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Israel says Hamas armed wing chief killed in Gaza strike

Israel said Saturday it had killed Hamas armed wing chief Ezzedine Al-Haddad in an airstrike in Gaza the previous day, describing him as a key architect of the October 7 attacks. Since Hamas's October 7, 2023 cross-border assault, the Israeli military and intelligence services

Trump says joint US-Nigeria raid killed top ISIS commander

President Trump said late Friday that the U.S. military and Nigerian forces "flawlessly executed" a mission to take out a top ISIS commander. “Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very

Trump returns from China with stability and a stalemate

WASHINGTON/BEIJING, May 16 - President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing this week may have produced modest results by the standards of U.S.-China summits but it highlighted a clear benefit for China: after the extremes of last year's trade war, the countries have reverted to

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