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  • US envoy cuts Lebanon trip short amid protests, outrage over press comments | Hezbollah News

    US envoy cuts Lebanon trip short amid protests, outrage over press comments | Hezbollah News

    Protesters decry Tom Barrack visit amid Hezbollah disarmament push, warning to journalists not to act ‘animalistic’.

    Published On 27 Aug 2025

    US envoy Tom Barrack has cut his visit to southern Lebanon short, according to the Lebanese government’s official news agency.

    The altered trip on Wednesday came amid protests against Washington’s push to disarm Hezbollah, as well as continued outrage over Barrack’s recent derision of journalists in the country.

    The National News…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Trump administration takes control of Washington’s Union Station train hub | Donald Trump News

    Trump administration takes control of Washington’s Union Station train hub | Donald Trump News

    The administration of President Donald Trump has announced it plans to take control of Union Station, a major transportation hub in the United States capital of Washington, DC.

    Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy delivered the announcement on Wednesday, as he stood with leaders from the rail company Amtrak to unveil a new fleet of faster Acela trains.

    Previously, Amtrak had run the building, which is one of the busiest train stations in the country as well as a shopping centre and…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • A new antiviral blocks 6 deadly viruses in mice but faces a long road ahead

    A new antiviral blocks 6 deadly viruses in mice but faces a long road ahead

    A sugar present on virus envelopes might become the target of new antiviral treatments for a range of viruses, researchers report August 27 in Science Advances. This treatment, shown to shut down infections of Ebola, Nipah, SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses in mice, could potentially be the first line of defense against future pandemics, the scientists say.

    “This is an interesting study, showing a possible pathway towards broad-spectrum antivirals,” says William Wimley, a…

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    News Source: www.sciencenews.org

  • Israel killed six Hamas members in hospital strike, says US envoy to UN

    Israel killed six Hamas members in hospital strike, says US envoy to UN

    By Michelle Nichols

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Israel’s military has concluded six Hamas members were killed in a strike on Nasser hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip on Monday, acting U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Dorothy Shea told the Security Council on Wednesday.

    The Israeli strike killedat least 20 people including journalists who worked for Reuters, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and other outlets.

    “The IDF concluded six Hamas members – one of whom had participated in the…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • IOF storms Ramallah exchange office, seizes $450,000 over alleged Hamas funding

    IOF storms Ramallah exchange office, seizes $450,000 over alleged Hamas funding

    RAMALLAH, (PIC)

    Israeli occupation forces (IOF) announced on Wednesday that they confiscated approximately 1.5 million shekels ($447,000) during a raid targeting a Palestinian exchange office, claiming it was transferring funds to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

    The IOF raided the exchange office in central Ramallah on Tuesday, an operation that included gunfire and, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, resulted in 27 injuries.

    The IOF regularly conducts raids across…

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    News Source: english.palinfo.com

  • Children killed in mass shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school | Gun Violence

    Children killed in mass shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school | Gun Violence

    NewsFeed

    At least two children were killed and more than a dozen others injured in a mass shooting at a Catholic school in the US city of Minneapolis. A church service was underway when police say a shooter began firing through the windows.

    Published On 27 Aug 2025

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Planned visit by US envoy sparks protests in southern Lebanon

    Planned visit by US envoy sparks protests in southern Lebanon

    By Jana Choukeir

    BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hundreds of people protested in southern Lebanon on Wednesday against a planned visit by U.S. envoy Thomas Barrack, a day after the envoy stirred anger in the country by publicly scolding Lebanese reporters.

    Lebanon’s state news agency said Barrack’s visit to Tyre and the border town of Khiyam had been cancelled due to the demonstrations. Protesters carried banners reading “Death to America” and waved the flags of Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Israel demands UN-backed monitor retract Gaza famine report

    Israel demands UN-backed monitor retract Gaza famine report

    Israel on Wednesday called on UN-backed hunger monitor the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative (IPC) to immediately retract a report which determined that famine was present in parts of Gaza.

    “Israel demands that the IPC will retract immediately its fabricated report and publish a notice,” the director general of Israel’s foreign ministry, Eden Bar Tal, told a press conference.

    He said Israel would share “evidence” of misconduct in preparing the report with IPC’s donors if…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • HRW: US forces legally complicit in Israeli war crimes in Gaza

    HRW: US forces legally complicit in Israeli war crimes in Gaza

    GAZA, (PIC)

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) has held US military personnel legally responsible for assisting the Israeli army in committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip, accusing the US army of being directly involved in operations against Palestinians.

    “Direct participation by US forces in military operations in Gaza since October 2023, including by providing intelligence for Israeli strikes and conducting extensive coordination and planning, has made the United States a party to the…

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    News Source: english.palinfo.com

  • People With Kids Expressed Higher Desire For Infidelity in 2020-21 Than Those Without: Study

    People With Kids Expressed Higher Desire For Infidelity in 2020-21 Than Those Without: Study

    A study survey of close to 600 women and 500 men found that at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the most unlikely people might have been more likely to cheat on their romantic partners: parents. “In general, the Covid-19 pandemic had considerable personal and social impacts,…

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    News Source: www.forbes.com