Gaza: Hamas on Sunday denied a report claiming it had set conditions for accepting a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. Hamas said in a press statement that the report by Sky News Arabia alleging that Hamas had set conditions for accepting a prisoner exchange deal and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is “baseless.
Washington: The U.S. Senate on Saturday narrowly advanced President Donald Trump’s major tax-cut and spending bill, marking a key procedural step toward passing the legislation before the upcoming July 4 recess. The 940-page package, formally titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, was approved in a 51-49 procedural vote late Saturday night, setting the stage.
The Israeli military has said that its forces had killed a senior Hamas commander in an airstrike in Gaza City, identifying him as a key figure in the group's military buildup and in the planning of the October 7 attack on southern Israel.
A groundbreaking genetic study published in the journal Cell has shed new light on the ancestral roots of modern-day Indians, tracing them back to a mix of three ancient populations: Neolithic Iranian farmers, Eurasian Steppe pastoralists, and indigenous South Asian hunter-gatherers.
As bombs fall and diplomacy fails, the crisis in West Asia—particularly between Iran and Israel—has reached a tipping point. No longer is this a local skirmish or a regional rivalry.
