France Suggests It Would Not Immediately Arrest Netanyahu Despite I.C.C. Warrant

France Suggests It Would Not Immediately Arrest Netanyahu Despite I.C.C. Warrant

France’s Foreign Ministry strongly suggested on Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel would not immediately be arrested if he came to French territory, despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant targeting him. A member of the court, France has been cautious so far in its reaction to the arrest warrants issued last week […]

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Gukesh beats Ding Liren in Game 3; ties World Chess Championship final

Gukesh beats Ding Liren in Game 3; ties World Chess Championship final

Indian teenager makes a comeback on day three after losing the opening game and drawing the second one against China’s reigning world champion in Singapore. India’s Gukesh Dommaraju has won the third game of the ongoing World Chess Championship final against reigning world champion Ding Liren of China to tie the overall score at 1.5-1.5

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Australian police officer who Tasered 95-year-old is found guilty of manslaughter

Australian police officer who Tasered 95-year-old is found guilty of manslaughter

SYDNEY, Australia — An Australian police officer who fatally shocked a 95-year-old care home resident with a Taser gun was found guilty of manslaughter on Wednesday. Kristian White was called to a care home in Cooma, a town about 90 minutes south of the capital, Canberra, in May 2023, after reports that resident Clare Nowland,

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US stock market surges to record high despite Trump’s tariff threats

US stock market surges to record high despite Trump’s tariff threats

The S&P 500 rises 0.57 percent after US president-elect’s tariff announcements roil European and Asian markets. US stocks have hit record highs despite United States President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to impose sweeping tariffs that threaten to upend international trade. The S&P 500, which measures the performance of 500 of the biggest US firms, rose 0.57

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What does government boycott of Haaretz mean for press freedom in Israel? | Israel-Palestine conflict

What does government boycott of Haaretz mean for press freedom in Israel? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet approves proposal to sanction the country’s oldest newspaper. Israel’s cabinet has approved a proposal to cut all government links with Haaretz – a move that could cripple the 105-year-old newspaper financially and force it to shut down. Haaretz has condemned the action, describing it as “another step in [Prime Minister

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Israeli Leaders Blamed by Independent Inquiry for Oct. 7 Failures

Israeli Leaders Blamed by Independent Inquiry for Oct. 7 Failures

For more than a year, the Israeli government has avoided holding itself to account for its failure to prevent the deadliest event in Israel’s history: the Hamas-led raid on Oct. 7, 2023. An independent commission, founded by survivors of the raid and relatives of Israelis who were killed and kidnapped, tried to fill that void

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Why I want to arrest Myanmar’s military leader | Close Up | Al Jazeera

Why I want to arrest Myanmar’s military leader | Close Up | Al Jazeera

A teacher-turned-rebel joins a people’s fighting force to take back Myanmar from military rule. Zike Maung never imagined trading his classroom for the front lines of a rebellion. But when Myanmar’s military seized power from the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021, his world – and his country – was

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Romania’s far-right, pro-Russian lurch spells big trouble for EU and NATO – POLITICO

Romania’s far-right, pro-Russian lurch spells big trouble for EU and NATO – POLITICO

Reformist Elena Lasconi, who will face him in the runoff on Dec. 8, is directly warning that Romanians must now rally together to stop the country falling back under the thrall of Russia, which occupied it after World War II. She urged a crowd in Bucharest not to let frustration with the current establishment “become

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Egyptian authorities say 16 people missing after tourist boat sinks in Red Sea

Egyptian authorities say 16 people missing after tourist boat sinks in Red Sea

Cairo AP  —  At least 16 people are missing after a tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea following warnings about rough seas, Egyptian officials said Monday. The governor of the Red Sea region, Amr Hanafy, said rescuers saved 28 people from the vessel south of the coastal town of Marsa Alam, and some were

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At least eight migrants drown in shipwreck off Greek island of Samos

At least eight migrants drown in shipwreck off Greek island of Samos

Six children died in the disaster, while the police found 36 survivors alive on Samos and three people were rescued. Greece’s coast guard has found the bodies of eight migrants, including six children, who drowned off the island of Samos, authorities said, in the second migrant shipwreck in the Aegean Sea this month. Greek police

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