JERUSALEM, March 25 (Reuters) – Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Saturday called on the government to halt legislation on changes to the judiciary, saying the bitter dispute over the measures poses a threat to national security. “The deepening rift is seeping into military and defense institutions — this is a clear, immediate and real … Read more
BEIRUT, March 25 (Reuters) – The death toll in US airstrikes against pro-Iran installations in eastern Syria has risen to 19 fighters, a Syrian war monitor said Saturday, in one of the deadliest exchanges between US and Iran-aligned forces in years . The US carried out strikes in eastern Syria in response to a drone … Read more
GENEVA, March 23 (Reuters) – Ethiopia has dropped a draft motion seeking an early end to a UN-mandated investigative inquiry into the Tigray war, diplomats and observers told Reuters, under pressure from Western countries. The International Commission for Ethiopia, the only independent investigation into the two-year conflict between Ethiopia’s military and troops in the northern … Read more
SYDNEY, March 23 (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese fought back tears on Thursday as he unveiled the question the government plans to put in a referendum on whether to recognize Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the country’s constitution. “If not now, when?” Albaniase asked as he choked at a televised media conference, … Read more
JERUSALEM, March 20 (Reuters) – An Israeli minister responsible for governing the occupied West Bank on Monday issued his condemnation after saying there is no Palestinian history or culture and no such thing as a Palestinian people. Treasury Secretary Bezalel Smotrich also angered neighboring Jordan for speaking to a stage covered in what appeared to … Read more
ISLAMABAD, March 18 (Reuters) – Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan was due to appear in court on Saturday after he expressed fear of arrest in a standoff with the government that has led to intense clashes with his supporters. Police entered Khan’s home in Lahore city after he left for his trial in … Read more
AMSTERDAM, March 17 (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of responsibility for the war crime of the illegal deportation of children from Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied allegations that its troops committed atrocities during its year-long invasion of its neighbour. The … Read more