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NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) – A Kansas judge has temporarily blocked a law banning gender-transition treatments for minors in the state.   State District Judge Carl Folsom III granted an injunction requested by the parents of two teenagers who want to continue gender-transition treatment with medicines. Folsom’s decision halts the enforcement of a recently approved state law that banned such treatments. In a ruling Friday, the judge sided with the […]

May 16 (Reuters) – Venezuelan official Alex Saab, a Colombian-Venezuelan businessman and ally of former President Nicolas Maduro, was deported to the United States, Venezuela’s migration agency SAIME said on Saturday. Saab was arrested in Caracas in February during a joint operation by U.S. and Venezuelan authorities, according to a U.S. law enforcement official at the time. The Colombian-born Saab was previously detained in Cape Verde in 2020 and held […]

By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL, May 16 (Reuters) – FIFA Secretary-General Mattias Grafstrom held a constructive and positive meeting with Iran’s FA (FFIRI) President Mehdi Taj on Saturday, he told Reuters, expressing confidence about the country’s participation at this year’s World Cup. Iran are scheduled to play all three of their group matches in the United States but the team’s participation in the June 11 to July 19 tournament has been in […]

Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios, who has not pitched in a major league game since last September, will undergo surgery for a stress fracture in his elbow, manager John Schneider said Saturday. Berrios, 31, did not participate in the Blue Jays’ run to the World Series last season or the World Baseball Classic this spring for his native Puerto Rico with what was first diagnosed as right elbow inflammation […]

Israel Assassinates Hamas Military Chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad in Gaza City   By The Media Line Staff   Israel’s military announced Saturday that it had killed Izz al-Din al-Haddad, identified as the chief of Hamas’ military wing, in what it described as a targeted strike in Gaza City against a senior figure involved in directing combat operations and rebuilding Hamas military capabilities. Al-Haddad was the most senior Hamas leader killed since the ceasefire was declared […]

Toronto Report Says Jews Were Targets in 82% of Religious Hate Crimes in 2025    By The Media Line Staff    The Abraham Global Peace Initiative said it was alarmed by new Toronto police data showing that Jews accounted for 82% of all religiously motivated hate crime targets in the city in 2025, while warning that antisemitic incidents have continued rising sharply in 2026.    The organization issued the statement on […]

How Yemenis’ Pockets Became a Lifeline for Financing Cross-Border Wars  When many middle-class families are struggling to buy basic food, the telecommunications sector has become a major financial channel for funding the Houthis’ war effort  By Khaled Al-Ansi / The Media Line  Saeed, 42, a government employee in Sanaa, has gone years without receiving a regular salary. Each morning, he checks his mobile phone—not for a job offer or salary […]

(WASHINGTON) – President Donald Trump has dismissed Iran’s latest formal proposal as “garbage.” While Iran was said to include some nuclear concessions, Mr. Trump has said he wants to remove highly enriched uranium from the country and prevent it from developing nuclear weapons. Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. With talks between Iran and the U.S. at a standstill during the shaky ceasefire, tensions remain high and threaten to tip […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol believes in the “no shirt, no problem,” mantra. His club was boosted to a win Friday night by a group of college ball players in the right-field seats who took off and waved their shirts as they sang, chanted and drew others into the fray. Marmol wants the good times to continue. “Last night’s atmosphere was electric. Let’s run it […]