A Palestinian journalist who exposed corruption in the Gaza Strip was prosecuted by Hamas, the terrorist group that governs the enclave, veteran Palestinian affairs correspondent Khaled Abu Toameh reported Monday. In June 2016, Hajer Harb reported that Hamas and the Palestinian Authority extorted Palestinians seeking medical care in Israel, Europe...

Iran’s intelligence services have been threatening and blackmailing numerous journalists to ensure positive coverage for the regime in global media outlets, according to a report released by Reporters Without Borders (or RSF). The watchdog group, which advocates for freedom of the press, estimates that at least 50 international journalists have...

Palestinian journalists are being traded as bait in the ongoing power struggle between the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah and the Gaza-based terrorist organization Hamas, a veteran Palestinian affairs correspondent warned. Khaled Abu Toameh reported that journalists working in the Palestinian territories face extreme conditions. Both the PA and Hamas are...

When presenting to Parliament the candidates for cabinet positions for his new government, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani touted his pick for justice minister as a “moderate” even though he was designated as a human rights abuser by the European Union and participated in thousands of summary executions in the 1980s. Rouhani,...

An exclusive investigation by Kurdish broadcaster Rudaw has revealed that Iranian-backed Shiite militia group Hashd al-Shaabi has trained hundreds of child soldiers in northern Iraq, in violation of international humanitarian law. Commanders of the Hashd al-Shaabi troops, also known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), performed the military training in...

An Iranian blogger, whose extradition was sought by Iran because she wrote for an Israeli publication, arrived in Israel from Turkey on Thursday. Appearing with editor-in-chief David Horovitz at The Times of Israel’s Jerusalem office, the publication she wrote for, Neda Amin told reporters, “I am safe now,” because no...