Recommended News Sources

Below is a list of news sources recommended by the US Department Of State Operations Center (Ops). Each news source is categorized by the country that they operate in.

WORLD NEWS:

WHA (generally) 

LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/latinamerica/

Latin American Herald Tribune: http://www.laht.com/

EFE: http://www.efe.com/efe/noticias/english/4

LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/latinamerica/

Merco Press (South Atlantic News Agency): http://en.mercopress.com/ 

Central America (generally)

Latin American Advisor: https://www.thedialogue.org/latin-america-advisor/

Central America Business News: https://www.centralamericadata.com/es/static/home

Caribbean (generally)

Caribbean News: http://www.caribbeannewsnow.com/

COUNTRY-SPECIFIC

Argentina

Buenos Aires Herald:  http://www.buenosairesherald.com/   [Note:  As of 1/17/20, website under construction] 

Infobae (Spanish):  https://www.infobae.com/america/ 

Clarin (Spanish):  https://www.clarin.com/ 

La Nacion (Spanish):  https://www.lanacion.com.ar/ 

The Bahamas

The Nassau Guardian:  http://www.thenassauguardian.com/ 

Barbados 

Nation News:  http://www.nationnews.com/ 

Belize

Amandala:  http://amandala.com.bz/news/ (check on Wednesdays and Mondays only) 

Belize Times - http://www.belizetimes.biz/ 

The Reporter:  http://www.reporter.bz/ 

San Pedro Sun:  http://www.sanpedrosun.com/ 

Breaking Belize News:  https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/ 

Channel Seven:  http://www.7newsbelize.com/ 

Channel Five:  http://edition.channel5belize.com/ 

LoveFM News:  http://www.lovefm.com/ 

KremTV:  https://www.facebook.com/KremTelevision 

Bolivia

https://eldeber.com.bo/ (Spanish) 

http://paginasiete.bo/ (Spanish) 

http://la-razon.com/  (Spanish) 

http://lostiempos.com/ (Spanish) 

http://abi.bo/   

Brazil

Rio Times:  http://riotimesonline.com/# 

Folha de S.Paolo: https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/ 

O Globo (Portuguese):  https://oglobo.globo.com/  

Folha (Portuguese):  https://www.folha.uol.com.br/  

Estadão (Portuguese):  https://www.estadao.com.br/  

Correio Braziliense (Portuguese):  https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/   

Valor Econômico (Portuguese):  https://valor.globo.com/    

Estado de Minas (Portuguese):  https://www.em.com.br/  

Zero Hora https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/    

Veja (Portuguese):  https://veja.abril.com.br/    

Isto É (Portuguese):  https://istoe.com.br/   

Época (Portuguese):  https://epoca.globo.com/   

GloboNews (Portuguese):  https://g1.globo.com/globonews/ 

TV Globo (Portuguese):  https://redeglobo.globo.com/ 

SBT (Portuguese):  https://www.sbt.com.br/ 

TV Record (Portuguese):  https://recordtv.r7.com/ 

TV Record News (Portuguese):  https://noticias.r7.com/record-news 

TV Brasil (Portuguese):  http://tvbrasil.ebc.com.br/ 

TV Band News (Portuguese):  https://www.band.uol.com.br/ 

G1 (Portuguese):  https://g1.globo.com/ 

UOL (Portuguese):  https://www.uol.com.br/ 

Canada

The Globe and Mail:  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/ 

The Star:  http://www.thestar.com/ 

CTV News:  https://www.ctvnews.ca/ 

CBC/Radio:  https://www.cbc.ca/news 

National Newswatch:  https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/ 

National Post Online World News:  http://www.nationalpost.com/news/index.html 

Chile

Santiago Times: http://www.santiagotimes.cl/ 

BioBio (Spanish):  https://www.biobiochile.cl/    

La Tercera (Spanish):  https://www.latercera.com/ (3 free articles per month)   

Emol (Spanish) - https://www.emol.com/   

Colombia

Colombia Reports:  http://colombiareports.com/  

https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/ (Spanish) 

https://www.eltiempo.com/ (Spanish) 

https://noticias.caracoltv.com/ (Spanish) 

https://www.semana.com/ (Spanish) 

