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Interior minister seeks dissolution of pro-Hezbollah art association
by Naharnet Newsdesk 03 October 2025, 16:48 Following the controversy sparked by the illumination of the iconic Raouche Rock with images of slain Hezbollah chiefs Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, Interior Minister Ahmad...

Israel Premier-Tech withdraws from three Italian cycling races due to security concerns
Israel Premier-Tech has dropped out of three cycling races in Italy next week due to security concerns. There is a general strike taking place in Italy today (Friday) as thousands demonstrate across the country — with union leaders claiming...

7 Things: Shutdown drags on; Tuberville keeps pushing for the National Guard in Alabama; taxpayers paying to put Reed on TV; and more …
7. The “Rock the South” festival, billed as the “Biggest Party in the South,” is relocating from Cullman to Decatur to enhance its regional appeal and attract a larger crowd. New venue amenities will take the experience on land that the festival...

Israel Adesanya gives his prediction for Magomed Ankalaev vs Alex Pereira 2 at UFC 320
Israel Adesanya has chosen a side in his former bitter rival’s crucial rematch. Saturday sees the first UFC pay-per-view event since mid-August take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and some big names are preparing to headline in competition...
Israeli navy takes over last boat of Gaza-bound aid flotilla
JERUSALEM, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli navy intercepted the last vessel of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) in the Mediterranean Sea on Friday, Israel's state-owned Kan TV News channel reported. The Marinette vessel departed late due...

At least 2 killed, 48 injured in Israeli strikes on Yemen's Sanaa: Houthis
At least two people were killed and 48 others wounded on Thursday when Israel conducted multiple airstrikes on Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa, Houthi-run health authorities said. In a statement broadcast by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, the...

Boycotting Israel is not the walk in the park bullying Russia’s Paralympians was
Russia’s Paralympians should know not only that they are standing on the shoulders of Russia’s grateful giants but, with the Vietnamese and other civilised people, they are opening the page on a newer and brighter page of history. Join us on...

Israeli cycling team withdraws from races in Italy over protest fears
The Israeli cycling team, Israel-Premier Tech, announced on Thursday that it will withdraw from three races in Italy next week, citing fears of protests against its participation following Tel Aviv’s attack on the Sumud Aid Flotilla heading to...

Sports26 minutes ago Europa League Matchday Two: Roma, Celtic, Feyenoord, Nottingham Forest Stunned In Home Defeats Matchday two of the UEFA Europa League delivered high drama on Thursday night, as several European heavyweights suffered unexpected…
Matchday two of the UEFA Europa League delivered high drama on Thursday night, as several European heavyweights suffered unexpected setbacks on home soil. AS Roma were undone at the Stadio Olimpico, losing 1-0 to French side Lille. It was a...

Hollywood stunned as Trump targets global movies
Breadcrumb Trail Links News The announcement came earlier this week on Trump’s Truth Social platform, where the 79-year-old president claimed that the “movie-making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other Countries,...
General : Israel’s Allegations Labelling GSF Activists As Terrorists Are Insolent - PM Anwar
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has described as insolent Israel’s allegations labelling Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) activists as terrorists. He said the GSF’s voyage to Gaza was a humanitarian mission...
World : GSF: Israel Must Release Detained Malaysian Activists Within 72 Hours - Lawyer
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 (Bernama) -- Israel must release the Malaysian activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) currently detained at the Ketziot Camp within 72 hours, as they have signed the Request For Immediate Departure forms. Lawyer Dir...
World : GSF: Marinette, Last Mission Ship, Intercepted By Israel
SEPANG, Oct 3 (Bernama) -- Hopes of seeing the Marinette, the last ship of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) mission, heading to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people, were dashed when it was intercepted by the Israeli military...

Film & TV We lived through Oct. 7. Now we can do it again on TV — but why? Two new shows recreating survivors' experiences are dropping on the second anniversary of Hamas' attack By Mira Fox 4 min read
A scene from Red Alert, a mother and her two daughters walking back toward their ransacked kibbutz. Courtesy of Paramount+ By Mira Fox October 3, 2025 At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a favored topic among critics was when, and how, art...

Taylor Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ album is out, and other music, TV and films now streaming
New music to stream from Sept. 29-Oct. 5 — It’s her, hi: Taylor Swift returns with her highly anticipated 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” came out today, Oct. 3. The record was completed in Sweden with producers Max Martin and...
World : Nine New Ships Of Global Sumud Flotilla Sail Toward Gaza To Break Israeli Blockade
ANKARA, Oct 3 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- The international organisation Global Sumud Flotilla said Friday that nine new ships have now reached the northern coast of Marsa Matruh, Egypt, and are continuing their journey toward the Gaza Strip to challenge...
World : Jakarta Coalition Slams Israel After Aid Flotilla Seized
By Mohd Iswandi Kasan Anuar JAKARTA, Oct 3 (Bernama) -- An Indonesian humanitarian coalition on Friday condemned Israel after it seized dozens of aid vessels from the Global Sumud Flotilla in the Mediterranean and detained hundreds of activists....

The Reason Not to Boycott Israeli Films
A lost boy walks slowly through Tel Aviv’s central bus station. Two soldiers pass him, and he turns away to avoid being noticed. Yet there’s nothing noticeable about him—brown hair, blue eyes, a chin just beginning to widen into adolescence—except...

‘Ban Israel from international sports and culture’
Outside London's iconic Wembley Stadium an urgent call has been made for Israel to be banned from international sporting events, including football. Israel should be banned from everything. They should become a pariah state and kicked out of every...

Limited in scope, 'The Road Between Us' depicts an Israeli family's fight to survive Oct. 7
Documentaries have, not surprisingly, become a hearts-and-minds front in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with filmmakers from all sides trying to get their stories out that bring into particular focus a destructive war’s realities. And needless...