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Iran’s New Paveh Missile Can Reach Israel but Is Not a Game Changer, Experts Say The unveiling of a new long-range cruise missile may be the Islamic Republic’s bid to improve its internal public support amid the unrest of recent months By Debbie Mohnblatt/The Media Line The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps aerospace force, Amirali Hajizadeh, unveiled Iran’s new cruise missile, Paveh, on state television, and announced that […]

Israelis Fear for Financial Future as Shekel Tumbles, Cost of Living Rises The dollar is continuing to climb in value against the shekel, reaching its highest mark since 2019 and causing already high prices to soar in Israel By Mohammad Al-Kassim/The Media Line  Israel’s economy has for years been a strong one even though the pricey cost of living has made the country one of the most expensive in the […]

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Miami Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara received his NL Cy Young Award trophy on Sunday for the second time — and this time he has no reason to give it back. “I want to keep it for the rest of my life,” Alcantara said. “I think that is for my mom.” When the Baseball Writers’ Association of America originally presented Alcantara with the trophy at its January […]

Ukrainian Israeli to TML:  I Can Travel The World, But I Can’t Go Home The Media Line talks to Anna Vengerovski, a 25-year-old student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem about the moment she learned of the invasion, her fears for her family in Khariv and her desire to return to the place of her birth By Debbie Mohnblatt/The Media Line In the year since Russia invaded Ukraine, Israel has […]

Gordon Pinsent, an award-winning Canadian actor acclaimed for his performance as a heartbroken husband in the film “Away From Her,” has died at 92. His family said in a statement that Pinsent died in his sleep Saturday. “Gordon Pinsent was one of Canada’s most iconic actors,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday on Twitter. “He was passionate, captivating and endlessly talented.” Pinsent worked for decades in radio, television and movies. […]

With Successes in Ukraine, Turkey Making Huge Strides in Global Drone Industry The country’s booming UAV sector is making it a drone superpower and one of the four top exporters of armed unmanned aerial vehicles; its most famous product, the Bayraktar, is credited with a major role in repelling Russian forces, and dozens of countries want it too By Mohammad Al-Kassim/The Media Line In the year since Russia’s invasion of […]

Angola Draws Inspiration from Israel as it Diversifies Its Economy   Visiting Israel, the southern African nation’s Minister of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Maria do Rosario Braganca, tells The Media Line that the Middle Eastern country can light the way on a range of fields   By Sara Miller/The Media Line   Emerging from a 27-year civil war in 2002, Angola has spent the past two decades […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of a new House select committee on China defended Democratic Rep. Judy Chu on Sunday, saying it was abhorrent and unacceptable for a GOP lawmaker to question her loyalty to the United States based on her Chinese heritage. “One of my colleagues, unfortunately, attacked Judy Chu, the first Chinese American congresswoman in the United States Congress, saying that somehow she’s not loyal to the United […]

Palestinians Are Furious With PA Decision To Attend Aqaba Summit With Israel The one-day meeting under the auspices of the United States is a bid to halt a surge in deadly violence in the occupied West Bank, especially ahead of the holy month of Ramadan By Mohammad Al-Kassim/The Media Line Two helicopters from Jordan landed in the Muqata compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the seat of the […]