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SINGAPORE, July 28 (Reuters) – Asian markets fell on Tuesday led by chipmakers on unease about the massive funding demands of the AI boom, while a slide in oil prices did relatively little to lift bonds and left traders nervous about U.S. rate hikes, maybe as soon as this week. South Korea’s KOSPI dived more than 8% to a three-month low, triggering a circuit breaker, and Japan’s Nikkei slid 4%, […]

Does Lebanon Need a Third Party To Clear Hezbollah From Israel’s Border?  Marwan Abdallah, head of the Foreign Affairs Department at the Lebanese Kataeb Party, told TML: “You need a third entity, and I think the US army is the partner of the Lebanese armed forces and, of course, is the partner of the Israelis.”  By Giorgia Valente / The Media Line  The meeting between Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and US President Donald Trump […]

IDF Eliminates Hamas Internal Security Commander, Demolishes Gaza Tunnel   By The Media Line Staff   The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet, Israel’s Security Agency, said they eliminated Wael Musa Khaled al-Ladawi, commander of Hamas’s Internal Security forces for the central camps in the Gaza Strip, in a precise airstrike on his vehicle in Deir al-Balah, while Israeli troops separately destroyed a Hamas tunnel in northern Gaza as part of ongoing operations […]

US Extends West Bank Travel Restrictions Amid Escalating Violence   By The Media Line Staff   The United States has extended travel restrictions for US government personnel and their families in the West Bank amid attacks following a gunfight near Nablus.    A US Embassy in Jerusalem statement cited heightened security concerns and increasing regional instability led it to continue temporarily restricting all personal travel by US government employees and their family […]

Iran-Backed Drones Keep Middle East on Edge Despite US-Iran Lull   By The Media Line   Drone attacks continued across the Middle East despite a pause in direct military strikes between the United States and Iran, as Iran-backed militias and proxy groups launched operations targeting Saudi Arabia, Iraq and areas near Israel’s border while Washington paused its campaign to allow ceasefire efforts to continue.   The United States and Iran have suspended direct […]

The Cleveland Guardians and Cincinnati Reds will have to wait another day to begin the latest installment of the Ohio Cup. Monday night’s series opener in Cincinnati was postponed because of rain and rescheduled as part of a split doubleheader on Tuesday. The makeup game will begin at 1:40 p.m. local time, with the second game remaining at its originally scheduled time of 7:10 p.m. Cleveland will stick with right-hander […]

SEOUL, July 28 (Reuters) – South Korea’s top financial regulator said on Tuesday that authorities would consider a cap on single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETF) investments for retail investors if needed, local media reports said. Lee Eog-weon, chairman of the Financial Services Commission, told a meeting with local brokerages and asset managers in Seoul that the regulator would review and prepare additional measures to curb the demand for the ETF […]

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — More than half a century passed before some measure of justice was served over the weekend for the murder of popular Chilean singer-songwriter Víctor Jara. Chilean police on Saturday arrested a retired military colonel who had been a fugitive for three years after being convicted of kidnapping and murdering Jara during Chile’s military dictatorship and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Despite the arrest, the musician’s […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is preparing to ramp up funding by hundreds of millions of dollars for programs designed to counter China’s growing influence around the world, after it had put a halt to many of those initiatives last year during a flurry of budget and personnel cuts. The administration notified Congress late last week that it intends to spend $175.8 million to replace outdated and aging undersea […]