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Sgt. Nehorai Leizer, 19, Killed in Southern Lebanon Drone Strike   By The Media Line Staff   The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Monday that Sgt. Nehorai Leizer, 19, from Eilat, was killed during combat operations in southern Lebanon after an explosive drone struck Israeli forces, in an incident that also seriously wounded another soldier from the same unit.   Leizer served in the 601st Combat Engineering Battalion of the “Iron Tracks” Brigade (401), according to […]

‘Settler Terror Is Terror’: Lapid tells Foreign Press Association     By Gabriel Colodro/The Media Line     “Settler terror is terror,” Yair Lapid said, giving a blunt answer to one of the most politically charged questions facing Israel’s opposition as it tries to build a government that can replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.    At a press conference organized by the Foreign Press Association, Lapid spent much of the briefing on foreign policy, […]

Australian Intelligence Chief Says Antisemitism Was ‘Normalized’ and ‘Left Unchecked’ Before Bondi Massacre   By The Media Line Staff   Australia’s top domestic intelligence official said antisemitism in the country had been “left unchecked” and became “normalized” before the Bondi Beach massacre that killed 15 people during a Hannukah celebration last December.   Michael Burgess, director-general of security for the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, made the remarks during testimony before the Royal Commission on […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent visit to India has helped pave the way for a complete reset of Canada-India relations, India’s trade minister said Monday. The ties were strained under Carney’s predecessor in the wake of the 2023 killing of a Sikh activist in Canada. The remarks by India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, who is visiting Canada, came as he met with Canada’s […]

SEOUL, May 26 (Reuters) – Shares in South Korean retailer Shinsegae fell on Tuesday after its Chairman Chung Yong-jin made a public apology over a Starbucks Korea marketing campaign that evoked a brutal 1980 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. The retail conglomerate, which operates the Korean unit of Starbucks, has faced public backlash over its “Tank Day” campaign involving tumblers on May 18, as the country commemorated the student-led Gwangju […]

By Noel Randewich May 26 (Reuters) – Wall Street is abuzz with next month’s expected blockbuster debut of Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker ​SpaceX, but few of the biggest IPOs in recent years have paid off for investors who bought in when the deals came to market. A Reuters analysis of the 50 IPOs with the highest valuations in the past five years shows that investors would have been […]

Tampa Bay Rays star shortstop Wander Franco was found criminally responsible of the sexual abuse of a minor but was granted a judicial pardon and won’t face prison time. A judge in the Dominican Republic ruled Monday that Franco was both a defendant and a victim in his case, for which he was originally convicted in June 2025. Franco had received a two-year suspended prison sentence for his illegal relationship […]

By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO, May 26 (Reuters) – Japan fell behind China to rank as the world’s third-largest net creditor in 2025, marking a further decline in global rankings despite its net external assets hitting an all-time record, the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday. Net external assets held by the Japanese government, businesses and individuals, rose 4.4% from a year earlier to 561.75 trillion yen ($3.53 trillion). That marked the […]

TAIPEI, May 26 (Reuters) – Taiwan sent ships and fighter jets to monitor the second Chinese “joint combat readiness patrol” in a week near the island, as Taipei steps up its guard over Beijing’s activities. China has pressured Taiwan by increasing its military presence around the island, and Taipei is on high alert for further Chinese actions after President Xi Jinping discussed Taiwan with U.S. President Donald Trump in Beijing […]