Washington, D.C., July 16, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns the Trump administration’s decision to impose new visa restrictions on international correspondents, abandoning a decades-old policy enabling foreign journalists to report from the United States without fear that their visa status c…
Protesters at the Women’s March, January 20, 2018 (photo via Ilyas Muhamad) Gender & Sexuality Tunisia A Tunisian’s Perspective: Why Feminism is So Important in the United States After seeing the Women’s March in Washington, Bassem Sabry Fellow Oumayma Ben Abdallah reflects feminism in the U.S. and the importance of c…
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Over the last three years, the Trump administration has increasingly implemented one-sided policies favoring the Government of Israel that contravene international law and reward Israel’s illegal actions. These policies reinforce repression and incite violence, posing significant risks to regional stability. The so-ca…
The White House waded into one of the hottest debates in AI this week: Open or closed? A new framework governing how the administration will review advanced AI models pre-release covers only the most powerful “closed” models, like Anthropic’s Claude or OpenAI’s ChatGPT, people familiar with the matter told CNN. Open m…
US-mediated talks between Israel and Lebanon ended earlier than expected on Wednesday amid renewed Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon. A US State Department official said the discussions in Rome concluded early, at 3:30 p.m. local time, “due to events on the ground.” Another source said Israeli Ambassador to the US Y…
New York, August 6, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists is renewing its demands for immediate accountability for the killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil. This follows an Amnesty International investigation concluding that the Israeli strike that killed her should be investigated as a war crime. Khalil was…
Like shifting winds, plans for the future of the Strait of Hormuz – and their chance of success – change almost daily. US President Donald Trump said an agreement could be reached this week. “It could happen. Tomorrow or the next day,” Trump said Tuesday. “A lot of progress has been made. And they called …
SHARE Arab and Islamic foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday to launch a joint operational mechanism to document Israeli violations in Jerusalem, warning that escalations at holy sites could provoke a religious conflict with global repercussions. Meeting in Amman at the invitation of Jordan, the Arab Ministerial Commi…
On 12 June, a group of 17 people – among them Turks, Afghans and Iranians – were forcibly removed from the United States and flown to Bangui, in the Central African Republic (CAR), a country where they have no ties and whose language they do not speak. According to Third Country Deportation Watch, all but […]