/main-category/media en /node/2616582/media <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/225841">Reuters</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Reuters</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1758730117827051000</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-09-24 15:52</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LONDON: Meta Platforms’ Instagram has grown to 3 billion Monthly Active Users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday, marking another milestone for one of the most popular social media apps in the world.<br /> Meta last disclosed Instagram’s user figures in 2022 when Zuckerberg said the app had hit more than 2 billion monthly active users.<br /> Meta, previously known as Facebook, bought Instagram for $1 billion in 2012, a move that had raised questions about the company’s strategy as the social media app had begun with just photo-sharing without significant revenue.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/24/4642747-1584097667.jpg" width="1130" height="753" alt="" title="Meta last disclosed Instagram’s user figures in 2022 when Zuckerberg said the app had hit more than 2 billion monthly active users. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/main-category/media">Media</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/meta">Meta</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/instagram">Instagram</a></div></div></div> Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:14:08 +0000 rbksa 2616582 at /node/2616533/media <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/225841">Reuters</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Reuters</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1758710071653613500</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-09-24 08:37</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LONDON: Meta Platforms on Tuesday said it is introducing a translation feature for its WhatsApp messaging service, aiming to ease cross-language chats among its more than 3 billion users.<br /> The translations will initially be available in six languages on Android devices and 19 languages on iPhones, with more languages to follow.<br /> “Message translations were designed to protect the privacy of your chats. That’s why translations occur on your device where WhatsApp cannot see them,” Meta said in a blog.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/24/4642624-1527345644.jpg" width="1129" height="753" alt="" title="Users can long-press on a message and tap “Translate” to see any message in another language. (REUTERS/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/main-category/media">Media</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/meta">Meta</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/whatsapp">WhatsApp</a></div></div></div> Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:38:19 +0000 rbksa 2616533 at /node/2616419/media <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article-authors/sherouk-zakaria">Sherouk Zakaria</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2025-09-23 17:59</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DUBAI: Content creators across the world have been invited to submit short films — powered by at least 70 percent artificial intelligence using Google Gemini’s tools — for a chance to win a $1 million prize.</p> <p> The prize is part of the global AI film contest, launched last month in partnership with Dubai’s 1 Billion Followers Summit. Details of the competition, which officially opened for submissions on Tuesday, were unveiled at a press conference in Dubai.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/23/4642343-563362528.jpg" width="1100" height="733" alt="" title="Najeeb Jarrar, Google’s regional product and marketing director for the Middle East and Africa, announced details of the AI film contest during a press conference in Dubai. (AN Photo: Mohammed Fawzy)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/23/4642344-1733983347.jpg" width="1100" height="733" alt="" title="Anthony Nakache, Google’s managing director in the Middle East &amp; North Africa, noted that Google Gemini aims to give every aspiring storyteller advanced models to bring their ideas to life. (AN Photo: Mohammed Fawzy)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/23/4642345-1047601908.jpg" width="1100" height="733" alt="" title="Saeed Al-Eter, chair of the UAE Government Media Office, which organizes the 1 Billion Followers Summit, said AI amplifies creativity, which is no longer confined to large studios and massive budgets. (AN Photo: Mohammed Fawzy)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/main-category/media">Media</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/google">Google</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/google-gemini">google gemini</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/1-billion-followers-summit">1 billion followers summit</a></div></div></div> Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:22:37 +0000 sherouk.maher 2616419 at /node/2616394/media <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/arab-news">Arab News</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2025-09-23 15:12</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> RIYADH: In early September, Versailles wrote an unfamiliar chapter in its long history. The same walls that once carried the sounds of French royal court music reverberated this time with a new rhythm. Among corridors filled with Europe’s old grandeur, the voices and instruments of the Saudi National Orchestra and Choir declared that the Kingdom now speaks to the world in a new language: the language of music. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/23/4642283-172849466.jpeg" width="6480" height="4050" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/main-category/media">Media</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/SND95">SND2025</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/saudi-national-orchestra-and-choir">Saudi National Orchestra and Choir</a></div></div></div> Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:27:52 +0000 gabriele.malvisi 2616394 at /node/2616318/media <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/225841">Reuters</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2025-09-23 00:16</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LOS ANGELES: Disney said “Jimmy Kimmel Live” will return to its ABC network lineup on Tuesday, six days after it suspended the talk-show host following threats by the Federal Communications Commission chairman over comments the host had made about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.</p> <p> In announcing the decision to bring Kimmel back to the airwaves, ABC’s parent company said it had suspended production of the show “to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country.”