Israeli media reported that Yahya Sinwar, head of the Hamas political bureau, may have been killed during an Israeli military attack on Gaza. Two media outlets, KAN and N12 News, cited unnamed officials on Thursday, suggesting that Sinwar had been killed, although Hamas has not officially confirmed this. The Israeli army said it was investigating … Read more
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks during a press statement in Tokyo on April 26, 2023. — AFP The Bangladeshi official says it is a “wonderful day.” Hasina’s rule witnessed widespread human rights violations. Its presence in India angered Bangladesh. Dhaka: A Bangladesh court on Thursday ordered an arrest warrant for exiled former leader … Read more
Omar Abdullah takes oath as IIOJK Prime Minister on October 16, 2024. — Hindustan Times National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday was sworn in as chief minister of the illegally occupied Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, after leading his party to a landslide victory in elections held in September and October. The 54-year-old … Read more
LEBANON: A high-level Hezbollah source said on Saturday that contact with Hashem Safieddine, widely touted as potentially the group’s next leader, had been lost following Israeli strikes this week. “Contact with Sayyed Safieddine has been lost since the violent strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs” early on Friday, the official told AFP. “We don’t know if … Read more
With many futures bets being placed throughout the offseason, and bets rapidly increasing as we approach a month from the regular season, a very fun bet that usually holds a lot of interest for most football fans and bettors, is the NFL rushing leader. Most people I talk to or who are reading this article … Read more
The United States managed to arrest Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord, but Mexican prosecutors – and the president — now say they are considering bringing treason charges against those who handed him over. It’s part of the long, strange saga of Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, who unexpectedly appeared on a flight that landed … Read more
The leader of a Kenyan starvation sect went on trial on Monday for manslaughter over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in one of the world’s worst cult-related tragedies. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and dozens of other suspects pleaded not guilty in January to multiple counts of manslaughter, one of several … Read more
Sinaloa drug cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada – in a letter written from prison and released by his lawyer – details what he says led to his arrest in the United States. “El Mayo” and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, one of the notorious kingpin El Chapo’s 12 children, were arrested near El Paso, Texas … Read more
The Palestinian militant group Hamas said Tuesday it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza and mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader. The choice of Sinwar, a secretive figure who leads Hamas’ hardliners and is close to Iran, was a defiant step. Sinwar is at the top of … Read more