hostility towards the media “has incited increasingly frequent acts […]