</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/23/4642129-206697743.jpg" width="1200" height="716" alt="" title="A man holds a sign with images of Jimmy Kimmel and Charlie Kirk, as people protest outside the Dolby Theater, across the street from the theater where &quot;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&quot; was recorded for broadcast, following his suspension for remarks he made regarding Charlie Kirk‘s assassination, on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, US, September 22, 2025. (Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/main-category/media">Media</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/jimmy-kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/walt-disney-co">Walt Disney Co.</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/disney">disney</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/charlie-kirk">Charlie Kirk</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/abc">ABC</a></div></div></div> Mon, 22 Sep 2025 21:29:27 +0000 Sajjadkk 2616318 at /node/2616296/media <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/arab-news">Arab News</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2025-09-22 19:52</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LONDON: Tunisian journalist Sonia Dahmani has been named as a recipient of the 2025 International Press Freedom Award, the Committee to Protect Journalists has announced.</p> <p> She was to receive the accolade later this year at a ceremony in New York, but the event is expected to take place in her absence.</p> <p> A lawyer, writer, and prominent media commentator, Dahmani has received international attention for her advocacy of human rights and civil liberties in Tunisia.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/22/4642076-412819501.png" width="1600" height="900" alt="Dahmani is widely recognized for her candid and insightful commentary on radio and television, where she has addressed Tunisia’s political climate, judicial independence, civil liberties, prison conditions, and migration policy. (Screenshot/YouTube)" title="Dahmani is widely recognized for her candid and insightful commentary on radio and television, where she has addressed Tunisia’s political climate, judicial independence, civil liberties, prison conditions, and migration policy. (Screenshot/YouTube)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/main-category/media">Media</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/tunisia">Tunisia</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/sonia-dahmani">Sonia Dahmani</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/international-press-freedom-award">International Press Freedom Award</a></div></div></div> Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:56:54 +0000 gabriele.malvisi 2616296 at /node/2616225/media <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1758512799271881900</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2025-09-22 03:25</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> WASHINGTON: When US President Donald Trump berated an Australian reporter for asking an unpleasant question, his colleagues took that as a warning.<br /> With the administration planning to slash correspondent visas and issuing not-so-veiled warnings, foreign journalists find themselves under pressure in the United States.<br /> Earlier this week, a journalist from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation asked Trump about his business dealings while in office. Trump was visibly irritated.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/22/4641880-614635411.jpg" width="1130" height="753" alt="" title="White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf (L) hands an executive order to US President Donald Trump to sign in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 19, 2025 as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick looks on. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/main-category/media">Media</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/trumpreturns">Trump Returns</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/journalists">Journalists</a></div></div></div> Mon, 22 Sep 2025 03:52:11 +0000 rbksa 2616225 at /node/2616016/media <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2025-09-20 05:08</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday bashed US media coverage that he claimed was unduly negative and therefore “illegal,” stoking a debate over free speech following the suspension of comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s TV show by ABC.</p> <p> “They’ll take a great story and they’ll make it bad. See I think it’s really illegal, personally,” Trump, who has sued multiple major news organizations this year, told reporters gathered in the Oval Office.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/20/4641330-250151240.jpg" width="1200" height="800" alt="" title="People hold signs during a protest outside Disneyland in Anaheim, California, on September 19, 2025, after Jimmy Kimmel&#039;s late-night talk show was suspended for remarks he made regarding Charlie Kirk&#039;s assassination. Trump has expressed support for the suspension of Kimmel&#039;s show, which was critical of the president&#039;s policies. (Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/main-category/media">Media</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/jimmy-kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</a></div></div></div> Sat, 20 Sep 2025 02:26:23 +0000 romulo 2616016 at /node/2616009/media <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/arab-news">Arab News</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2025-09-20 01:48</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DUBAI: An Israeli attack on media offices in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on Sept. 10 that killed 31 journalists and media workers was the deadliest strike of its kind anywhere in the world in 16 years, according to media watchdog the Committee to Protect Journalists.</p> <p> Thirty of those who died worked for one of two newspapers, 26 September and Yemen. The offices for both were in the headquarters of the Moral Guidance Directorate, the media arm of the Houthi-controlled government, the CPJ said.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/20/4641316-128247955.jpg" width="1200" height="800" alt="" title="Israeli attack on media offices in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on Sept. 10 was the deadliest strike of its kind anywhere in the world in 16 years, according to media watchdog the Committee to Protect Journalists. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/main-category/media">Media</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/israel-0">#israel</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/yemen-0">#yemen</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/committee-protect-journalists-cpj">Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)</a></div></div></div> Fri, 19 Sep 2025 22:54:22 +0000 zaira.lakhpatwala 2616009 at /node/2615944/media <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/arab-news">Arab News</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2025-09-19 15:32</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LONDON: Taliban authorities have blocked fiber-optic internet across northern provinces of Afghanistan, claiming the move was necessary “to prevent immoral activities.”</p> <p> Local media report that as many as 10 provinces — including Kunduz, Badakhshan, Baghlan, Takhar, and Balkh — have been affected, leaving government offices, businesses, public institutions, and homes without fiber-optic access.