Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez on Sunday created a commission to seek the release of president Nicolas Maduro and his...
The US president's announcement followed a lightning pre-dawn attack in which commandos grabbed Maduro and his wife while air strikes...
LONDON, UK - Education campaigners demanded government action on Friday after new figures revealed that the number of children in England...Nearly a quarter of parents involved said they were keeping children at home primarily as a "lifestyle choice" or for "philosophical or preferential reasons".
These were the most commonly given main reasons, ahead of mental health factors (eight percent) and general dissatisfaction with the school (six percent).
"WHO refutes Israel's accusation at the executive board meeting yesterday that WHO is in 'collusion' with Hamas and is 'turning...WHO chief Tedros was responding to claims made Thursday by Israeli ambassador Meirav Eilon Shahar at a meeting of the UN health agency's board
Eilon Shahar had said Hamas was embedding itself in hospitals in the Gaza Strip and was using human shields in the Palestinian territory
The US Federal Reserve's favored measure of inflation ticked higher last month, according to government data published. The latest announcement...The closely watched "core inflation" measure, which strips out volatile food and energy costs, continued to ease.
This will likely reassure the Fed that trends are moving in the right direction, despite the latest uptick in headline prices.
- "Today marks a decisive victory for the international rule of law and a significant milestone in the search for justice...
The (International) Court of Justice's decision is an important development which contributes to isolating Israel and exposing its crimes in Gaza," said Hamas.
"Orders of the International Court of Justice are binding on the parties. The EU expects their full, immediate and effective implementation," EU said.
- Washington, United States -- A US Navy warship shot down a missile Friday that was fired at it by Yemen's Iran-backed...
Several shipping firms have diverted from the Red Sea, instead taking the longer and more expensive route around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.
Maritime monitoring agencies meanwhile said two missiles exploded in waters south of Yemen on Friday, though it was unclear if those reports were related to the incident.
At this stage, the ICJ is only deciding whether to impose emergency orders on Israel ("provisional measures" in the court's...South Africa has asked the ICJ to impose nine orders on Israel, including to immediately suspend military activity and to enable more humanitarian access to Gaza.
The court could order all nine of the orders, none of them, or even make up its own completely different orders.
- The top UN court said Israel should do everything it could to prevent any acts of genocide in the Gaza...
South Africa brought the case before the ICJ, saying Israel violated the UN Genocide Convention.
The court rulings are binding on all parties, but it has no mechanism to enforce them.
According to Axios, Israel has offered Hamas a two-month pause in fighting in Gaza in exchange for the release of...- PARIS, FRANCE - France's top constitutional authority on Thursday rejected parts of a controversial immigration bill adopted under pressure from the...
The bill is a flagship reform of President Macron's second term but its text, hardened under pressure from the right, caused a revolt among ruling party's lawmakers.
Around a quarter of the 251 lawmakers in Macron's camp voted against the bill or abstained, and several left-wing ministers have registered their opposition to the bill.
- TRIPOLI, LIBYA - The flood that devastated Libya's eastern port city of Derna last year has impacted up to 1.5 million...
Nearly 44,800 people were displaced by the disaster, including 16,000 children, and their access to care and education has severely deteriorated since.
UN humanitarian agency OCHA confirmed 4,352 deaths and over 8,000 missing persons, "making Storm Daniel the deadliest storm in Africa since 1900".
