In Brief

‘798 killed near Gaza aid sites in 6 weeks’

Geneva: The UN rights office said on Friday it had recorded at least 798 killings within the past six weeks at aid points in Gaza run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and near convoys run by other relief groups. The GHF uses private US security and logistics companies to get supplies into Gaza, largely bypassing a UN-led system that Israel alleges has let Hamas-led militants loot aid shipments intended for civilians. Hamas denies the allegation.

El Chapo’s son pleads guilty in US drugs case

Chicago: A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” pleaded guilty on Friday to US drug trafficking charges. He is the first of El Chapo’s sons to enter a plea deal. Prosecutors allege Ovidio Guzman Lopez and his brother, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, ran a faction of the Sinaloa cartel. They became known locally as the “Chapitos,” or little Chapos, and federal authorities said the operation sent “staggering” quantities of fentanyl into the US.

Kurds burn weapons, mark end of militancy

Erbil: Thirty Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants burned their weapons at the mouth of a cave in northern Iraq on Friday, marking a symbolic but significant step toward ending a decades-long insurgency against Turkiye. Footage from the ceremony showed the fighters, half of them women, queuing to place AK-47 assault rifles, bandoliers and other guns into a large grey cauldron. Kurdish, Iraqi and Turkish officials watched nearby.