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An Israeli strike Wednesday killed three of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh's sons in Gaza, the Palestinian leader and Israel's military said, as war rages in the occupied Palestinian territory despite ongoing truce negotiations. Hamas said in a statement that three of Haniyeh's sons and four of his grandchildren were killed in the air strike. Israel confirmed the killings, claiming the sons were "Hamas operatives" who were "on their way to carry out terrorist activities". The strike came as talks in Cairo aimed at a ceasefire and a hostage release deal dragged on without signs of a breakthrough. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Haniyeh, who is based in Qatar, suggested the strike was an attempt to shift Hamas's negotiating stance, but insisted it would not work. US President Joe Biden meanwhile said Hamas "needs to move" on the latest truce proposal, which the resistance group has said it was considering. The United States has also been ramping up press...

A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the heart of the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Sunday, while a second assailant was killed in a shootout with police, hours before Turkiye Parliament was set to reopen after its three-month summer recess with an address by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said two police officers were slightly injured during the attack near an entrance to his ministry. Yerlikaya said on social media platform X that the assailants had arrived at the scene in a light commercial vehicle. “Our heroic police officers, through their intuition, resisted the terrorists as soon as they got out of the vehicle,” Yerlikaya later told reporters. “One of them blew himself up while the other one was shot in the head before he had a chance to blow himself up.” The powerful explosion outside the interior ministry, which was followed by large flames, was heard several kilometres from the site of the attack. The targeted area is home to severa...