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’Rome Statute should be null and void’: Why is it so easy to accuse Russia but not Israel?
The reputation of the International Criminal Court could be completely destroyed if crimes against Palestine are not thoroughly investigated
Rocket fire around US embassy in Baghdad - media
Several rockets have reportedly landed near the Green Zone district in the Iraqi capital, which houses diplomatic and government buildings
Putin has decided to run again for president in March 2024: Russian agencies
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has decided to run in presidential elections next March, news agencies reported Friday, allowing the Kremlin leader to extend his decades-long grip on power. Putin told Lieutenant Colonel Artyom Zhoga, a Russian military offi...
US urges G7 to tighten enforcement of Russian oil sanctions – media
The US Treasury is seeking to increase the costs Moscow pays to run its alleged ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankers, Axios reports
UN raises alarm over UK child poverty
UNICEF has reported a 20% rise in child poverty rates in the UK between 2012 and 2021
China’s Xi says economic recovery ‘still at critical stage’
President Xi Jinping said that China's economic recovery is "still at a critical stage", state broadcaster CCTV reported Friday
Russia opens probe into emergency landing of airliner
Russia opened an investigation Friday after a passenger aircraft was forced to land due to a technical malfunction, the latest incident
Russia says presidential vote to take place over three days
Russia announced on Friday that the presidential election in March will be held over three days, a recent voting procedure that
US sets 2028 as target for first high-speed train
The United States will have its first high-speed train -- between Los Angeles and Las Vegas -- in 2028, the Biden administration said
Russia's richest man eyes abandoned Western assets
The exit of foreign companies from Russia offers domestic businesses great opportunities for investment, Vladimir Potanin says
Ukraine conflict spurs military funeral training by NATO member – media
Norway’s military is practicing burying its soldiers, drawing lessons from the Ukraine conflict
Chinese balloon detected around Taiwan: defence ministry
Taiwan's defence ministry said Friday it had detected a Chinese balloon crossing the so-called median line that bisects the
US urges Iraq to ‘protect’ its diplomats after rocket attack
The US embassy in Baghdad urged Iraq’s government to protect its personnel, after rockets targeted the diplomatic mission in the city’s high-security Green Zone on Friday. “We again call on the government of Iraq… to protect diplomatic and coalition partn...
Hunter Biden indicted on tax evasion charges
Hunter Biden was indicted late Thursday on multiple counts of tax evasion, the second time this year President Joe Biden's troubled
‘At capacity’ New York squeezes homeless migrants
Blanca, an asylum seeker with two daughters, must leave the New York City shelter she has called home for the past year after Christmas
Rockets fired at US embassy in Baghdad amid Gaza war
Salvoes of rockets were launched Friday at the US embassy in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, the mission said