CNN — President Joe Biden told reporters at the White House Wednesday that his administration is “considering” a request from Australia to drop charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. In February, the Australian Parliament approved a motion calling for Assange to be released to his home country of Australia. Asked Wednesday about Australia’s call to end Assange’s prosecution, […]
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Allen Weisselberg pleaded guilty last month to charges he lied about former President Donald Trump’s finances.
Three sons and three grandchildren of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh have reportedly been killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip, according to local media reports. A vehicle carrying the family members of Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’s political bureau, was reportedly targeted near Al Shati (“Beach Camp”), northwest […]
An activist who criticized Morocco’s decision to normalize relations with Israel was sentenced to five years in prison, as some of the Arab world’s largest pro-Palestinian protests continue to sweep the country. Abdul Rahman Zankad of Mohammedia, Morocco was arrested in March after posting on Facebook about the Israel’s war […]
Most of Liberia’s 29 senators approved the creation of a War and economic crimes court Tuesday (Apr. 9), twenty years after the bloodiest conflict in the west African country’s history. Before approval, the bill had stirred controversy as some former warlords have held elective positions in the senate. The Pro-Tempore […]
Both sides pursued their strategies in the war, with limited success for each, as ammunition shortages plagued Ukraine.
Prime minister pushes for recognition of a Palestinian state, says such a ‘just’ move would be in European Union’s interest.
An Israeli airstrike on a residential building in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza killed 14 people on Tuesday, according to Dr. Khalil Al-Dikran, the spokesperson of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. He told CNN most of those killed were women and children, and 30 others were seriously injured. The […]
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that Israel “must be punished and it will be,” for a deadly bombing of its consulate in Syria. The airstrike, which Iran blamed on Israel, destroyed the consulate and killed seven Iranian officials, as well as at least six Syrians, according to Iranian […]
An international court in France on Tuesday ruled Switzerland’s failure to adequately tackle the climate crisis was in violation of human rights, in a landmark climate judgment that experts say could have a ripple effect across the globe. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France delivered rulings on a […]