Fadel Shaker’s legal representatives intend to ask the Military Court to schedule a trial session for him, informed sources said.
“His trial in the Military Court will be repeated from square one, seeing as after he turned himself in, all the in-absentia verdicts against him have become null and void,” the sources told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper.

Lebanese crooner-turned-fugitive militant Fadel Shaker surrendered himself to Lebanese authorities on Saturday after hiding in a Palestinian camp for over a decade, the Lebanese Army said said.
Shaker, a popular singer born to a Palestinian mother and a Lebanese father, was accused of taking part in 2013 clashes in Sidon, south Lebanon, that opposed Salafist Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir and his supporters with the Lebanese military which left 17 soldiers dead.

Selena Gomez has married music producer and songwriter Benny Blanco, announcing the news in an Instagram post showing the couple kissing and embracing on a lawn.

Here he is, depicted at six months in office, chiseled and brawny, as mighty as the very nation. Here he is as a Star Wars Jedi wielding a patriot-red lightsaber, rescuing our galaxy from the forces of evil. Here he is taking over Gaza, transforming the strip into a luxury resort complete with a golden effigy of himself.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday renewed his threat of imposing steep tariffs on films made outside the United States, claiming his country's industry has been "stolen" by others.
Trump's remarks come shortly after he threatened a slew of new tariffs to be imposed this week on branded pharmaceutical products, furniture, as well as heavy trucks respectively.

Oscar-winning U.S. actor Jennifer Lawrence called Israel's war in Gaza a genocide and warned about the normalization of lies in American politics during a Friday appearance at Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival.
"What's happening is no less than a genocide, and it's unacceptable," Lawrence told a news conference when asked about the war that has devastated the Palestinian territory for almost two years.

Prada's cavernous showroom was awash in bright orange paint Thursday for a women's collection that swerved from cocooning to revealing, rigorous to feminine.
Co-creative directors Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons continued their meditation on the uniform, but here they invited women to throw caution to the wind, and pair bright opera gloves with coveralls, the kind a mechanic with sartorial sense might wear.

A UK court on Friday threw out a terrorism charge against a Northern Irish singer from the punk rap group Kneecap which had provoked an outcry among their fans.

Eurovision Song Contest organizers said Friday that member broadcasters will vote in November on whether Israel can participate in the musical extravaganza next year, as calls have mounted for the country to be excluded over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
According to spokesperson Dave Goodman, the board of the European Broadcasting Union, which brings together public broadcasters and runs the event, has sent a letter to members indicating that the vote will take place at an extraordinary general meeting held online in early November.

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have announced the birth of their third child, a girl.
Rihanna announced the birth of Rocki Irish Mayers in an Instagram post Wednesday. The post featured one photo of the multihyphenate, 37, with the baby and another photo of baby shoes. It was captioned simply with Rocki's name, a date — Sept. 13 — and an emoji ribbon.
