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TopicYahya Sinwar

Topic: Yahya Sinwar

US secy of state Blinken to make another push to defuse conflicts in Middle East

Iran and its allies have said Hamas chief Sinwar's death in a gunbattle with Israeli soldiers in Gaza will not weaken their resolve.

A chance encounter: Here’s how Israel killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar

Israel Defense Forces announced that Sinwar was ‘one of three terrorists’ eliminated in Rafah in southern Gaza. His identity was confirmed through dental records and DNA test.

Hamas’s brutal enforcer, hardened by 2 decades in Israeli prisons. Who was Yahya Sinwar

Born in Gaza refugee camp, Sinwar rose through ranks of Palestinian movement starting in his student years. He became Hamas's leader in Gaza in 2017, and orchestrated 7 October attack.

Hamas leader Sinwar threw stick at drone as he lay dying, according to Israel video

The military footage from a mini drone showed Sinwar, badly wounded in the hand, his face covered in a scarf. He attempts to throw a stick at the drone, in a futile effort to knock it down.

On Camera

Why sharp selloff in Japanese bonds has a message for India’s budget

Although its overall GDP will soon be bigger than Japan’s, on a per-capita basis India is still 12 times poorer.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.