Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Iran’s capital Tehran. His death has been confirmed in separate statements by the Palestinian group that runs the Gaza Strip and Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Here are some reactions to Haniyeh’s death, starting with the actors closest to the situation: Hamas “This assassination by…

Detention of reporters for covering sensitive news is having a ‘chilling’ effect on free media in Somalia, say rights groups. The arrest of a journalist for reporting on drug use in the Somali military is the latest incident in an apparent clampdown on critical reporting in the country, which is having a “chilling” effect on…