Several Jordanian media outlets, including the state news agency Petra, the Jordan Daily portal, the leading newspaper Al-Dustour, and popular news sites Al-Ghad, Nayrouz, Al Balad News, Al Qubbah News, and Hala News, have published articles on the successful holding of the 13th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) in Baku.

The US State Department on Thursday urged Iran to cease its ongoing attacks on journalists and independent media, condemning the threats made against reporters and their families worldwide.

Russia announced on Monday that it is placing restrictions on 15 European media outlets in retaliation for earlier measures imposed by the European Union against Russian media.

Singapore Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng and Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam should withdraw threats of legal action against media outlets over their public interest reporting, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday, News.az reports citing foreign media.

The Taliban government, during a meeting with the managers of several media outlets in Kabul, informed them of new instructions that prohibit live broadcasting of political programs and criticize Taliban laws and policies, News.Az reports.

On Tuesday, Spain's Council of Ministers approved a 31-point legislative plan from the minority left-wing coalition government to combat disinformation in media and social platforms.

A raft of global institutions - including major banks, media outlets and airlines - have reported suffering a mass IT outage, News.Az reports citing BBC.