journalists

PARIS (AP) — Two journalists held hostage by the Taliban for 18 months in Afghanistan came home to France on Thursday to an emotional welcome and nationwide relief, but dogged by questions surrounding their liberation. Television reporter Herve Ghesquiere, 47, tears of joy in his eyes...

Four journalists covering the fighting in Libya for the New York Times are missing, the newspaper said Wednesday. The New York Times said the journalists, who included two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Shadid, were last in contact with their editors Tuesday morning from the town of...

-- Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a freelance journalist outside his home in Mosul on Thursday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. Hilal al-Ahmadi, 57, a freelance journalist for more than 30 years, was gunned down as he headed to work, the group said. His writings focused on...

French President of Journalists Without Borders Dominique Gerbaud speaks about kidnapped journalists. Fifty-seven journalists were killed around the world in 2010 as a consequence of their work, according to a report released Thursday by the international group Reporters Without Borders. The...

Russian investigators are searching for clues on yet another nearly fatal attack against a journalist Saturday, and authorities believe the assault is linked to his job. A Russian Investigative Committee spokesman told CNN that police are looking into closed-circuit security footage that showed...

2 Japanese TV journalists die on mountain SAITAMA, Japan, Two Japanese television journalists climbing a mountain to reach the site of a fatal helicopter crash were found dead Sunday, police confirmed. The two Nippon Television Network Corp. journalists were identified as reporter Yuji Kita...

BOGOTA – The killing of a veteran radio reporter by a motorcycle gunman in a northwestern state capital reignited concerns Saturday about the safety of journalists in Colombia. Clodomiro Castilla, a reporter and announcer at La Voz de Monteria radio, was gunned down on his front porch Friday...

LAGOS, Nigeria – Gunmen kidnapped three sports journalists Monday working for an African satellite channel in the oil-rich and restive Niger Delta, a region that has seen a lull in violence because of a government amnesty program, a colleague said. The SuperSport journalists, including two...

NKorea sentences 2 US journalists to 12 years jail -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea's top court convicted two American journalists and sentenced them to 12 years in a prison Monday, intensifying the reclusive...