Category: 4. World
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Russia fired a new experimental ballistic missile against Ukraine
Russia fired an experimental hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile at the city of Dnipro on Thursday in response to the West allowing Kyiv to strike Russian territory with advanced weapons, in a further escalation of the… Continue Reading
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Gaetz withdraws from nomination as attorney general
Former US Representative Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general after the former lawmaker faced opposition from Senate Republicans over his past conduct. Gaetz, who resigned from… Continue Reading
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FBI and Homeland security decline to discuss nation threats
FBI Director Christopher Wray and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday declined to appear publicly before a US Senate committee to discuss national security threats, provoking the ire of the panel’s Democratic… Continue Reading
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International Criminal Court issues warrant against Hamas’s Deif
The ICC issued on Thursday an arrest warrant for Hamas leader Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, also known as Mohammed Deif, who the IDF confirmed it killed in July. The warrant for Deif was issued at the court’s composition for the Situation… Continue Reading
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ICC has sealed fate of hostages, legal expert tells the ‘Post’ – interview
The ICC arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant have significant security implications for the Western world, and for Israel’s ongoing war, Anne Herzberg, a human rights expert and the legal advisor to NGO Monitor,… Continue Reading
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US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz condemns ICC’s Netanyahu warrant
Florida Congressman and incoming National Security Advisor Mike Waltz slammed the ICC’s issuing of arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday, saying the international court… Continue Reading
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Compliance and calls for action: Reactions over ICC warrants pour in
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant on Thursday afternoon, eliciting global uproar following the move. The Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, where the ICC… Continue Reading
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Russia launched intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine
Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on Ukraine on Thursday, Kyiv’s air force said, in the first known use in the war of a powerful weapon designed to deliver nuclear strikes thousands of kilometers away.
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New Zealand parliament disrupted with haka protesting treaty bill
New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori. First signed in… Continue Reading
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US Senate votes to block bid that would halt some Israel military sales
The US Senate on Wednesday blocked legislation that would have halted the sale of some US weapons to Israel, which had been introduced out of concern for the human rights of Palestinians in Gaza. Seventy-nine of the 100 senators opposed a… Continue Reading