</p> <p> The ban applies only to connections via fiber-optic cable, while mobile internet remains available, according to officials.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/19/4641149-95715863.jpg" width="1100" height="739" alt="" title="Taliban flag flutters near telecom equipment installed over a rooftop providing internet services overlooking Hazrat-e-Ali Shrine, or Blue Mosque, in Mazar-i-Sharif as the Taliban administration banned fibre-optic internet in Balkh province. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/main-category/media">Media</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></div></div></div> Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:37:33 +0000 sherouk.maher 2615944 at /node/2615878/media <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/225841">Reuters</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2025-09-19 04:31</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LOS ANGELES: US President Donald Trump on Thursday celebrated the suspension of talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves and said TV broadcasters should lose their licenses over negative coverage of his administration, adding fuel to a national debate over free speech.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/19/4640997-129358413.jpg" width="1200" height="800" alt="" title="About 150 demonstrators gathered on Thursday outside the Hollywood studio where “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is recorded to protest the decision to suspend the show. (Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/main-category/media">Media</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/jimmy-kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/trumpreturns">Trump Returns</a></div></div></div> Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:35:46 +0000 romulo 2615878 at /node/2615726/media <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/120821">AP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2025-09-18 03:23</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> WASHINGTON: Russia moved to amplify online conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk’s killing just hours after it happened, seeding social media with the frightening claim that America is slipping into civil war.<br /> Chinese and pro-Iranian groups also spread disinformation about the shooting, with those loyal to Iran’s interests backing antisemitic conspiracy theories while bots linked to Beijing claimed that Kirk’s death shows that the United States is violent, polarized and dysfunctional.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/18/4640628-1416960602.jpg" width="1200" height="800" alt="" title="Items are displayed in the makeshift memorial for Charlie Kirk outside the headquarters of Turning Point USA on September 17, 2025, in Phoenix, Arizona. (Getty Images via AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/main-category/media">Media</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/charlie-kirk">Charlie Kirk</a></div></div></div> Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:31:52 +0000 romulo 2615726 at /node/2615723/offbeat <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2025-09-18 02:06</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LOS ANGELES, US: Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night television show has been taken off the air “indefinitely” after the host was criticized for comments about the motives behind the killing of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, US network ABC said.<br /> The stunning decision to suspend one of the United States’ most popular and influential late-night shows comes as President Donald Trump has widened his legal attacks on media organizations that he accuses of bias against him.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/18/4640619-572896824.jpeg" width="1000" height="635" alt="" title="Jimmy Kimmel. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle/offbeat">Offbeat</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/world">World</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/main-category/media">Media</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/jimmy-kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</a></div></div></div> Wed, 17 Sep 2025 23:10:23 +0000 Mahad 2615723 at /node/2615710/media <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/arab-news">Arab News</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2025-09-18 00:11</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DUBAI: Snapchat has launched a localized wardrobe for Bitmojis that includes abayas and thobes in celebration of Saudi National Day on Sept. 23.</p> <p> The localization is the first of its kind for Snapchat internationally, the company said in a statement.</p> <p> Snapchat has previously introduced local attire through augmented reality lenses; however, this is the platform’s first time launching a dedicated wardrobe for Bitmojis.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/18/4640599-1207580880.png" width="2000" height="2000" alt="" title="Localization is the first of its kind for Snapchat internationally, the company said. (Supplied)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/main-category/media">Media</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/snapchat-saudi">snapchat saudi</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/snapchat">snapchat</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/snap-inc">SNAP INC</a></div></div></div> Wed, 17 Sep 2025 21:13:17 +0000 zaira.lakhpatwala 2615710 at /node/2615507/media <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/arab-news">Arab News</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2025-09-16 15:24</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> BEIRUT: Lebanon’s parliament should ensure that a draft media law it is considering upholds the right to freedom of expression, 14 Lebanese and international rights organizations urged on Tuesday.</p> <p> This includes decriminalizing defamation, blasphemy, insult and criticism of public officials; prohibiting pretrial detention in speech-related violations; and removing onerous restrictions on the establishment of media outlets.</p> <p> The calls come as the parliament’s Administration and Justice Committee is set to resume its discussion of the draft law on Tuesday.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/16/4640059-1561351034.jpg" width="1100" height="791" alt="" title="Newspapers displayed at a kiosk in Beirut, Lebanon. (File/Getty images)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/main-category/media">Media</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/lebanon">Lebanon</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/human-rights-watch-hrw">Human Rights Watch (HRW)</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/committee-protect-journalists-cpj">Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/reporters-without-borders-rsf">Reporters Without Borders (RSF)</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/lebanon-parliament">Lebanon parliament</a></div></div></div> Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:29:08 +0000 sherouk.maher 2615507 at