Costa Rica

Inside Costa Rica:  http://insidecostarica.com/ 

La Nacion (Spanish):  www.nacion.com 

Diario Extra (Spanish):  www.diarioextra.com 

La Republica (Spanish):  www.larepublica.net 

CR Hoy (Spanish):  www.crhoy.com 

La Prensa Libre (Spanish):  www.prensalibre.co.cr 

Tico Times (Spanish):  www.ticotimes.net 

Channel 7 (Spanish):  www.teletica.com 

Repretel / Channels 6 and 11 (Spanish):  www.repretel.com 

Extra TV 42 (Spanish):  www.extratv42.com    

Telediario Channel 8 (Spanish):  www.multimedios.cr  

Radio Columbia (Spanish):  www.columbia.co.cr 

Radio Monumental (Spanish):  www.monumental.co.cr  

Cuba

Miami Herald:  miamiherald.com   

El Nuevo Herald (Spanish):  Spanish language Miami daily (https://www.elnuevoherald.com/) 

Granma (Spanish):  Cuba’s official paper (http://www.granma.cu/) 

Diario de Cuba (Spanish):  https://diariodecuba.com/ 

Radio & TV Marti (Spanish):  https://www.radiotelevisionmarti.com/ 

Dominican Republic

DR1:  http://www.dr1.com/index.php 

Dutch Antilles

(Note: Formally dissolved in 2010; all still affiliated with Netherlands as autonomous countries w/in Netherlands or as autonomous special municipalities of Netherlands)

The Daily Herald (Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sin Eustatius, Sin Maarten - formerly Dutch Antilles) - http://www.thedailyherald.com/ (Note: As of 1/18/20, website under construction.) 

Ecuador

El Comercio (Spanish) 

El Universo (Spanish) 

Expreso (Spanish) 

La Hora (Spanish) 

El Telégrafo (Spanish) 

Vistazo Newsmagazine (Spanish) 

Plan V (Digital)  (Spanish) 

Primicias (Digital) (Spanish) 

GK (Digital)  (Spanish) 

La Republica (Spanish) 

TC Television (TV) (Spanish)  

Ecuavisa (TV) (Spanish) 

Teleamazonas (TV) (Spanish) 

El Salvador

La Prensa Grafica (Spanish):  https://www.laprensagrafica.com/usa/ 

El Diario de Hoy (Spanish):  https://www.elsalvador.com/ 

El Diario Latino Co Latino (Spanish):  https://www.diariocolatino.com/ 

Elfaro (Spanish):  https://elfaro.net/ 

Telecorporación Salvadoreña (need login):  https://www.tcsgo.com/ 

Red Salvadoreña de Medios (Spanish):  http://www.canal12.com.sv/ 

Megavision (Spanish):  http://megavision.com.sv/inicio/ 

YSKL La Poderosa (Spanish):  https://radioyskl.com/ 

Pencho y Aida” on Radio Fuego (107.7 FM) (Spanish):  https://tunein.com/radio/Pencho-y-Ada-FM-s268869/ 

Guatemala

Prensa Libre (Spanish):  https://www.prensalibre.com/ 

La Hora (Spanish):  https://lahora.gt/ 

Nomada (Spanish):  https://nomada.gt/ 

Haiti

Haiti Libre:  http://www.haitilibre.com/en/ 

The Haitian Times:  http://www.haitiantimes.com/ 

Miami Herald:  www.miamiherald.com    

Note: Following are in French or Kreyol (updated 12/20/19)

RFM (104.9):  http://www.rfmhaiti.com (Note:  As of 1/18/20, website under construction.) 

Le Nouvelliste:  http://www.lenouvelliste.com 

Le National:  http://www.lenational.ht 

Haiti Press Network:  http://www.hpnhaiti.com  

Loop Haiti:  http://www.loophaiti.com/ 

Rezo Nòdwès:   https://rezonodwes.com/ 

VantBèfInfo:  https://www.vantbefinfo.com/ 

Juno7:  https://info.juno7.ht/ 

Haiti Libre:  https://www.haitilibre.com/ 

AlterPresse:  http://www.alterpresse.org 

Radio Metropole (100.1):  http://www.metropolehaiti.com  

Scoop FM (107.7):  http://www.scoopfmhaiti.com  

Kiskeya (88.5):  http://www.radiokiskeya.com  

Radio Solidarite (107.3):  http://www.radiosolidaritehaiti.net 

Honduras

La Prensa (Spanish):  https://www.laprensa.hn/ 

La Tribuna (Spanish):  https://www.latribuna.hn/ 

El Heraldo (Spanish):  https://www.elheraldo.hn/ 

Proceso Digital (Spanish):  https://www.proceso.hn/ 

Radio HRN (Spanish):  https://streema.com/radios/Radio_Nacional_de_Honduras 

Jamaica

Jamaica Observer:  http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/ 

Mexico

Oaxaca Times:  http://oaxacatimes.com/ 

Banderas News:  http://www.banderasnews.com/ 

Yucatan Times:  http://www.theyucatantimes.com/ 

Mexico Star:  https://www.mexicostar.com/ 

Mexico Daily News: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/ 

El Universal English:  https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english  

