Turkey’s Libya Pivot Forces Israel To Recalculate in the Eastern Mediterranean Ankara’s access to rival Libyan authorities could strengthen its disputed maritime claims and reshape regional energy planning By Jacob Wirtschafter / The Media Line [ISTANBUL] Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was rec
At Least 200 Houthis Killed as Group Deploys Reinforcements, Recruits Prisoners By The Media Line Staff More than 200 Houthi fighters were killed within 48 hours in clashes and drone strikes concentrated on the Taiz and Marib fronts in southwestern Yemen, prompting the group to deploy reinforcements
Israeli Children Will Step Into Another World To Ease Their Return to the Classroom Totally Interactive’s collaboration with Mashabim marks the first time that immersive spaces will be adapted specifically to help students readjust to school and build resilience in the aftermath of the war By Maayan
Egypt Warns Ethiopia Over Plans for More Nile Dams By The Media Line Staff Egypt warned Ethiopia on Sunday against attempting to control Nile River flows to downstream countries, saying Cairo has multiple options to defend its water interests following remarks by Ethiopia’s water minister about pote
Israel, Honduras Sign MoU for Long-Term Defense Partnership By The Media Line Staff Israel and Honduras signed a memorandum of understanding Sunday to expand defense cooperation and establish a framework for a long-term security partnership, Israel’s Defense Ministry said. Defense Minister Israel Ka
NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, which was slated to begin Sept. 8, has been postponed indefinitely as his lawyers seek to have the case thrown out on double jeopardy grounds following his guilty plea last week to federal char
WASHINGTON (AP) — Civil rights advocates on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Texas law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, teeing up a potential new test of state-sponsored religious expression in classrooms. Posters featuring the Ten Commandments began going up
Aug 17 (Reuters) – Tesla has told employees it is gearing up for a public launch of Cybercab, starting with a rollout in Austin, Texas, as soon as this month, the Information reported on Monday, citing people with knowledge of the plans. Cybercab, a purpose-built autonomous vehicle without pedals or
Jewish Men Allowed To Carry Full Prayer Books on Temple Mount for First Time By The Media Line Staff Israeli police allowed Jewish men to carry full prayer books and pray openly on the Temple Mount on Sunday in a limited trial, further easing longstanding restrictions on Jewish worship at the Jerusa
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The death of a young man with a serious medical condition who was arrested and allegedly beaten by Syrian security forces has stirred up dark memories of torture and other abuse in detention centers under the Assad dynasty’s decades-long rule. Syrians have taken to social medi
QUSRA, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers for over a week traveled to his property on Monday to join other family members who have been defending it. The standoff, in the village of Qusra, has seen groups of settlers s
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Princess Eugenie has named her first daughter Adelaide Elizabeth Annina, she said Monday. The 6-pound, 9-ounce (3-kilogram), girl born Aug. 3 in Lisbon, Portugal, is the third child of Eugenie and husband Jack Brooksbank. “Two weeks ago today we welcomed our girl to the world
SWANSEA, Wales (AP) — Fans crowded outside a Welsh church Monday where family and friends remembered husky-voiced singer Bonnie Tyler as a star loved worldwide. Tyler’s “If I Sing You A Love Song” played as her rose-covered coffin was carried into Swansea Minster for the invite-only funeral that was
(SRN NEWS)-Sweden is the country where the most people think homosexual unions are a good thing — 92%. The Netherlands comes in 2nd at 89%, Spain checks in at 87%. On the other end of the spectrum, opposition to gay marriage is strongest in Nigeria — where the population is split between Muslims and
(SRN NEWS)- The question is, should public schools display the Decalogue in classrooms? Turns out the country is pretty evenly split on the issue — 50% say yes, 48% say no. White Evangelical Protestants are the group most likely to favor posting the Commandments in the schools — 83% like the idea. B
(SRN NEWS)- A bipartisan group of lawmakers has sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, urging him to monitor the 13 states where it is legal for a person to take their own life with the help of a doctor. The y say “There are grave informed consent issues within ph
Aug 17 (Reuters) – ByteDance and the Motion Picture Association on Monday signed an agreement to strengthen copyright safeguards on the Chinese company’s AI video and image-generation models, months after the Hollywood trade group challenged its handling of intellectual property. The deal, which cov
After Michael J Madigan’s 36 years as Illinois House Speaker, a ten-year term limit on current and future speakers doesn’t seem like a lot of time in the big chair. Except it is.
SOURBRODT, Belgium (AP) — One of Belgium’s biggest ever wildfires blazed out of control Monday even as cooler weather and rain eased conditions for firefighters, while in Greece a fire briefly flared up near the main airport on the outskirts of Athens. Europe is sweltering through one of its hottest
Aug 17 (Reuters) – Nvidia will invest $1.5 billion in SoftBank-backed SB Energy and secure up to 8 gigawatts of AI computing capacity at an Ohio campus being built by the data center developer for OpenAI. The deal is the latest where Nvidia is financing the ecosystem consuming its chips, a strategy
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked facilities of Ukraine’s Naftogaz Group 13 times over the past week and has targeted its premises almost 300 times since the start of the year, the state energy company said Monday. Russia has repeatedly battered the Ukrainian power grid since its all-out invasion
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Torrential rains have pounded southern South Korea, leaving one person dead and four others injured, officials said Monday. One person died in a landslide that struck an apartment building in the southern city of Geoje on Monday, the Interior and Safety Ministry said in a r
Iran said Monday it is working to finalize a joint statement with Oman on a plan to manage the transit of ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Fully reopening the waterway to commercial shipping has been a key demand of the United States, but it remains unclear whether the deal will meet Washington’s
By Nailia Bagirova BAKU, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Long reliant on oil and gas exports, Azerbaijan is courting foreign investment in its small but growing technology sector with a series of reforms aimed at attracting tech companies and venture capital. The former Soviet republic has been heavily dependent
By Christy Santhosh Aug 17 (Reuters) – Centene said on Monday Chris Neczypor would succeed Drew Asher as chief financial officer in January, while the health insurer seeks to bolster profitability following pressure in its Medicaid and Obamacare businesses. Asher, who was CFO since 2021, will step d
DUESSELDORF, Germany, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Apple will change rules governing how app developers can use personal data for targeted advertising on iPhones and iPads, Germany’s competition authority said on Monday, closing a years-long investigation. The Federal Cartel Office found that Apple’s App Trac
JERUSALEM (AP) — Mideast negotiator and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner was meeting Monday with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the premier rejected the 15-point, U.S.-backed road map to move the truce deal forward in Gaza. In the latest round of meetings, the U.S. is angling for Isr
Aug 17 (Reuters) – Two drones attacked the office of the Kurdistan Regional Government’s prime minister in Iraq on Monday, the KRG security agency said. The attacks were launched from Iranian territory and no human casualties were reported, according to a KRG statement. (Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed;
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of people have been killed in the year since the U.S. military began bombing boats it accused of ferrying drugs off Latin America’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts. Now, the Trump administration says it is seeking to extend that lethal campaign to land, pursuing deals that w
By Kane Wu and Eduardo Baptista HONG KONG, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Alibaba Group is expected to reap more than $2 billion from the sale of its game developer unit Lingxi Games to private equity firm Trustar Capital, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Alibaba and Trustar have reached a formal
