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Israel Strikes Hezbollah Sites After Drones Target Lebanon Security Zone   By The Media Line Staff   The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon after the armed group launched two drones toward a security zone where Israeli troops were stationed, calling the attack a “blatant violations of understandings.”   The IDF said the strikes targeted Hezbollah sites in response to the drone attack on troops operating in southern Lebanon early Sunday […]

Egyptian Host of TV Crime Program Sentenced to Death by Hanging for Drug Charges   By The Media Line Staff   An Egyptian court sentenced television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 other defendants to death by hanging on drug charges after finding them guilty of involvement in a criminal gang that imported raw materials to manufacture and sell narcotics, state-owned al-Ahram newspaper reported Saturday.   Khalifa, 39, hosts the television program Mission Impossible, […]

Israel’s Missing State Comptroller Leaves Whistleblowers Exposed During Election Campaign   The disputed election of a new comptroller has left the office without a leader, halting protective orders for public employees and limiting oversight of political finances   By Gabriel Colodro / The Media Line   When a public employee who says he was fired for reporting wrongdoing sought emergency protection from Israel’s state comptroller, the office had no authorized head to consider […]

By Enes Tunagur and Jeslyn Lerh LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) – A shortage of fuel oil used in ships and power plants looms in the third quarter as refiners increasingly squeezed by wars that have disrupted both crude processing and tanker traffic prioritise output of diesel and other products at its expense. While crude oil has avoided major price spikes in recent months, refined product prices have soared as strikes […]

By Janina Nuno Rios NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) – American Jessica Pegula clinched a resounding 6-3 6-4 win over Sorana Cirstea on Sunday to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals, as the Romanian player made her final Grand Slam appearance. The 2024 runner-up kept alive her bid for a maiden major title, overcoming a resurgent Cirstea who had enjoyed a late-career renaissance, reaching a career-high top-20 ranking, before retiring at […]

‘I Am Going to an Arab Party. They Are Not Coming to Me’: Segalovitz Explains Ra’am Move The former senior police commander will run second on Ra’am’s slate while joining its parliamentary faction rather than becoming a formal party member By Gabriel Colodro / The Media Line Former Yesh Atid lawmaker Yoav Segalovitz will occupy the second position on Ra’am’s ticket in Israel’s October 27 election, putting a Jewish Zionist […]

PKK Warns Turkey Disarmament Process Could Collapse Without Political Reforms By The Media Line Staff Senior Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) official Cemil Bayik warned that the group’s disarmament process could stall unless Turkey accompanies it with political reforms, criticizing a new law governing the surrender and reintegration of PKK members as insufficient. Bayik said the National Solidarity and Social Integration Law does not clearly connect the surrender of weapons with […]

US Authorities Seek 4 Pakistanis in $703M Medicare Fraud Case By Arshad Mehmood / The Media Line Staff US federal authorities are hunting four Pakistani nationals accused of operating a call center inside Pakistan to steal Medicare data and generate $703 million in fraudulent claims against the US healthcare system. The HHS Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), the investigative arm of the US Department of Health and Human Services responsible […]

Israel Assesses Iran Applying Oct. 7 Lessons to Plan Multi-Front Attack By The Media Line Staff Israel believes Iran is preparing for a coordinated attack against Israel involving Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis and pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, with Tehran seeking to bring multiple fronts into a future conflict from the outset, Maariv reported. The reported plan would have Iran and its regional allies act against Israel simultaneously, applying lessons from […]