Fighting continued in the Gaza Strip and in Lebanon on Friday, one day after Israel announced it had killed the leader of Palestinian extremist group Hamas, Yehya al-Sinwar, in southern Gaza. Air-raid sirens wailed in several settlements in northern Israel, as the Hamas-allied Hezbollah militia fired at least 15 projectiles across the border from L

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for his Western allies to apply “joint pressure on Russia,” days after presenting his “victory plan” to end the war in Ukraine. “We must act decisively and in unity to prevent Putin from gaining strength and further fueling the war,” Zelensky wrote on X after atte

Israel has confirmed it has killed Yahya Sinwar, the leader of militant group Hamas, who is regarded by Israel to be the architect behind the October 7 attack. But despite his death, Israel has said the war in Gaza will not end. On this extra edition of the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to […]

TORONTO (AP) — Three large tobacco companies would pay nearly $24 billion to settle a long-running legal battle in Canada, according to a proposed deal. Philip Morris International said Friday that a court-appointed mediator had filed the proposed settlement with its Canadian affiliate, Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, over tobacco product-related c

Dozens of firefighters were working Friday to put out a large fast-moving brush fire that threatened homes in the Oakland hills in California and sparked evacuations of hundreds of residents amid extremely dry and gusty conditions. At least 10 structures were damaged in the blaze, which spread to about 13 acres, and residents of more […]