La Jornada (Spanish):  https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas   

La Reforma (Spanish):  https://www.reforma.com/   

AP News Mexico:  https://apnews.com/Mexico 

Reuters News Mexico:  https://www.reuters.com/places/mexico 

Bloomberg News Mexico:  https://www.bloomberg.com/latam/blog/category/mexico/ 

Twitter handles for Major US and International Bureau Chiefs in Mexico:

Bloomberg @EMPosts 

AP @EECastilloAP        

AP @chrisshermanAP 

The Economist @richardjensor 

Financial Times @jude_webber 

NYT @azamsahmed 

WSJ @davidluhnow 

Washington Post @ksieff 

Montserrat

The Montserrat Reporter:  http://www.themontserratreporter.com/ 

Nicaragua

La Prensa (Spanish):  https://www.laprensa.com.ni/ 

Confidencial (Spanish):  https://confidencial.com.ni/ 

Radio Corporación (Spanish):  https://radio-corporacion.com/ 

Channel 10 (Spanish):   

    https://www.youtube.com/user/accion10nicaragua  

    http://www.canal10.com.ni/ 

Panama

The Panama News:  http://www.thepanamanews.com/category/news 

La Estrella de Panama (Spanish):  https://www.laestrella.com.pa/economia/191212/191211-china-lac-deja-derrama-economica 

Panama America (Spanish):  https://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/ 

TVN (Spanish):  https://www.tvn-2.com/  

Telemetro (Spanish):  https://www.telemetro.com/ 

NextTV (Spanish):  https://www.nexpanama.com/ 

RPC Radio (Spanish):  https://www.rpcradio.com/ 

Radio Panama (Spanish):  https://www.radiopanama.com.pa/ 

Paraguay

ABC Color (Spanish):  https://www.abc.com.py/   

Ultima Hora (Spanish):  www.ultimahora.com  

La Nacion (Spanish):  https://www.lanacion.com.py/   

Radio Nanduti (Spanish):  http://www.nanduti.com.py   

Peru

https://rpp.pe/ (Spanish)  

https://canaln.pe/ (Spanish)  

https://andina.pe/agencia/ (Spanish; also has English website with some of the Spanish content) 

Trinidad & Tobago

The Guardian:  http://www.guardian.co.tt/ 

Uruguay

Montevideo Portal (Spanish):  https://www.montevideo.com.uy/  

El País (Spanish):  https://www.elpais.com.uy/  

Subrayado (Spanish):  https://www.subrayado.com.uy/ 

Radio Monte Carlo (Spanish):  https://www.radiomontecarlo.com.uy/   

Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands Daily News:  http://virginislandsdailynews.com/news   

EAP: updated 01/18/2020

General: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news 

Xinhua News (China) - http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/  

People’s Daily (China) - http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/  

South China Morning Post (China) - http://www.scmp.com/  

China Daily (China) - http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/  

Global Times (China) - http://www.globaltimes.cn/ (not authoritative for China news - verify with Post) 

Montsame (Mongolia) - https://montsame.mn/en/  

NewsMN (Mongolia) - https://news.mn/en/  

Kyodo News (Japan) – https://english.kyodonews.net/  

Asahi Shimbun (Japan) - http://www.asahi.com/ajw/  

Japan Times (Japan) - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/  

JiJi Press (Japan) - https://jen.jiji.com/ 

Nikkei (Japan) - https://asia.nikkei.com/  

Korea Herald (ROK) - http://www.koreaherald.com/  

Yonhap News Agency (ROK) - http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr  

Korean Times (ROK) - http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/index.asp  

Radio Korea International (ROK) - http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/  

Arirang (ROK) - http://www.arirang.co.kr/Index.asp?sys_lang=Eng  

KCNA Watch (DPRK) https://kcnawatch.org/  

NK NEWS (DPRK)  https://www.nknews.org/  

MCOT (Thailand) - http://www.mcot.net/news/enews  

Bangkok Post (Thailand) - http://www.bangkokpost.com/  

The Nation (Thailand) - http://www.nationmultimedia.com/  

Mizzima (Burma) - http://www.mizzima.com/  

Irrawady (Burma) - http://www.irrawaddy.org/  

Vientiane Times (Laos) - http://www.vientianetimes.com/Headlines.html  

The Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia) - http://www.phnompenhpost.com/  

Myanmar Times (Myanmar) - https://www.mmtimes.com/  

Frontier Myanmar (Myanmar) - https://frontiermyanmar.net/en  

Viet Nam News (Vietnam) – http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/  

