While journalists have freedom to report on some issues, many steer clear of topics that might offend militant Islamists or the country’s powerful military.
Pakistan’s media is among the freest in Asia, but…
Christian protesters and journalists run from tear gas during clashes between the protesters and riot police, a day after suicide attacks on two churches in Lahore March 16, 2015. Pakistani police broke up Christian protesters in the eastern city of Lahore with tear gas and baton charges on Monday, a day after suicide bombers killed at least 16 people outside two churches, police said. The protesters, angry at the lack of security for Christians in the majority-Muslim country, blocked a major highway in the city. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION) - RTR4TLB0
Cambodia construction sites emerge as a key issue ahead of June elections
In this Tuesday, March 21, 2017 photo, workers on scaffolding are silhouetted at a building construction site near Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
Construction is a major employer of the poor and low wages persist in the industry, despite a building boom and recent rapid economic growth.
Pope visits Egypt as Coptic Christians face difficult times
A billboard with a picture of Egyptian Coptic Pope Tawadros II, left, welcomes Pope Francis, at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, April 27, 2017. On Friday, Francis is scheduled to begin a two-day pilgrimage to Egypt aimed at lifting the spirits of Christians in the Middle East, whose numbers have rapidly dwindled in recent decades due to war, displacement and emigration. The visit will include a meeting with Egypt's president and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar as well as a Mass in a stadium on the outskirts of Cairo. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Pope Francis is visiting Egypt less than a month after more than 40 people were killed in three church attacks claimed by Islamic State militants.
History destroyed
A destroyed artifact is seen at the ancient city of Hatra, south of Mosul, Iraq April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE. - RTS145SG
Here’s what Iraqi soldiers found when they re-took the ancient city of Hatra, a World Heritage site that IS deemed ‘un-Islamic.’
Almost 5,000 Somali nationals face deportation despite safety concerns back home
Zahra Warsma (C) waits to greet her Somali family members who were initially denied entry into the U.S. because of the recent travel ban, in the international arrivals area at Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, U.S. February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX2ZVOU
Somalia’s ambassador to the US says immigration officials will no longer arrest illegal Somali immigrants in their homes or at their workplaces, but federal authorities have not confirmed any shift in policy.
Wide spectrum of groups to challenge Trump on climate change
Marchers with a group called Backbonecampaign.org from Vashon, Washington, march along 6th Ave. during the People's Climate March in New York Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
How a movement that started with a handful of scientists blossomed to include everyone from low-income people of color to major corporations.
Challenge to Trump’s travel ban has roots in World War II
A guard stands among Japanese nationals en route to Ellis Island on a harbor boat after they arrived in New York, Aug. 11, 1945, on the S.S. Santa Rosa from Europe. They are part of 158 Japanese nationals slated for internment as enemy aliens. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman)
Hawaii ‘s attorney general says disenfranchising an entire class of people is not the American way.
At 100-day mark, a ‘Trump Doctrine’ starts to take shape
U.S. President Donald Trump stands in the Oval Office following an interview with Reuters at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTS149CE
President Trump’s foreign policy is still a work in progress, but we’re learning more about his worldview.