Town Hall News

(Reuters) – Uganda has implemented one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, drawing widespread Western condemnation and outraging activists at home. Below is some reaction: CLARE BYARUGABA, UGANDAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST “The Ugandan President has today Legalised State Sponsored Homophobia and Transphobia. It’s a very dark and sad day … We shall continue to fight this atrocious legislation through the Judiciary until Human Rights for all are upheld. We shall win, […]

MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015. The Attorney General’s office said in a statement that one other person was sentenced to 12 years in prison, six to 10 years, […]

Israel To Bring Thousands More Foreign Workers To Tackle High Living Costs In an effort to reduce the high cost of living, Israel’s government is planning to bring thousands of workers from India and China primarily for caregiving and construction sectors By Keren Setton/The Media Line The Israeli government announced in late April a plan to bring thousands of workers from India and China to lower the high cost of […]

Erdoğan’s Reelection Likely To Mean Little Change in Turkish Policy on Israelis, Palestinians Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has just won a further five-year term to add to his two decades of rule, has been making efforts recently to reconcile with other countries, including Israel By Mohammad Al-Kassim/The Media Line A host of international leaders have sent their congratulations to Turkey’s incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after he won […]

By Lincoln Feast (Reuters) – Griffin Colapinto beat Brazil’s Italo Ferreira in a high-scoring final at the Surf Ranch Pro in California on Sunday but the American’s win in the wave pool was tainted by claims from some Brazilians about the fairness of the judging. Deep in California cow country more than 100 miles (160 km) from the coast, Lemoore’s Surf Ranch has been something of a divisive stop on […]

Bitter Enemies Azerbaijan, Armenia in Nascent Talks for a Peace Deal Unfreezing diplomatic relations could end decades of conflict, but will likely involve theinterests of several regional players By Nicole Jansezian/The Media Line A possible peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia could put an end to the ongoing conflictbetween the two Caucasus nations. However, several issues remain unresolved—and perhaps notonly by the two countries in question. After initial talks facilitated […]

By Fatos Bytyci LEPOSAVIC, Kosovo (Reuters) – Around 25 NATO peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes with Serb protesters on Monday, while Serbia’s president put the army on the highest level of combat alert. KFOR, the NATO-led peacekeeping mission to Kosovo, condemned the violence. “While countering the most active fringes of the crowd, several soldiers of the Italian and Hungarian KFOR contingent were […]

Lebanese Women Find Work, If They Can Get It, ‘Senseless’ Due to Economic Conditions Rising unemployment rates are affecting both men andwomen, but the latter are being hit much harder. Women arelosing jobs and being forced into dependency, with wide-ranging ramifications for Lebanese society By Debbie Mohnblatt/The Media Line As the economic situation continues to deteriorate in Lebanon, with prices rising uncontrollably and jobs becoming scarcer by the day, it […]

(Reuters) – Sheffield Wednesday added a fairytale ending to their extraordinary League One playoff campaign as Josh Windass scored the winner in stoppage time of extra time to earn them promotion with a 1-0 victory over 10-man Barnsley in the final on Monday. Wednesday can now look forward to Championship football next season which had seemed wildly out of reach when they trailed Peterborough 4-0 after the first leg of […]