Johnny Tran 
Israelis from across the country took to the polls on Tuesday with plenty of resounding victories and shock defeats that could shape the future of the Jewish State’s cities for years to come. In the capital of Jerusalem, mayoral incumbent Moshe Lion defeated challenger Yossi Havilio to win another five-year term as mayor, winning … Read more
Iran sent very strong signals between last November and this January that it was pushing the envelope further with its nuclear-weapons program. Why, then, did it suddenly slow things down in February? Is this a larger policy change? Or is Tehran just playing games again, just before the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of … Read more
Public representative Sheila Weinberg made history on Wednesday as the first transgender representative to be elected as a city council member in Israel, according to Israeli media. Weinberg, 65, will be serving as a city council member in the town of Kiryat Tivon, southeast of Haifa. She is a mother of two and also … Read more
Iran has given Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah the green light to escalate its attacks along Israel’s northern border, the Arabic Post reported on Wednesday, citing high-level Iranian and Lebanese sources. The Islamic Republic has reportedly set conditions for Hezbollah, ordering it to launch a large-scale attack on Israel only after it “had become certain … Read more
The passing of former finance and infrastructure minister Avraham Shochat this week nearly marks the end of an era. Ehud Barak was the last Labor prime minister in Israel, serving from 1999 to 2001.There are few still living Labor Party stalwarts who served as ministers or Knesset members in the administrations of Yitzhak Rabin, … Read more
Libyan authorities arrested a security personnel at a female school in Benghazi after he launched a grenade into the establishment’s courtyard, protesting his daughter’s punishment by a teacher, Arabic media reported on Tuesday. The Benghazi security directorate said in a statement on Facebook that the guard, in his 40s, also insulted and cursed teachers … Read more
Jerusalem mayoral incumbent Moshe Lion defeated challenger Yossi Havilio and will serve as Jerusalem’s mayor for another five-year term, according to results from the interior ministry unit responsible for Israel’s municipal elections, which were held throughout the country on Tuesday. The results are in According to the interim results, Lion won 81.5% of the … Read more
A “terror plot” targeting a police car in southeastern Iran with a roadside bomb failed on Wednesday, killing one of two militants, a provincial public prosecutor said, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency. The second militant fled the scene, and authorities have not yet identified the group to which they belonged. But the … Read more
The campaigns leading up to Tuesday’s municipal elections largely flew under the radar, as Israel remains focused on its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, conflict against Hezbollah on its northern border, over 100,000 citizens who are still displaced, and numerous other security, economic, welfare, and social issues, not to mention thousands of … Read more
The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, remains largely inaccessible in Pakistan as the government’s ban on the platform continues for a 10th day. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has yet to provide any clarification regarding the ban. The initial signs of … Read more
