Pakistan Is Asked to Shut Down News Channel

The Defense Ministry asked the government to close the country’s largest television news station, whose anchorman was shot on Saturday.



Russia Is Quick to Bend Truth About Ukraine

Misinformation, exaggerations, conspiracy theories, overheated rhetoric and outright lies about the political crisis in Ukraine have emanated from the highest echelons of the Kremlin.



Facts Elusive in Kabul Death of Swedish Reporter

Afghan officials, however, continued to back a theory that Western intelligence agents were to blame in the death of Nils Horner.

    

Turkey Moves to Silence Dissenters, but With One Eye on Its Image Abroad

Turkey has mounted a balancing act, analysts say, of cracking down on critics of the government, but not so hard as to damage the country’s image abroad.

    



In Leaked Video, Egyptian Army Officers Debate How to Sway News Media

In the clip of Gen. Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi and senior officers before the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, the officers discuss pressuring the media into “self-censorship.”

    



Cal Whipple Dies at 94; Won 1943 Fight to Print Photo of War Dead

When censors refused Life magazine permission to publish a photo showing the bodies of three American soldiers, Mr. Whipple got President Franklin D. Roosevelt to reverse the decision.