JERUSALEM -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Sunday that it, together with the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency, killed a Hamas cell commander during an airstrike on Friday in Gaza.
Khalil Abd al-Nasser Muhammad Khatib, cell commander in Hamas's Al Mawasi battalion in central Gaza, was identified during a reconnaissance mission on Friday, and was hit and killed by an aircraft directed by IDF troops, the IDF said in a statement, without specifying the location of the attack. (Israel-Hamas Cell Commander-Killing)
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ISTANBUL -- Ukraine and Russia will resume negotiations on Monday in Istanbul as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict continue, Turkish authorities announced on Sunday.
According to the Turkish presidential office, the delegations are scheduled to meet at 1:00 p.m. local time (1000 GMT) at the Ciragan Palace on the European side of the city, along the shores of the Bosphorus Strait. (Russia-Ukraine-Peace Talks)
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GAZA -- At least 31 Palestinians were killed on Sunday by Israeli gunfire near a humanitarian aid center in southern Gaza, according to Palestinian sources.
At least 31 people were killed and dozens of others seriously injured in the morning when Israeli forces opened fire near a humanitarian aid distribution point in Rafah, southern Gaza, where residents were gathering to receive aid, Gaza-based health authority said in a statement. (Gaza-Israeli Gunfire-Casualties)
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ABUJA -- At least 21 people were killed and three others injured when a bus carrying a group of athletes returning from the recently concluded Nigeria's National Sports Festival crashed on a busy expressway in the northern part of the country, the traffic police said.
Olusegun Ogungbemide, the national spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps, said in a statement late Saturday that the bus carrying the athletes, identified as the contingent of the northern state of Kano to the 2025 National Sports Festival, crashed along the Kaduna-Kano expressway on Saturday afternoon. (Nigeria-Road Accident-Athlete)
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MOSCOW -- A bridge explosion in Russia's Bryansk Oblast on Saturday night caused a passenger train carrying 388 people to derail, resulting in the deaths of seven people, Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz said.
Speaking on news channel Rossiya 24 on Sunday, Bogomaz confirmed that the bridge was "blown up while a train was moving." (Russia-Bridge Blast) Enditem
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