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Hamas Will Determine the Scale of Expected Escalation Between Israel, Islamic Jihad Hamas faces a dilemma: Let the conflict remain between Israel and the PIJ or bend to pressure for a unified retaliation By Debbie Mohnblatt/The Media Line Three top commanders of the military wing of the Iranian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror organization were killed early Tuesday morning by the Israeli army in Gaza. Israel is expecting a retaliation […]

Pakistan, Afghanistan To Increase Cooperation on Counterterrorism, Trade The meetings between Pakistani and Afghan officials followed trilateral talks with China By Arshad Mehmood/The Media Line [Islamabad] Pakistan and Afghanistan reiterated their desire for increased bilateral cooperation, especially around counterterrorism, at a meeting on Sunday between the countries’ foreign ministers. The talks followed a joint meeting between leaders from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and China. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Afghanistan’s […]

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) -Israel killed three Islamic Jihad commanders in Gaza and at least 10 civilians including several children in surprise pre-dawn air strikes on Tuesday, drawing threats of reprisals and warnings of a further escalation in fighting. The strikes, targeting senior militant commanders Israel said had planned attacks from Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, were the latest in an extended period of Israeli-Palestinian violence stretching back […]

By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said Meta Platforms Inc’s opposition to proposed legislation that would compel payment by its Facebook unit and other internet companies for journalistic content was based on a flawed argument that news has no economic value. Speaking to a parliamentary committee about the Trudeau government’s legislation on Monday, a Meta official said news has a social value, but […]

By Asif Shahzad and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency arrested former prime minister Imran Khan at Islamabad High Court on Tuesday, threatening fresh turmoil in the nuclear-armed country as clashes erupted between Khan supporters and police, killing at least one protester. Khan’s arrest comes a day after the powerful military rebuked him for repeatedly accusing a senior military officer of trying to engineer his assassination and the […]

BERLIN (Reuters) – The situation at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine, is deteriorating, Funke Media Group reported. According to Ukraine’s state-owned operating company Energoatom, Russia is bringing more troops and military vehicles to the site of the nuclear power plant. “The situation of equipment and personnel is deteriorating,” Energoatom president Petro Kotin told Funke. (Reporting by Maria Martinez, Editing by William Maclean) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Helen Reid BARCELONA (Reuters) – Amazon plans to open new warehouses and hire more people in Europe, an executive said on Tuesday, even as squeezed consumer spending forces the tech giant to cut costs globally and lay off some employees. Amazon has invested 142 billion euros ($156 billion)in Europe since 2010, and its growth in the region was boosted in recent years from COVID-19 lockdowns driving shopping online. Stefano […]

By Rami Ayyub and Kylie Madry WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a son of former Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Treasury Department said. El Chapo, who was leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, is currently serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison. The sanctions allege Joaquin Guzman Lopez, one of the four sons to carry on their father’s drug empire […]

By Helen Coster and Yuvraj Malik (Reuters) – Broadcaster Fox Corp beat estimates for third-quarter revenue and adjusted profit on Tuesday, as Chief Executive Lachlan Murdoch affirmed the company’s prime-time programming strategy following its recent $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems and dismissal of star host Tucker Carlson. Dominion had sued Fox for $1.6 billion over its coverage of debunked vote-rigging claims about the voting technology firm. The two […]