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A Syrian journalist detained in Turkey while applying for a residence permit says he has been freed.      

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on the Turkish authorities to immediately release Rami Jarrah, a Syrian journalist based in Turkey, who has been held since Feb. 17.

Jarrah was detained by immigration officials after trying to apply for a residency permit in the border city of Gaziantep, CPJ said in a written statement. 

Cable channel Al Jazeera America, launched with great fanfare in 2013 by the global Qatar-based media group, will be shut down April 30, the company said on Jan. 13.

A 52-year-old former political prisoner facing extradition from Bulgaria but refusing to turn himself in is still staying at the Palestinian Authority's embassy, Al Jazeera reports.

Al Jazeera English aired earlier in December, as part of its Al Jazeera World series, a documentary about the ethnic Turk minority in Bulgaria - one suggesting ethnic Turks are systematically subjected to oppressive treatment and deprived of their rights even nowadays.

Doha-based news agency Al Jazeera focuses on the lives of female refugees and documents their plight as they embark upon the perilous crossing from Turkey to Greece. One of the case studies is that of Samira who traveled from Ahir, Morocco, to Lesbos.

At least sixteen people were killed and another three injured in a Molotov cocktail attack targeting a nightclub in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Friday.

According to Cairo Post newspaper, three masked men threw the firebomb in the nightclub located in the Agouza area in the city centre and then fled the scene.

Turkey's Competition Board has approved the sale of Digiturk to Qatari beIN Media Group, but the state fund that runs the pay TV platform said the bargaining process was still continuing.

An earthquake measuring 7.7 has hit the north of Pakistan and has been felt cross the region, from Afghanistan to Northern India, the US Geological survey has said.

No reports of casualties have been immediately available.

Al Jazeera reports tremors were felt for 30-40 seconds.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sept.23 pardoned the jailed Canadian journalist with Al-Jazeera television, Mohamed Fahmy, and his colleague Baher Mohamed, along with 100 prisoners, the presidency and official media reported.