Hanoi Times (Vietnam) - http://hanoitimes.com.vn/  

Tuoi Tre News (Vietnam) - https://tuoitrenews.vn/  

VnExpress International (Vietnam) - https://e.vnexpress.net/  

Khmer Times (Cambodia) - https://www.khmertimeskh.com/   

VOD (Cambodia) - https://vodenglish.news/  

The Star (Malaysia) – http://thestar.com.my/  

New Straits Times (Malaysia) - http://www.nst.com.my/  

Malaysiakini (Malaysia) - http://www.malaysiakini.com/  

Bernama, (Malaysia) - http://bernama.com/en/  

Straits Times (Singapore) - http://www.straitstimes.com/  

Jakarta Post (Indonesia) - http://www.thejakartapost.com/  

Jakarta Globe (Indonesia) - https://jakartaglobe.id/  

Antara (Indonesia) - http://www.antaranews.com/en/  

The Inquirer (Philippines) – http://www.inquirer.net/  

Manila Times (Philippines) - http://www.manilatimes.net/  

Philippines Star (Philippines) - http://www.philstar.com/nation  

Rappler (Philippines) - http://www.rappler.com/  

Philippines expat - http://globalnation.inquirer.net/  

ABS-CBN (Philippines) - https://news.abs-cbn.com/  

The Business Mirror (Philippines) - https://news.abs-cbn.com/  

Manila Bulletin (Philippines) - https://mb.com.ph/  

The Scoop (Brunei) - https://thescoop.co/  

Borneo Bulletin (Brunei) - http://www.borneobulletin.com.bn/  

Taiwan Today (Taiwan) - http://www.taiwantoday.tw/  

Taipei Times (Taiwan) - http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/  

The Age (Australia) - http://www.theage.com.au/  

The Australian (Australia) - http://www.theaustralian.com.au/  

Daily Telegraph (Australia) - http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/  

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) - http://www.smh.com.au/  

Herald Sun (Australia) - http://www.heraldsun.com.au/  

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand) - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/  

The Dominion Post (New Zealand) - http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/  

Radio New Zealand (overall Pacific coverage) - https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news  

Fiji Times (Fiji) - http://www.fijitimes.com/  

Fiji Sun (Fiji) - http://fijisun.com.fj/  

Island Times (Palau) - http://islandtimes.us/  

Kaselehlie Press (FSM) - http://www.kpress.info/  

Marshall Island Journal (RMI) – https://marshallislandsjournal.com/  

Post Courier (PNG) - http://www.postcourier.com.pg/  

The National (PNG) - https://www.thenational.com.pg/  

EMTV (PNG) - https://emtv.com.pg/  

Solomon Star News (Solomon Islands) - https://www.solomonstarnews.com/  

Vanuatu Daily Post (Vanuatu) - https://dailypost.vu/  

Matangi Tonga (Tonga) - http://matangitonga.to/  

DPRK: (Updated 12/10/21)

The Daily NK:  https://twitter.com/The_Daily_NK 

NK News:  https://twitter.com/nknewsorg 

KCNA Watch:  https://twitter.com/KCNAWatch 

HRNK:  https://twitter.com/committeeHRNK 

Stimson Center / 38North:  https://twitter.com/38NorthNK 

CSIS Beyond Parallel:  https://twitter.com/BeyondCSISKorea 

Korea Center (Wilson Center):  https://twitter.com/korea_center 

Victor Cha (CSIS Korea Chair):  https://twitter.com/VictorDCha 

Andrei Lankov:  https://twitter.com/andreilankov 

Jeong Min Kim: https://twitter.com/jeongminnkim 

William Gallo (VOA):  https://twitter.com/GalloVOA 

Ankit Panda:  https://twitter.com/nktpnd 

Sue Mi Terry: https://twitter.com/suemiterry 

ROK: (Updated 12/11/21)

ROK Government:  

    https://twitter.com/RokEmbDC (ROK Embassy in DC) 

    https://twitter.com/MOFAkr_eng (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 

    https://twitter.com/TheBlueHouseENG (The Office of President Moon Jae-in) 

News Organizations:

https://twitter.com/YonhapNews (Yonhap News Agency) 

https://twitter.com/TheKoreaHerald (The Korea Herald) 

https://twitter.com/JoongAngDaily (JoongAng Daily) 

Think Tanks and Related Organizations:

https://twitter.com/KoreaChair_EU (KF-VUB Korea Chair) 

https://twitter.com/KoreaEconInst (Korea Economic Institute) 

https://twitter.com/asaninst (The Asan Institute) 

