CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A better understanding of debilitating head pain * Everyone gets headaches. But not everyone gets cluster headache attacks, a debilitating malady producing acute pain that lasts an hour or two. Cluster headache attacks come in sets -- hence the name -- and leave people in complete agony, unable to function. A little under 1 percent of the U.S. population suffers from cluster heada more PR

VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 12 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news: * * * Belarus: IPI welcomes exchange of 9 journalists, urges release of 27 more Dozens of political prisoners freed in unprecedented move by Lukashenko * The IPI global network welcomes the release of nine imprisoned journalists in Belarus, following a decision by the country's leader Alexander Lukashenko which was part of a deal brokered with the Trump administration. We call upon authorities led by L more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Sept. 10, 2025: * * * Suicide Squads and the Fight for Ukraine The Ukrainian frontline is a constantly shifting zone of attack and counter-attack under a sky filled with drones. David Kirichenko reports from the frontline. By David Kirichenko Russian soldiers on motorbikes speed across dirt fields, kicking up plumes of dust as artillery shells slam into the earth around them. These kamikaze-s more PR

LONDON, England, Sept. 12 -- PEN International issued the following news: * * * Freedom of Words - Words of the Free: Highlights from PEN International's 91st Congress in Krakow, Poland "At this Congress in Krakow we saw the importance of our shared mission. Writers from across the world came together to defend freedom of expression, to stand with those silenced by war, censorship, and exile, and to make sure that words remain free. Our solidarity and our words are our greatest strength." Bur more PR

VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 12 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news: * * * Georgia: Media Freedom groups condemn latest attacks on journalists by ruling party activists and police Latest serious physical attacks are the result of long-standing impunity for crimes against journalists in the country * IPI is joined by undersigned media freedom, journalists', and freedom of expression organizations in strongly condemning the recent physical and verbal attacks on independen more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 -- ProPublica, an independent nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2025: * * * Jessica Lussenhop to Host Forthcoming ProPublica Weekly Podcast ProPublica announced Wednesday that award-winning investigative journalist Jessica Lussenhop will become the host of its forthcoming weekly podcast. In the role, she will guide listeners through ProPublica's most compelling stories, uncovering corruption and abuses  more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 11 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Pakistan: Three journalists assaulted at Rawalpindi press conference * 11 September 2025 # Three journalists were allegedly attacked at a press conference held by Aleema Khan, the sister of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Rawalpindi on September 8. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union  more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 11 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Swedish journalist Joakim Medin for #PressTalks: "Journalism is not a crime, and it should stay that way" * In a new EFJ "#PressTalks" episode, Swedish foreign reporter Joakim Medin for the newspaper Dagens ETC shares his story as a journalist imprisoned for 51 days in a Turkish prison on terrorism charges. Joakim is a member of the Swedish Union of Journalists (SJF) and benefitted from s more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 12 -- The European Broadcasting Union issued the following news release: * * * World media bodies join EBU in urging U.S. Government not to restrict visas for foreign journalists The European Broadcasting Union, with over 100 media organizations, urges the U.S. government to withdraw a Department of Homeland Security proposal limiting foreign journalist visas to 240 days. This proposal undermines press freedom, disrupts reporting continuity, and harms global reporti more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Yemen: Journalists Under Assault * * Yemen's warring parties - particularly the Houthis, the Southern Transitional Council, and the Yemeni government - have committed serious human rights violations against journalists in Yemen. * Targeting journalists and media institutions has encroached on freedom of expression. Many journalists have fled the country and those who remained have limited  more PR