UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Thursday led international outrage at the growing number of journalists killed in the line of duty amid widespread calls for greater protection for reporters. Ban told a World Press Freedom Day event at the UN headquarters that journalists now face “dire threats” and highlighted that…
PARIS — The body of US journalist Marie Colvin, killed in Syria along with French photographer Remi Ochlik, is to be repatriated “as soon as possible” after arriving in Paris on Sunday, the US embassy said. “I can confirm that her remains are here and will be repatriated to the…
Syrian authorities have found the bodies of US journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik in the Baba Amr district of powderkeg Homs Thursday after rebels retreated, the foreign ministry said. “Authorities this morning located the bodies of the two journalists, American Marie Colvin and Frenchman Remi Ochlik, in…