Individuals:

https://twitter.com/BBCLBicker (Laura Bicker, BBC) 

https://twitter.com/j3nnyt0wn (Jenny Town) 

SCA:

Dawn (Pakistan) - http://www.dawn.com/ 

Express Tribune (Pakistan) - http://tribune.com.pk/pakistan/ 

GEO (Pakistan) - http://www.geo.tv/GeoCategory.aspx?ID=1  

Daily Times (Pakistan) - http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/ 

Pakistan Tribune (Pakistan) - http://www.paktribune.com/ 

Pakistan Observer (Pakistan) - http://pakobserver.net/ 

Frontier Post (Pakistan) - http://www.thefrontierpost.com/ 

The News (Pakistan) - http://www.thenews.com.pk/ 

The Hindu (India) - http://www.thehindu.com/ 

Times of India (India) - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ 

Hindustan Times (India) – http://www.hindustantimes.com/ 

India Express (India) – http://www.indianexpress.com/ 

Press Trust of India (India) - http://www.ptinews.com/ 

New India Express (India) - http://newindianexpress.com/ 

Telegraph (Calcutta India) - http://www.telegraphindia.com/ 

First Post (India) -  http://www.firstpost.com/ 

NDTV (India) - http://www.ndtv.com/ 

India Today (India) - http://indiatoday.intoday.in/ 

News India-Times (India) - http://www.newsindia-times.com 

Asian Age (India mostly) – http://www.asianage.com/ 

Pajhwok Afghan News (Afghanistan) - http://www.pajhwok.com/ 

Khaama Press (Afghanistan) - http://www.khaama.com/ 

Tolo News (Afghanistan) - http://www.tolonews.com/ 

Bangladesh Today (Bangladesh) - http://www.thebangladeshtoday.com/ 

Daily Star (Bangladesh) - http://www.thedailystar.net/ 

News24 (Bangladesh) - http://bdnews24.com/ 

United News of Bangladesh (Bangladesh) - http://www.unbnews.org/ 

Nepal News (Nepal) - http://www.nepalnews.com/  

The Himalayan Times (Nepal) – http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/ 

Telegraph Nepal (Nepal) -http://www.telegraphnepal.com/headline 

Colombo Page (Sri Lanka) - http://www.colombopage.com/ 

Daily News (Sri Lanka) - http://www.dailynews.lk/ 

The News Agency, 24.kg (Kyrgyzstan) - http://eng.24.kg/ 

Kabar (Kyrgyzstan) - http://kabar.kg/eng/ 

AKI Press (Kyrgyzstan) - http://www.akipress.com/ 

Kuensel Online (Bhutan) - http://www.kuenselonline.com/ 

The Golden Age (Turkmenistan) - http://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm/_eng/?rub=2 

Turkmenistan.ru (Turkmenistan) - http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/ 

Khovar (Tajikistan) - http://www.khovar.tj/eng/ 

UzReport (Uzbekistan) - http://uzreport.uz/?lan=e 

UzDaily (Uzbekistan) - http://www.uzdaily.com/ 

Eurasia Net - http://www.eurasianet.org/ 

Times of Central Asia - http://www.timesca.com/ 

NEA:

Al-Jazeera - http://english.aljazeera.net/ 

Al-Arabiya - http://english.alarabiya.net/ 

Al-Bawaba - http://www.albawaba.com/news 

Haaretz (Israel) – http://www.haaretz.com/ (subscription only) (Quite reliable and well-sourced across the board, but not always consistent or careful about distinguishing news reporting from editorial speculation.)   

Jerusalem Post (Israel) - http://www.jpost.com/ (Inconsistently reliable on Israeli domestic politics, sometimes behind-the-curve or off-base on national security issues, and consistently unreliable on Palestinian issues.)  

YNetNews (Israel) - http://www.ynetnews.com/  (Occasional scoops, but inconsistent standards, and often gets key facts wrong.)   

Times of Israel (Israel) -  http://www.timesofisrael.com  (The most timely and reliably accurate source of information, particularly on Israeli national security issues and domestic Israeli politics.)   

Arutz Sheva (Israel) –  http://www.israelnationalnews.com/  (Slanted and unreliable) 

Maan News (Palestine) - http://www.maannews.net/eng/Default.aspx 

WAFA (Palestine) –  http://english.wafa.ps/ (The official PA news agency.  Very reliable for statements by PA and PLO officials.  News, not so much.) 

