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The TelegraphHamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been silent for months - now some Israelis believe he has been killed
In a windowless room, somewhere in the bowels of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) headquarters, Chief of Staff Lt Gen Herzi Halevi jabbed his index finger forward.
- The Telegraph
Watch: Yemen’s Houthi rebels strike British oil ship in Red Sea
Video footage shows the moment Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched an explosive-laden drone boat into a British oil tanker in the Red Sea.
- Euronews
Israeli airstrike kills Hamas official and his family in northern Lebanon
The fighting has led more than 250,000 Syrians and 82,000 Lebanese to flee north to Syria in the past two weeks.
- The Independent
What are Israel and Iran’s attack and defence capabilities?
The two bitter regional enemies are on the brink of all-out war
- CNN
‘I don’t have the energy to be displaced again’: Lebanon’s capital reels after Israeli strikes
When Israel struck the center of Beirut in the early hours of Thursday, it seemed to wipe out what little sense of safety remained in the Lebanese capital.
- The Independent
Israel-Iran latest: Israel expand Lebanon strikes, killing Hamas chief, as Macron makes Gaza arms sales demand
Iran vows to not back down as tensions escalate across Middle East
- CNN
Massacre in Burkina Faso left 600 dead, double previous estimates, according to French security assessment
The new figure would make the assault, in which civilians were shot dead as they dug trenches to defend the remote town of Barsalogho, one of the deadliest single attacks in Africa in recent decades.
- AFP News
Taliban's battle with IS opens door to foreign cooperation
Afghanistan's Islamic State group is staging a growing number of bloody international attacks, presenting a rare but complicated opportunity for foreign cooperation with the Taliban government to counter the jihadists.Since winning their own insurgency in defiance of the international community three years ago, the Taliban government has been plagued by attacks by the Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K).
- CNN
Yazidi woman captured by ISIS rescued in Gaza after more than a decade in captivity
A 21-year-old Yazidi woman has been rescued from Gaza where she had been held captive by Hamas for years after being trafficked by ISIS.
- Euronews
Ukraine says it killed Zaporizhzhia NPP security chief, branding him a 'collaborator'
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, located in southern Ukraine, is the largest in Europe and prior to the 2022 Russian invasion, supplied Ukraine with around 30% of its electricity. It was seized by Russian forced in the early weeks of the war.
- PA Media: UK News
Pro-Palestine marches will continue until Israel sanctioned, says organiser
Ben Jamal was speaking ahead of the 20th national March for Palestine on Saturday.
- HuffPost
A Quiet Rebellion On Gaza Is Growing Among Civil Servants Across The West
As Israel continues to retaliate for Oct. 7 — while receiving huge support from the U.S. and its allies — government officials have felt compelled to act in ways they never thought they would.
- BBC
Anger and grief in south Lebanon city almost deserted after Israeli strikes
The streets of Tyre are almost completely empty as people flee southern Lebanon for safer areas in the north.
- France 24
🔴 Live: Netanyahu says 'shame' on Macron for urging halt to weapons supply to Israel
Nearly 40 medical centres in Lebanon have been forced to close amid Israel's air strikes, a UN agency said on Friday. An Israeli strike near Lebanon's Masnaa border crossing with Syria cut off the main international road linking the two countries. Two massive craters blocked vehicles from crossing into Syria. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran and its allies would not back down against Israel in a rare Friday sermon, his first in five years, which came days after Iran fired m
- Euronews
Indian army kills over 31 suspected Maoist rebels in gunbattle
At least 31 suspected Maoist rebels were killed in a battle with Indian soldiers in central India, police said on Saturday.
- Sky News
Israeli strike in West Bank 'kills 18' as more huge blasts hit Beirut
At least 18 Palestinians are said to have died in an Israeli attack in the West Bank - as airstrikes in Lebanon continued with large blasts seen near Beirut airport. The Palestinian health ministry said Thursday's deaths occurred in the Tulkarm refugee camp. In a post on X, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa called it a "massacre" and said Israel was "ignoring global calls for justice".
- CNN
‘A rocket hit and everyone was gone’: Gazans grieve their children after strike on UN school
CNN’s Paula Hancocks reports on an Israeli airstrike on an UNRWA school in Gaza. Israel claims Hamas uses schools as command and control center and civilians as human shields, a tactic Hamas has denied.
- Evening Standard
Huge blast close to Beirut's international airport as Israel renews air strikes
Israeli strike targeting Hezbollah hits near perimeter of Beirut’s international airport, despite G7 urging restraint
- Associated Press
Pakistan capital locked down to thwart a rally to support ex-leader Imran Khan
Authorities suspended cellphone service and blocked key roads into Pakistan’s capital with shipping containers Friday to try to thwart a rally by tens of thousands of activists seeking the release of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Khan’s supporters were trying to march on Islamabad from the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where Khan’s party holds power, defying a ban on rallies imposed this week by the national government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
- The Hill
US downsizing in Iraq sparks fear from Kurdish minority
Kurdish minorities are sounding the alarm over an expected U.S. downsizing from Iraq by 2026, worried they will be left vulnerable to extremist attacks that have frequently targeted the group. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), which governs three provinces in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq, is in active negotiations with the U.S. on…