GAZA -- Hamas said Saturday in an official statement that it has held an election to choose its leader, but the result was not decided in the first round.
A second round of voting will be held "at a later date," the statement added. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel)
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TEHRAN -- Iran will soon unveil a "professional mechanism" to manage traffic in the Strait of Hormuz along a designated route, a senior Iranian lawmaker said Saturday, without specifying the exact timing of the disclosure.
Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of the Iranian parliament's national security and foreign policy committee, wrote on social media platform X that the route will "remain closed" to the operators of Project Freedom, a U.S. military operation aimed at guiding commercial vessels out of the strait. (Iran-Hormuz Strait-Mechanism)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second-in-command of ISIS globally, was eliminated by U.S. and Nigerian forces.
"Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, thought he could hide in Africa, but little did he know we had sources who kept us informed on what he was doing," Trump said in a post on Truth Social. (ISIS-Africa-US)
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BANGKOK -- A train and a bus collided in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday afternoon, killing eight people, local media reported.
At around 3:40 p.m., a train collided with a bus at a railway crossing in Ratchathewi District, triggering a fire accompanied by an explosion. Several other cars and motorcycles were also involved. (Thailand-Train-Bus-Collision) Enditem
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