MRN (Iran) - http://en.mehrnews.com/ 

Fars News Agency (Iran) – http://english.farsnews.com/ 

Press TV (Iran) - http://www.presstv.ir/ 

Arab News (Saudi Arabia) - http://arabnews.com/ 

Al-Sharq al-Awsat (Saudi Arabia/pan-Arab) http://www.aawsat.net 

SANA (Syria) - http://sana.sy/en 

Naharnet (Lebanon) - http://www.naharnet.com/ 

Daily News Egypt (Egypt) – http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/ 

Ahram Online (Egypt) - http://english.ahram.org.eg 

The Daily Star (Lebanon) - http://www.dailystar.com.lb/ 

NOW Media (Lebanon) - https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en 

Jordan Times (Jordan) - http://www.jordantimes.com/ 

Tunisia Africa News Agency (Tunisia) - http://www.tap.info.tn/en 

Libya Herald (Libya) - http://www.libyaherald.com/ 

Alsumaria TV (Iraq) - http://www.alsumaria.tv/en/home.html 

Saba Net - Yemen News Agency (Yemen) - http://www.sabanews.net/en/  

Gulf News (UAE) -  http://gulfnews.com/ 

The National (UAE) - http://www.thenational.ae/ 

Go Dubai News/Gulf Today (UAE) - http://www.godubai.com/gulftoday/main.asp 

Khaleej Times (UAE) - http://www.khaleejtimes.com 

Arab Times Online (Kuwait) – http://www.arabtimesonline.com/ 

Gulf Times (Qatar) - http://www.gulf-times.com/ 

The Moroccan Times (Morocco) - http://themoroccantimes.com/  

Bahrain News Agency (Bahrain) - https://www.bna.bh/portal/en/latest-news  

Times of Oman (Oman) - http://timesofoman.com/  

Note:  Embassy Baghdad does not consider Kurdistan 24 to be a reliable source. 

AF:

BBC Africa - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/africa/ 

Africa Review - http://www.africareview.com/-/979156/979156/-/125aggy/-/index.html 

All Africa - http://allafrica.com/ 

RFI English - http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa 

News 24 (South Africa) - http://www.news24.com/Content 

Mail & Guardian (South Africa) - http://www.mg.co.za/ 

Business Today (South Africa) - http://www.businessday.co.za/ 

The Star (South Africa) - http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=132&fSetId=68 

Times Live (South Africa) - http://www.timeslive.co.za/ 

IOL (Pan/South Africa) - http://www.iol.co.za/  

SABC (South Africa) - http://www.sabc.co.za/news 

New Times (Rwanda) - http://www.newtimes.co.rw/ 

The Nation (Kenya) - http://www.nation.co.ke/ 

Capital FM (Kenya) - http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/ 

The Star (Kenya) - http://www.the-star.co.ke/ 

The Standard (Kenya) - http://www.standardmedia.co.ke   

Sudan Tribune (Sudan) - http://www.sudantribune.com/ 

Sudan Daily Vision (Sudan) - http://news.sudanvisiondaily.com/ 

South Sudan Nation (South Sudan) - http://www.southsudannation.com/ 

Midnimo (Somalia) - http://www.midnimo.com/category/english-news/ 

Hiiraan Online (Somalia) - http://www.hiiraan.com/ 

IPP Media (Tanzania) - http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/index.php 

The Daily Monitor (Uganda) - http://www.monitor.co.ug/ 

New Vision (Uganda) – http://www.newvision.co.ug/ 

The Observer (Uganda) - http://www.observer.ug/ 

Osun Defender (Nigeria) - http://www.osundefender.org/ 

Vanguard (Nigeria) – http://www.vanguardngr.com/ 

ZimEye (Zimbabwe) – http://www.zimeye.org/?cat=3 

The Zimbabwean (Zimbabwe/UK) - http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ 

The Independent (Zimbabwe) - http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ 

SW Radio Africa (Zimbabwe) - http://www.swradioafrica.com/ 

Nehanda Radio (Zimbabwe) - http://nehandaradio.com/ 

ANGOP (Angola) - http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/portal/capa/index.html 

Equatorial Guinea Press (Equatorial Guinea) - http://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/?lang=en 

Ghana News Agency (Ghana) - http://www.ghananewsagency.org/ 

Business Ghana (Ghana) - http://businessghana.com/portal/news/ 

All Ghana News (Ghana) - http://www.allghananews.com/# 

The New Dawn (Liberia) - http://www.thenewdawnliberia.com/ 

The Daily Times (Malawi) -  http://www.times.mw  

The Nation (Malawi) - http://www.mwnation.com/ 

Nyasa Times (Malawi) http://www.nyasatimes.com/ 

Times of Zambia (Zambia) - http://www.times.co.zm/ 

Zambia Daily Mail (Zambia) - http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/ 

