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Greek Authorities Arrest Hamas-Linked Palestinian in Alleged Plot Against Israeli Cruise Ship   By The Media Line Staff   A 37-year-old Palestinian man was arrested in Crete on suspicion of involvement in a planned terrorist attack against an Israeli-linked cruise ship expected to arrive on the Greek island this week, according to Cyprus Inform.   Greek authorities took the suspect into custody on Saturday night after an investigation conducted jointly with Cypriot intelligence […]

Israel’s Haredi Debate Becomes an Economic Reckoning  Rising defense costs, demographic change, and gaps in education, employment, and military service are turning a long-running social dispute into a national fiscal challenge  By Gabriel Colodro / The Media Line  Israel’s debate over the ultra-Orthodox community is no longer only about religion, draft exemptions, or coalition politics. At one of the country’s leading economic policy forums this week, it became a harder question: Can Israel afford its demographic future?  With defense spending rising toward 8% of gross domestic product and roughly a quarter of the state budget, and with Haredim projected to make up a growing share of draft-age […]

Foreign Fighters Pose Integration Challenge for Damascus  Syria’s new government is weighing containment, military incorporation, and security pressure as it seeks to dismantle independent armed networks  By Rizik Alabi/The Media Line  [DAMASCUS] A statement by foreign fighters of Uzbek origin in Syria criticizing the country’s new government has reopened one of the most difficult security questions facing Damascus after the fall of Bashar Assad: what to do with thousands of non-Syrian combatants who fought […]

BGU Study Warns AI Sports Scouting May Reinforce Bias, Threaten Privacy  By The Media Line Staff   Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have identified hidden risks associated with the growing use of artificial intelligence in sports scouting and youth talent identification, warning that some AI systems may reinforce existing inequalities and create new ethical challenges, according to a study published in Big Data and Cognitive Computing.   The study examined […]

US Approves Potential $1.98 Billion Counter-Drone Defense Sale to Kuwait   By The Media Line Staff   The United States Department of State has approved in principle a potential $1.98 billion Foreign Military Sale of counter-unmanned aerial systems to Kuwait, a package designed to strengthen the Gulf ally’s ability to detect, track, and defeat drone threats.   According to a State Department statement, the proposed sale includes a range of kinetic and electronic warfare systems, […]

By Colleen Howe BEIJING, June 8 (Reuters) – Oil prices were up more than $2 a barrel in early trading on Monday after Israel on Sunday launched strikes on the Beirut area for the first time since the U.S. announced a ceasefire plan for Lebanon. U.S. crude futures were up $2.57 at $93.11 per barrel as of 2215 GMT, while Brent crude futures rose $2.67 to $95.76 a barrel. (Reporting […]

New York catcher Austin Wells addressed reporters on Sunday after the Yankees placed the four-year veteran on the 10-day injured list Saturday with cervical headaches. “I feel better already today, so I think it just needs a couple of days, let the brain catch up a little bit and get back to work,” Wells said. “I think in my mind, it’s just a cumulative buildup over the last couple of […]

A sequence of events in a Stanley Cup Final that has gotten crazier by the minute has put the Carolina Hurricanes at a crossroads. They blew a two-goal lead and lost Game 1, erased a two-goal deficit and won Game 2, and rallied from down four goals in Game 3, only to lose in double overtime on a fluky bounce. They have lived the ups and downs of a tight […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Brown thought he was finished with his news conference Sunday when a voice called out from the back of the interview room. Fat Joe wanted the mic. The rapper gave the New York Knicks coach some grief about the kind of sneakers he wears, then asked for an autographed pair if they win the championship, as the team’s celebrity fans got into the action during […]