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West Bank Saturday killed nine Palestinian militants, according to Israel's army, as violence flares in the Israeli-occupied territory. The Israeli army said its forces first struck a vehicle in a rural area northwest of the city of Tulkarem in the northern West Bank early Saturday morning, killing the five occupants. The army said they were on their way to carry out an attack. The Palestinian health ministry said the dead men's corpses were taken to a nearby hospital in Tulkarem. All five men were later identified by Hamas as militants belonging to the group, including one who was a local commander.

Sheikh Hasina's invitation for talks while protesters laid siege on major streets in the capital, days after more than 200 people died in anti-quota protests. Bangladesh recently witnessed violent clashes between the police and mostly student protesters demanding an end to a controversial quota system that reserved 30 per cent of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh's War of Independence in 1971. Witnesses said students protesting blocked major roads of Dhaka causing traffic snarls while officials said security forces were ordered to keep intensified vigil as protesters started rallying at different city points. On Friday, Prime Minister Hasina urged the agitating students to meet at her Ganabhaban official residence for talks to end the violence over the quota system in government jobs.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that Palestinian militant group Hamas' leader Ismail Haniyeh was slain in Tehran by a short-range projectile with a warhead of about 7 kg, and vowed severe revenge. Wednesday's assassination has drawn fears of direct conflict between Tehran and its arch-enemy Israel in a region shaken by Israel's war in Gaza and a worsening conflict in Lebanon.

Consumer durables makers in India are locked in a warranty war. Brands such as LG, Samsung, Haier, Godrej, Voltas Beko and Panasonic are competing to offer the best protection for refrigerators, air-conditioners, microwave ovens and washing machines. Consumers, mostly those above the age of 35, are readily taking up these offers, potentially boosting sales, say retailers. Brands are offering warranties of up to 10 years on the main component, such as the compressor of an AC or refrigerator, and up to 20 years on the motor of a washing machine or dishwasher, even referring to them as 'lifetime' assurance.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew" will premiere on December 3, 2024, on Disney+. This series, first teased in early 2022, follows a group of children lost in the galaxy, navigating their way home.

electronics industry to share production statistics for policy formulation, a Meity official said on Friday. The government has been sharing electronics production data in the country based on estimates of industry bodies, especially the India Electronics and Cellular Association. «We don't have any kinds of production data. That's very important. When we formulate policy, we need to know how much we are producing and what we are producing. So that we actually know the exact figure. We have DGIS, where we can get import data and export data. Industry has to support the government by sharing the data,» Meity Scientists G and Group Coordinator Asha Nangia said. She was speaking at an event organised by CII in collaboration with ICEA on Building a Resilient Supply Chain for Electronics and Semiconductor Industry.

An estimated 1m Palestinians have fled Rafah since the start of Israel’s offensive there on May 6th. For those who remain, the fighting has had grisly consequences. At least 45 people, including a number of children, died on May 26th after an Israeli air strike set fire to a tent camp; survivors had to pull charred bodies from the wreckage.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter in al-Qaeda’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department said Wednesday, pointing to a long-delayed resolution in an attack that altered the course of the United States and much of the Middle East.

Netflix animated series "Terminator Zero" has been released. The series continues the story of Skynet, an AI that gains consciousness and wages war on humanity. It introduces new characters and a new plot.

The basement of Scott Saxberg’s childhood home in Winnipeg was emblematic of a mid-1970s’ household whose most senior member, Mervyn, played a ton of hockey, as did his two sons.

Moscow released Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan in a multinational deal, according to officials in Turkey, where the exchange took place. The Journal confirmed that Gershkovich had been freed. It's the latest exchange between Washington and Moscow in the past two years, following a December 2022 trade that brought WNBA star Brittney Griner back to the US in exchange for notorious arms trafficker Viktor Bout.

Iran held funeral processions on Thursday with calls for revenge after the killing in Tehran of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in a strike blamed on Israel.

China will ban the export of all unregulated civilian drones that can be used for military purposes or in terrorist activities and restrict certain drone features

Russia and China, reports the 'Daily Express US'. It has also been said that the US military may lose a future war against the arch-rivals if considerable investment is not made in the defense sector. The report has made it clear that major changes and significant investments are needed now and the country should not wait for the next Pearl Harbor or 9/11. The Imperial Japanese Navy conducted a surprise aerial assault on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The unprovoked attack sucked the US into World War II, and it immediately declared war on Japan.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran early on Wednesday morning, an attack that drew threats of revenge on Israel and fuelled further concern that the conflict in Gaza was turning into a wider Middle East war.

Gaza Strip, Israel has fought a parallel, slower-paced conflict with Hamas' allies across the Middle East in which all sides have risked major escalation but ultimately avoided dragging the region into a bigger, multi-front war.

supply chains after the pandemic and due to geopolitical reasons has given India a chance to make in India for the world. It's not just China. Other Asian countries such as Vietnam and Bangladesh are also formidable incumbents. Traditionally, other Asian countries have had an edge over India due to various reasons such as cheaper labour, less rigid labour market and free trade agreements. But now India too is becoming an attractive source of goods for Western countries.

Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said the target of the strike, Fouad Shukur, was behind the Saturday rocket attack on the town of Majdal Shams that killed 12 young people in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights of Syria.Hezbollah, which denied it was behind the Majdal Shams attack, didn't confirm that Shukur was the target of Tuesday's airstrike or that he was killed. If Israel's claim proves true, Shukur would be the most senior Hezbollah commander to be killed since 2016, when Mustafa Badreddine, the group's military commander in Syria, died in an explosion in the Syrian capital of Damascus.The Israeli military said that Shukur had directed Hezbollah's attacks on Israel since October 8, after the Israel-Hamas war erupted, and that he was also involved in “the killing of numerous Israelis and foreign nationals over the years." It said Shukur was responsible for the majority of Hezbollah's most advanced weaponry, including guided missiles, cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, long-range rockets and UAVs.The 62-year-old, secretive Shukur was in charge of Hezbollah's forces in southern Lebanon along the border with Israel as well as being a top official in the group's missile program.He had been a close aide to Hezbollah's top military chief, Imad Mughniyeh, who was assassinated in 2008 by a car bomb in Damascus.

Hungary’s foreign minister has accused the European Union’s executive commission of orchestrating a stoppage of some Russian oil supplies into the bloc through Ukraine and warned that the dispute could lead to an energy crisis

Fox News senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Keane discusses the U.S. interception of a Russian and Chinese aircraft, a report that Ukraine is urging China to help end the war, and France's rail networks hit by arson attacks.

QXO Inc., a company that had boasted an implied valuation of more than $90 billion at one point last week, burned some investors badly late Monday when its thinly-traded shares spiraled sharply downwards.