The Palestinian militant group Hamas will likely replace Yahya Sinwar with a new political leader based outside Gaza while his brother - Mohammad Sinwar - is expected to assume a bigger role directing the war against Israel in the territory, experts say. In its leadership deliberations,...

Hamas vowed on Friday it would not release the hostages it seized during its October 7 attack on Israel until the Gaza war ends, as it mourned the death of its leader, Yahya Sinwar. “We mourn the great leader, the martyred brother, Yahya Sinwar, Abu Ibrahim,” Qatar-based Hamas official...

The Israeli military said its troops killed two armed assailants on Friday who had crossed into Israel from Jordan and lightly wounded two soldiers, in a rare attack in the border area. “Two terrorists who crossed from Jordan into Israeli territory south of the Dead Sea were eliminated by...

The BRICS group will generate most of the global economic growth in the coming years thanks to its size and relatively fast growth compared with that of developed Western nations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. Putin hopes to build up BRICS - which has expanded to include...