As-Suwayda’s Schoolchildren Become Pawns in Political Struggle Over Exams Muhannad Sharrouf, a political activist from As-Suwayda, told TML: “They are not merely depriving them of an exam; they are threatening their future and pushing another generation toward further loss, chaos and collapse.” By R
Settlers Torch West Bank Mosque, Graffiti Targets Huckabee, Journalist By The Media Line Staff Suspected Jewish extremists set fire to a mosque overnight Monday in the West Bank village of Bazaria, northwest of Nablus, and sprayed threatening graffiti targeting an Israeli military correspondent and
Sara Netanyahu, Yair Golan Trade Lawsuit Threats Over October 7 Claims By The Media Line Staff Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, threatened Democrats party leader Yair Golan with a 1 million shekel lawsuit Tuesday as their dispute over her comments about his actions
Sept 2 (Reuters) – Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech was cleared on Wednesday of masterminding the car bomb murder of prominent anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia nine years ago. Following is a timeline of a killing that shocked Europe, triggered a political crisis in Malta and drew i
By Chris Scicluna VALLETTA, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech, who was accused of commissioning the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, was acquitted on Wednesday at the end of a two-month trial. Fenech, 44, was tried for complicity to murder and for the les
VALLETTA, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech, who was accused of commissioning the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, was acquitted on Wednesday at the end of a jury trial. Fenech, 44, was tried for complicity to murder and for the lesser charge of criminal
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A low-altitude flyover by two Airlink passenger jets before a rugby match at Cape Town’s DHL Stadium is being reviewed by South African aviation authorities after it drew safety concerns, officials said Wednesday. The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) said it had obt
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s top electoral court set new standards for what it will consider to be artificial intelligence -generated deepfakes in political advertising, a move aimed at curbing misinformation and manipulation ahead of October elections. The court issued the ruling late Tuesday in a cas
By Monicah Mwangi NAIROBI, Sept 2 (Reuters) – An editor of one of Kenya’s largest media groups was abducted by armed men and released hours later at the edge of a dam more than 200 km (125 miles) away, his employer said on Wednesday. Alex Kiprotich, an associate editor at Standard Group, was taken f
By AJ Vicens Sept 2 (Reuters) – At least 14 people across Serbia’s civil society were targeted with advanced spyware ahead of local elections in March, the digital rights group SHARE Foundation said on Wednesday. The wave of spyware infections, discovered in August after Apple notified people in 110
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey is not backing away from the West as it seeks deeper ties with the East, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday as he headed back from a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. The conference in Kyrgyzstan saw Erdogan hold a one-on-one meeting with Russian Pre
WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. urges international partners to immediately stop “business as usual” operations with Nicaragua’s government, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement on Wednesday, adding that Washington remains committed to addressing violations of human rights by t
KYIV, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Ukraine is finalising a drone deal with Germany, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday after a call with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The agreement — proposed by Ukraine several months ago — is expected to cover the joint development of various types of drones
SAO PAULO, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s lead over right-wing challenger Senator Flavio Bolsonaro narrowed further ahead of October’s election, a Quaest poll commissioned by Globo showed on Wednesday. • In a simulated second-round runoff, Lula would win 42% of th
By Victoria Waldersee and Miguel Pereira CEUTA, Spain, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Residents in Spain’s Ceuta appealed for calm on Wednesday as hundreds of rallies were planned nationwide in solidarity with the North African enclave, which is suffering an unprecedented migration crisis that many blame on the
By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Tankers and cargo ships are transiting the Bosphorus strait adorned with nets, water tanks and tyres to try to fend off growing Russian and Ukrainian drone strikes in the Black Sea, according to security experts and video obtained by Reuters. In a star
LONDON (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in London on Wednesday to meet new Prime Minister Andy Burnham and visit the Bayeux Tapestry at its temporary home in the British Museum. The two leaders and their spouses will join King Charles III and Queen Camilla for a private viewing of the
By Andrew Gray and Andreas Rinke BRUSSELS/BERLIN, Sept 2 (Reuters) – European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen vowed on Wednesday to increase pressure on Russia, including with new sanctions, after an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany that she said showed Moscow’s growi
LONDON, Sept 2 (Reuters) – King Charles and French President Emmanuel Macron will visit on Wednesday the exhibition housing the historic Bayeux Tapestry, the nearly 1,000-year-old embroidery which depicts the conquest of England by the monarch’s ancestor William I in 1066. Under a deal struck with t
NEW DELHI, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Authorities in Nepal have been working for days to find more survivors of the devastating flash flood that ravaged the Himalayan nation and neighbouring Tibet, killing over 1,000 people, with thousands more still missing. Here is a look at the situation on the ground, a
VILNIUS, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Estonia’s parliament elected constitutional lawyer Ulle Madise as the Baltic country’s next president on Wednesday, making her the second woman to hold the largely ceremonial post. Madise, 51, has been Estonia’s human rights ombudsman since 2015, and will hold the positio
ANKARA, Sept 2 (Reuters) – NATO member Turkey would consider taking its relations with the China and Russia-led security bloc, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, to a higher level, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. “Turkey’s prospect of (full) membership to the organisation does not im
By Nandita Bose, Humeyra Pamuk and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Top aides to President Donald Trump are pushing to keep the Iran war from escalating before November’s midterm elections to staunch Republican electoral losses, four people familiar with the discussions said, a strategy
By Cassell Bryan-Low, Joey Roulette and Eduardo Baptista Sept 2 (Reuters) – In June, a secretive unmanned Chinese spaceplane closely monitored by U.S. military analysts released a small satellite hundreds of miles above Earth in an orbital region crowded with commercial and military satellites. The
By Sarita Chaganti Singh Sept 2 (Reuters) – There is a high chance that dozens of workers may be found alive after a week trapped in an underground chamber at Nepal’s Rasuwagadhi hydropower plant following deadly flash floods, a Nepal Electricity Authority official said on Wednesday. “In Rasuwagadhi
CAIRO, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi welcomed China’s Xi Jinping to Cairo on Wednesday, opening a visit that highlights Cairo’s deepening ties with Beijing as regional turmoil prompts U.S. allies to reassess longstanding security relationships. Xi, making his first visit
BERLIN (AP) — An explosion near a German train station followed by the discovery of a suspicious object caused police to temporarily close the transport hub in the southern city of Augsburg on Wednesday morning. Later in the morning, police said the suspicious object had been identified as harmless
AUGSBURG, Germany, Sept 2 (Reuters) – An unknown object exploded near a train station in the southern city of Augsburg in the early hours of Wednesday, German police said, adding that two passers-by aged 17 and 18 sustained minor injuries. The blast occurred in a building passageway, Bavaria state p
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI, Sept 2 (Reuters) – The Indian government is facing fierce opposition on proposed food warning labels from both health experts and food giants – activists say many items will escape scrutiny while companies warn that the strict thresholds will put red flags on a wide range
By Liz Lee and Ethan Wang BEIJING, Sept 2 (Reuters) – China has fully reopened the only road leading to the Gyirong border crossing into Nepal a week after sections were washed away by catastrophic flooding, allowing heavy machinery to reach the main disaster zone for the first time. The extensive d
