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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 Katz and Honduran Defense Minister Enrique Rodríguez Burchard signed the agreement during an official visit to Israel by a senior Honduran Defense Ministry delegation.    In a statement, the […]

The Ceasefire Arsenal: Iran and Its Rivals Race To Reload  Depleted interceptor stocks and Iran’s recovering weapons capacity are reshaping the military balance across the region  By Giorgia Valente / The Media Line  The 60-day negotiating window intended to move the United States and Iran toward a more durable settlement expired Aug. 17 with no comprehensive agreement, leaving behind a military balance increasingly different from the one that existed when […]

US-Iran Deadline Passes Without Deal or Official Statement From Either Side    By Arshad Mehmood / The Media Line Staff   A 60-day deadline for the United States and Iran to reach a final agreement to end their war expires Monday, with negotiations stalled and no publicly confirmed extension of the Pakistan-brokered diplomatic framework. The deadline was set under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, signed on June 17 after mediation by Pakistan […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Buss family has voted to sell its 17.8% minority ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers to new majority owners Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, ESPN and The Athletic are reporting. The decision Monday by the six children of late owner Jerry Buss will end the family’s 47 years in an ownership role with the 17-time NBA champion franchise. The move also appears to end Jeanie […]

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 charges. Judge Gregory Carro issued an order Monday canceling the trial and giving the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, which is […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Civil rights advocates on Monday said they asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Texas law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, teeing up a case that could set a new national standard for the limits of state-sponsored religious expression in classrooms. Over two dozen Texas families represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups petitioned the nation’s highest court to overturn […]

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Monday. The fraction of kids exempted from vaccine requirements rose to 4.2%, up from 3.6% the year before. That’s an estimated 155,000 children nationally during the 2025-2026 school year. It’s the fourth consecutive year that the national average exemption rate […]

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Long-dated government bond yields around the world rose on Monday to levels not seen in decades. This weighed on stocks, which were also pressured by deepening skepticism around a U.S.-Iran peace deal and oil prices rising to a six-week high. In my column today, I look at how the Fed could bring inflation back down to target. Chair Kevin Warsh has […]

The Buss family, which has been primary or minority owners of the Los Angeles Lakers since 1979, will sell its current 17.8% ownership to new owners Bob Iger and Josh Kushner, according to multiple reports on Monday. If the sale is approved by the NBA, Jeanie Buss — who took over for her late father Jerry in 2013 — will be out as governor of the franchise. NBA guidelines require […]