Television

NBC suspended star news anchor Brian Williams for six months without pay Tuesday after he admitted embellishing an Iraq war story, the US network said, amid swirling accusations that he exaggerated other reports.        

Host Jon Stewart will leave the satirical and pioneering "The Daily Show" later this year, his bosses at Comedy Central said Feb. 10, calling him a "comic genius."       

CNN refers to Ukraine's army as "pro-U.S. troops"

MOSCOW -- "Social media is abuzz," RT is reporting, after CNN labeled Ukrainian Army forces fighting in the country's southeast as "pro-U.S. troops."

The American network scrolled a headline during a report dedicated to talks between Barack Obama and Angela Merkel that read, "Obama considers arming pro-U.S. troops."

Turkish actor K?vanç Tatl?tu? will be a guest actor in the Irish-Canadian historical drama ?Vikings,? daily Miliyet has reported. Tatl?tu? will go to the U.S. next month to shoot scenes. 

Turkish actor K?vanç Tatl?tu? will be a guest actor in the Irish-Canadian historical drama ?Vikings,? daily Miliyet has reported. Tatl?tu? will go to the U.S. next month to shoot scenes. 

According to Russian news agency RIA Novosti, the Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiadis is expected to sign an updated defense cooperation memorandum with upgraded facilities and allocation of land for the development of Russian military facilities.

Eva Longoria appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in L.A., wearing an asymmetrical orange-red  dress that showed off her curves.

What amazed bystanders, however, was not her dress and natural good looks, but the lighthearted silly faces she never stopped pulling at people when the cameras were not on her.

Alternate Minister for Citizens' Protection Yiannis Panousis on Wednesday denied reports he had given an order for irregular migrants arriving in Greece not to be arrested after a controversial circular was leaked to the press the previous day.

Turkey?s media watchdog, which frequently occupies headlines for its fines on channels due to ?inconvenient? contexts, has once again raised eyebrows, but this time for refusing to issue a fine for a TV drama in which the name of a synthetic drug, Bonzai, was apparently used in a scene.

3 persons suspected of involvement in reporter's murder

BELGRADE -- A commission set up by the government to investigate murders of journalists has obtained information that could shed the light on the murder of Milan Pantic.

The Vecernje Novosti daily's correspondent in the town of Jagodina was killed in front of his home in 2001.