A journalist has won her case against Australia’s national broadcaster, with a court ruling she was unfairly sacked over a social media post about the war in Gaza. Antoinette Lattouf said the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) fired her without “proper basis” or “due process” when her five-day contract as a fill-in radio presenter was cut … Read more
The man accused of being responsible for holding the missing American journalist Austin Tice has claimed that ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ordered his execution, security sources have told the BBC. Major General Bassam Al Hassan is a former commander in the Republican Guards who was part of President Assad’s inner circle. He was also … Read more
An Australian foreign correspondent was hit by what was understood to be a rubber bullet while reporting from Los Angeles. Channel Nine’s Lauren Tomasi is seen jumping in pain after the incident in which she was struck in the leg on Sunday. A law enforcement officer can be seen turning towards news cameras and firing … Read more
Australian television journalist Lauren Tomasi was hit in the leg by a rubber bullet on Sunday while reporting live from downtown Los Angeles on the large-scale protests over U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and subsequent deployment of California National Guard troops to the city. Tomasi, a 9News correspondent, was reporting live when an officer … Read more