Asmarino (Eritrea) - http://asmarino.com/news/ 

Walta Info (Ethiopia) - http://www.waltainfo.com/ 

Cameroon Online (Cameroon) - http://www.cameroononline.org/ 

Namibia Economist (Namibia) - http://www.economist.com.na/ 

The Namibian (Namibia) - http://www.namibian.com.na/  

New Era (Namibia) - http://www.newera.com.na/ 

APA News (Regional) - http://www.apanews.net/index-eng.php 

Africa.com (Regional) - http://www.africa.com/news/ 
Ethiopia Twitter Accounts to follow (updated 12/10/21): 

@MapEthiopia 

Martin Plaut – UK based, institute of Commonwealth Studies, Eritrea watcher 

Ketjil Tronvoll – Norwegian Horn watcher, Bjørknes University College and Oslo Analytica 

Dan Connell – Boston University Africa Studies Center, long time Eritrea watcher (and AF contact) 

Rashid Abdi – Fmr. International Crisis Group and journalist, now Nairobi-based independent analyst and Horn watcher 

Alex de Waal – Tufts Fletcher, Horn watcher 

Cameron Hudson – Atlantic Council Africa Center 

Michael Rubin – AEI 

Alan Boswell – International Crisis Group (runs “The Horn” podcast) 

William Davison - International Crisis Group Ethiopia Analyst 

Judd Devermont – CSIS Africa Program (former NIO for Africa) 

Laeticia Bader – Human Rights Watch Horn director 

Declan Walsh – New York Times (was on the ground in Tigray this summer) 

Sudan

https://twitter.com/SUNA_AGENCY (Official, Arabic) 

https://twitter.com/RadioDabanga (Independent, Arabic and English) 

https://twitter.com/SudanTribune_EN (Diaspora, English) 

https://twitter.com/SudanTribune_AR (Diaspora, Arabic) 

https://twitter.com/alsudani_news (Conservative, Arabic) 

https://twitter.com/Sudan_tweet (Aggregator, Arabic) 

https://twitter.com/SudanewsSudan (Aggregator, Arabic) 

PM Abdalla Hamdok:  https://twitter.com/SudanPMHamdok 

Wasil Ali (former Sudan Tribune editor, now at Axios):  https://twitter.com/wasilalitaha 

Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors:  https://twitter.com/SdDoctors 

Sudan Professionals Association:  https://twitter.com/AssociationSd 

Minni Minawi (SLA-MM rebel leader):  https://twitter.com/ArkoMinawi 

https://twitter.com/SkyNewsArabia_B 

https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Brk 

Jonas Horner, ICG Sudan Senior Analyst:  https://twitter.com/jonas_horner 

Josh Meservey, Heritage Foundation Africa Head:  https://twitter.com/JMeservey 

Lauren Blanchard, CRS Africa Researcher:  https://twitter.com/LaurenBinDC 

Cameron Hudson, Atlantic Council Africa Center:  https://twitter.com/_hudsonc 

Joe Tucker, USIP Sudan Lead:  https://twitter.com/jos_tucker 

Bob Fairweather, UK SE for Sudan and South Sudan:  https://twitter.com/RobertF40396660 

UNITAMS:  https://twitter.com/UNITAMS 

Volker Perthes, UN SRSG for Sudan:  https://twitter.com/volkerperthes 

EUR:

BBC - news.bbc.co.uk 

London Times (UK) – http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/   

The Guardian (UK) – http://www.guardian.co.uk/ 

The Telegraph (UK) - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ 

The Independent (UK) - http://www.independent.co.uk/ 

Financial Times (UK) - http://www.ft.com/world/europe   

Corrierea della Serra (Italy) - http://corriera.it/english  

Deutsche Welle (Germany) - http://www.dw-world.de/english 

Frankfurter Allegemeine (Germany) in German - http://www.faz.net/s/homepage.html  

Der Spiegel (Germany) - http://www.spiegel.de/international/ 

Norway Post (Norway) - http://www.norwaypost.no/index.php 

Irish Independent (Ireland) - http://www.independent.ie/ 

Irish Times (Ireland) - http://www.irishtimes.com/ 

France24 (France) - http://www.france24.com/en/france 

RFI (France) - http://www.english.rfi.fr/france 

Conexion France (France) - http://www.connexionfrance.com/ 

Le Figaro (France) in French – http://www.lefigaro.fr/ 

Le Monde (France) in French - http://www.lemonde.fr/ 

Flanders News (Belgium) - http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english 

