ISLAMABAD -- Three leaders of a notorious criminal gang were killed in police encounters in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday, authorities said.
According to the police, special operations teams carried out coordinated actions in the suburbs of the capital city Peshawar, targeting the gang's network. (Pakistan-Police-Encounter)
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JERUSALEM -- Israel's military said on Thursday it had killed a Hamas commander and his deputy during their attempts to flee a tunnel in southern Gaza.
The military said in a statement that Muhammad Jawad Muhammad al-Bawab, commander of Hamas' Eastern Rafah Battalion, his deputy Ismail Kanaan Abd al-Hay Abu Labdeh, and two other members of the battalion were killed as they tried to emerge from underground infrastructure in eastern Rafah. (Israel-Hamas)
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TOKYO -- Multiple bear attacks were reported across Japan on Thursday, leaving five people injured, as the country grapples with an unprecedented surge in bear-related casualties this year, according to Japanese media.
In Toyama city, Toyama prefecture, a couple in their 70s was attacked by a bear while delivering newspapers before dawn, suffering facial injuries but remaining conscious after being taken to hospital. In Oshu city, Iwate prefecture, a woman in her 60s was injured in a bear attack on a small path near her home early in the morning. (Japan-Bear Attacks-Injuries)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will meet Ukrainian officials on Thursday in Miami, Florida, two days after their attempt to promote a revised peace plan in Moscow fell short, the New York Post reported on Wednesday.
Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council and the country's lead negotiator, accepted an invitation from the Trump administration to visit Florida for discussions, said the report, citing a senior U.S. official. (US-Ukraine) ■
