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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey removed a restriction on direct trade with Armenia on Wednesday in a symbolic gesture toward improved ties between the longtime rivals. Turkey and Armenia have no formal relations and their joint border has been closed since the 1990s. Relations between the neighbors have been strained over historic grievances and Turkey’s alliance with Azerbaijan. Armenia and Turkey agreed in late 2021 to work toward improving the […]

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A Russian ship that sank in the Mediterranean over a year ago after its engine room exploded may have been carrying pieces for nuclear reactors used in submarines, a Spanish government document shows. The Ursa Major sank on Dec. 23, 2024, between Spain and Algeria while allegedly on a journey from St. Petersburg to Russia’s eastern port of Vladivostok. Two crew members were lost while 14 […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s maritime agency says it has limited ability to stop Iranian-linked tankers from transferring oil to other ships off its coast, allowing Iran to skirt sanctions and drawing growing criticism. United Against Nuclear Iran, a U.S.-based advocacy group, says there have been 42 ship-to-ship transfers of Iranian oil conducted in the waters about 70 kilometers (45 miles) off Malaysia’s southern Johor state, since Feb. 28, […]

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A burst of gunfire rang out Wednesday night in the Philippine Senate, where authorities have tried to arrest a senator who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for a charge of crime against humanity, an Associated Press journalist and other witnesses said. It wasn’t immediately clear what set off the gunfire or if there were injuries in the Senate, where Sen. Ronald dela Rosa has […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale inflation came in hot last month. Producer prices rose 6% from a year earlier, most since December 2022, as the 10-week Iran war pushed up energy prices and put pressure on companies to pass along higher costs to consumers. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers — shot up 1.4% in April, biggest monthly […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Open Society Foundations, the family philanthropy founded by hedge fund billionaire George Soros, is putting $30 million toward groups fighting antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate over the next three years. The major human rights funder pledged Wednesday to strengthen interfaith partnerships and protect those facing heightened threats in response to the rising levels of hate against both Jewish and Muslim communities, coinciding with the Israel-Hamas war and […]

Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke, a veteran of 7 NBA seasons, dies at 29 Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke has died, according to the team, his agency and the NBA. He was 29. A person familiar with the terms of the ongoing investigation said an autopsy was planned to determine the exact cause of his death. His agents, Priority Sports, wrote on social media that they were “beyond devastated” by […]

Holocaust Survivor Albrecht Weinberg Dies at 101 in Germany  By The Media Line Staff  Albrecht Weinberg, a Holocaust survivor who endured Auschwitz, Mittelbau-Dora, Bergen-Belsen, and three death marches before becoming a public witness to Nazi atrocities, died Tuesday in Leer, Germany, authorities in his home region said. He was 101.  Weinberg died in the northwestern German town where he had returned late in life after decades in New York. His death […]

Saudi Arabia Secretly Struck Iran After Iranian Attacks, Reuters Reports   By The Media Line Staff   Saudi Arabia carried out covert airstrikes inside Iran at the end of March in response to attacks launched against the kingdom during the recent regional war, Reuters reported, citing two Western and two Iranian sources.    These operations are the first known Saudi strikes on Iranian territory.   One source characterized the attacks as “tit-for-tat strikes […]