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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Carolina and Colorado have been well-built for a championship run for a few years now. The Hurricanes and the Avalanche have put on a clinic for how to start the race. The top two teams in the NHL during the regular season, seemingly on a collision course to meet in the Stanley Cup Final, have been performing on the ice with a force to match […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Snell will make his season debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday against the Atlanta Braves in a matchup of National League division leaders. The two-time Cy Young Award winner is set to rejoin the rotation sooner than anticipated after teammate Tyler Glasnow left a start early this week because of back trouble. Glasnow was placed on the 15-day injured list Friday with low […]

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration and a non-profit group that runs Washington, D.C.’s public golf courses reached a deal on Friday under which the organization will have a new long-term lease of two courses while federal officials will overhaul a third one. The two sides released a joint statement on Friday. Here are some details: • The National Links Trust non-profit will have […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military’s latest strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed two men Friday while leaving one survivor. Video posted on social media by U.S. Southern Command shows a black, boat-shaped image before what appears to be an explosion, followed by a column of fire rising from the ocean. Southern Command said it “immediately notified the U.S. Coast Guard to activate the […]

By Hannah Lang May 8 (Reuters) – U.S. senators are set to consider long-awaited legislation that would create a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency next week, potentially ending a deadlock over the bill that pitted crypto companies against U.S. banks. The bill, dubbed the Clarity Act, would, if signed into law, clarify financial regulators’ jurisdiction over the burgeoning sector, potentially boosting digital asset adoption. U.S. Senator Tim Scott, chairman of the […]

The Unfinished Iran War: Are There Any Winners?  Reports of explosions, US self-defense strikes, and renewed clashes near the Strait of Hormuz show how unresolved maritime leverage, Gulf vulnerability, and political deadlock could push the conflict into another round  By Giorgia Valente / The Media Line  New reports of explosions late Thursday and early Friday near Iran’s Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, and other parts of Hormozgan province put new pressure on a fragile US-Iran diplomatic track that had yet to produce even a temporary settlement.  As of May 8, 2026, Washington and Tehran were reportedly still working toward a short-term memorandum rather than a full peace agreement, mediated by Pakistan, with Iran still reviewing the latest proposal. The framework under discussion would aim to halt the fighting, stabilize shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, and open a 30-day negotiation window, while leaving unresolved core disputes over Iran’s nuclear program, ballistic missile arsenal, proxy networks, and expanded control over maritime passage.  What has emerged instead is a landscape of partial gains, exposed vulnerabilities, and shifting alignments. The United States demonstrated military reach but lost political confidence among allies and voters. Iran suffered serious blows but preserved the regime and key coercive tools. Israel restored parts of its deterrence but failed to translate battlefield achievements into a political endgame. Gulf states moved further apart, with the UAE and Saudi Arabia increasingly pursuing different models of power. Pakistan gained diplomatic relevance, while Qatar’s mediation role became less exclusive. China and Russia absorbed pressure but also gained diplomatic and strategic space in a more fractured international order.  Gulf states sit at the core of the war’s main contradiction. They rely on US protection, but their ports, airspace, energy infrastructure, and commercial corridors become exposed whenever Washington escalates against Tehran.  According to Iranian state and semiofficial media, explosion-like sounds were heard late Thursday and early Friday near Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, and other parts of Hormozgan province. Reuters reported that Iran’s Fars news agency said the origin and precise location of the sounds near Bandar Abbas were not immediately known. US Central Command later said US forces had intercepted Iranian missile, drone, and small-boat attacks on three US Navy destroyers transiting the Strait of Hormuz and carried out self-defense strikes on Iranian military facilities, including missile and drone launch sites, command-and-control locations, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance nodes.  Iran accused the United States of violating the ceasefire by targeting Iranian vessels and coastal areas, while Iranian state media said Iranian forces exchanged fire with “enemy units” on Qeshm Island. CENTCOM said no US assets were struck. Iranian claims that US vessels suffered significant damage were not independently confirmed. Reports suggesting Emirati involvement in strikes inside Iran also remained unconfirmed.  The renewed reports around Hormuz matter because they expose the central weakness of the emerging diplomatic track: It seeks to pause fighting without resolving Iran’s maritime leverage, Washington’s dependence on force, Israel’s lack of a political endgame, or the Gulf states’ vulnerability to retaliation.  Those reports do not confirm a full return to the first phase of direct strikes and maritime confrontation. But they show that the conflict has already produced new armed exchanges […]

Hezbollah Drones Wound 4 IDF Soldiers, One Seriously   By The Media Line Staff   Four Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers were wounded Friday, including one seriously and three moderately, in separate attacks involving explosive drones launched by Hezbollah. The soldiers were evacuated for medical treatment, and their families were notified.   In the latest incident, two soldiers sustained moderate wounds and one was seriously injured after a drone crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory. […]

(Adds name of the head of Indonesia’s volcanology agency in paragraph 10) By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA, May 9 (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities resumed search efforts on Saturday for three hikers missing following the eruption of Mount Dukono on Halmahera island, an official says.   Mount Dukono, in North Maluku province, erupted on Friday at 07:41 a.m. (2241 GMT Thursday), spewing volcanic ash as high as 10 km (6.2 miles) into the […]

‘They Trifled With Us’: President Trump Downplays Clash in Strait of Hormuz, Says Deal Could Happen ‘Any Day’   By The Media Line Staff   President Trump played down a military clash between US and Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday and said a ceasefire agreement with Tehran could happen “any day,” despite renewed exchanges of fire that included US strikes and Iranian missile and drone launches.    “Yeah, it is. They trifled with us […]