Dutch Daily News (Netherlands) - http://www.dutchdailynews.com/dutch/news/ 

Dutch News (Netherlands) - http://www.dutchnews.nl/ 

El Pais (Spain) - https://elpais.com/elpais/inenglish.html  

El Mundo (Spain) in Spanish - http://www.elmundo.es/ 

El Pais (Spain) in Spanish - http://www.elpais.com/global/ 

ABC (Spain) in Spanish - https://www.abc.es/ 

Expresso (Portugal) in Portuguese - https://expresso.pt/ 

Delano (Luxembourg) – http://delano.lu  

Meduza (Russia) https://meduza.io/en 

Interfax (Russia) http://www.interfax.com/ 

TASS (Russia) https://tass.com/ 

The Moscow Times (Russia) https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ 

RT (Russia) https://www.rt.com/ 

BBC Russia https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/ce1qrvlegnyt/russia 

The Kyiv Post (Ukraine) - http://www.kyivpost.com/ 

Interfax Ukraine - https://en.interfax.com.ua 

Ukrayinska Pravda (Ukraine) - https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/ 

Balkan Insight - https://balkaninsight.com/ 

Albania Daily - https://www.albaniandailynews.com/ 

Croatia News - http://hr.n1info.com/English 

Pristina Insight (Kosovo) - https://prishtinainsight.com/ 

Montenegro News - http://www.vijesti.me (In Montenegrin; Use translate function on Google Chrome) 

Macedonia News - https://time.mk/ (In Macedonian; Use translate function on Google Chrome) 

Serbia News - https://www.b92.net, http://inserbia.info/news/ 

Hurriyet Daily News (Turkey) - http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ (pro-government leaning) 

Sabah (Turkey) - http://english.sabah.com.tr/ 

Anadolu (Turkey) - http://www.aa.com.tr/en (state media source) 

Turkey News - http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/ (use google translation) 

Turkey News - https://www.duvarenglish.com/ 

Turkey News - https://www.yenisafak.com/ ((pro-government) 

Turkey News - http://www.milliyet.com.tr/ (pro-government leaning) 

Turkey News - https://www.karar.com/ (opposition leaning) 

Euro News - http://www.euronews.net/news/ 

Gazzetta del Sud (Italy) - http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/sezioni/45/english 

St. Petersburg Times (Russia) - http://www.sptimes.ru 

The Moscow Times (Russia) - http://www.themoscowtimes.com/index.php 

Baltic Times - http://www.baltictimes.com/ 

Malta Times (Malta) - http://www.timesofmalta.com/ 

Novinite – Sofia News Agency (Bulgaria) - http://www.novinite.com/ 

SE Times (Southeast Europe) - http://www.euronews.net/news/ 

Prague Daily Monitor (Czech Republic) - http://praguemonitor.com/news 

Czech Daily News (Czech Republic) - http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/ 

The News (Poland) - http://www.thenews.pl/ 

The Local (various editions) - http://www.thelocal.ch/ 

Flanders News (Belgium) - http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english 

Ekathimerini (Greece) - http://www.ekathimerini.com/ekathi/news 

The Minsk Times (Belarus) - http://www.sb.by/cat/24/ (https://www.sb.by/articles/the-minsk-times-24/) 

Civil.ge (Georgia) - http://www.civil.ge/eng/ 

Agenda.ge (Georgia) - http://agenda.ge/ 

Tert.am (Armenia) – www.tert.am  

News.am (Armenia) – www.news.am  

Aysor (Armenia) - http://www.aysor.am/en/ 

Armen Press (Armenia) - http://armenpress.am/eng/ 

Public Radio of Armenia (Armenia) - http://www.armradio.am/en/ 

Arka News Agency (Armenia) - http://arka.am/en/ 

Panorama (Armenia) - http://www.panorama.am/en/ 

Azernews (Azerbaijan) - http://www.azernews.az/ 

AzerTAc (Azerbaijan) - http://www.azertag.com/en 

Trend News Agency (Azerbaijan) - http://en.trend.az/ 

InSerbia (Serbia) - http://inserbia.info/news/ 

International Security:

Jane’s Defense - http://www.janes.com/defence 

Defense News - http://www.defensenews.com/ 

Stratfor - http://www.stratfor.com/ 

Security Council Report - https://www.whatsinblue.org/ 

International Markets:

Reuters Global Markets http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets 

Bloomberg World Stock Indexes http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/world-indexes/ 

Oil - http://oilprice.com 

Other Media/Background:

Reddit World News - http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/ 

Mashable - http://mashable.com 

Google Trends - http://www.google.com/trends/ - Updates users on the most recent trends within Google Search.  Follow this account to know about trends across the wider web.  This doesn’t track Twitter trends, but it’s a great way to compare trends. 

CIA World Factbook - https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/ 

Google News - Breaking World News