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RSF publishes list of press freedom 'predators': 'Dictators want to silence journalists'

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” His warning captures the central democratic dilemma explored in this interview marking the United Nations' International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. As journalists confront lethal violence, imprisonment, political intimidation and increasingly hostile working environments, the struggle for press freedom has become inseparable from a more fundamental question: who controls the public's access to truth? For RSF, press freedom is not simply a journalist's right to speak, but society's right to know.

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Iran says "ball is in the U.S. court" on any deal to end the war

Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson said Monday that the next move in the standoff with the United States is for President Trump to make. "The ball is in the U.S. court, because our demands have been stated very clearly and transparently, and Iran's demands are reasonable and logical," Esmaeil Baqaei told journalists in Tehran. President Trump rejected the initial proposal, but both sides have since exchanged revisions, and Mr. Trump has said repeatedly in recent weeks that he just needs to make a decision on whether to launch new attacks on Iran, or to make a deal to end the war.

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Fake alerts warn of nuclear danger as Ukraine and Russia report emergency app hacks

Nuclear danger, radiation threat and street combat: Ukrainians received a wave of messages Sunday night that raised alarm with a series of grave — and baseless — warnings. Authorities said the country’s emergency alert application had been targeted in a cyberattack, and hours later Russia said its own alert system had also been hacked. The dueling accusations came just as a rare humanitarian ceasefire between the two sides ended, raising fears of intensified fighting rather than a move toward broader peace.