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President Joe Biden walks to the Oval Office with President-elect Donald Trump, Wednesday, November 13, 2024. Requiem for an Empire
President Joe Biden greets President-elect Donald Trump, Wednesday, November 13, 2024, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith) | By Alfred McCoy... (photo: White House / Adam Schultz) Scheerpost
Donald Trump   Joe Biden   Photos   United States  
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting, in the Western Wall tunnels What ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu does and doesn’t mean
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, and Hamas lea... (photo: AP / Maya Alleruzzo, Pool, File) Asiatimes
Gaza   International Criminal Court   Israel   Photos  
People walk by election campaign billboards showing Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid and Gabi Ashkenazi, in Tel Aviv, Israel Israeli opposition leader accuses government of prolonging war over Netanyahu's political troubles
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on Friday accused the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of unnecessarily prolonging the war in Gaza due to Netanyahu's ... (photo: AP / Oded Balilty) Anadolu Agency
Gaza   Israel   Photos   Politics  
A passerby, taking on his cellphone, walks past a banner showing missiles being launched from Iranian map in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 19, 2024. Iran fired air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site near the central city of Isfahan after spotting drones early Friday morning, raising fears of a possible Israeli strike in retaliation for Tehran's unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on the country. Iran says it is activating new centrifuges after being condemned by UN nuclear watchdog
Iran announced Friday it was activating new advanced centrifuges – which enrich uranium for the country’s nuclear program – after the United Nations’ nuclear watc... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) CNN
Iran   Middle East   Photos   United Nations  
Smoke rises as a building collapses in Beirut's southern suburbs, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. Israel issues evacuation orders in Beirut suburbs, southern Lebanon
The Israeli army issued on Friday fresh evacuation orders to residents in two areas of Beirut's southern suburbs and five villages in southern Lebanon. | In separate stat... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) Anadolu Agency
Hezbollah   Israel   Lebanon   Photos  
FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attend a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. World leaders split as ICC issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu
Israel and its allies denounced the International Criminal Court's decision to issue an arrest warrant Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, even as... (photo: AP / Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File) Hong Kong Standard
Benjamin Netanyahu   Gaza War   Photos   War Crime   Wikipedia: 2023 IsraelHamas war  
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday Dec. 31, 2023 Accused war criminal status will be hard stigma for Netanyahu to shrug off
Enormity of charges issued by ICC against Israeli prime minister and defence minister could grow heavier over time • Middle East crisis – live updates The arrest warr... (photo: AP / Abir Sultan) The Guardian
Benjamin Netanyahu   Gaza War   Photos   War Crime   Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war  
Riyad H. Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, 21 January 2020. US vetoes UN resolution on Gaza ceasefire, saying it doesn’t guarantee release of hostages
CNN  —  The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that called for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, on the grounds it w... (photo: UN / Loey Felipe) Egypt Independent
Gaza War   Israeli-Palestinian Conflict   Photos   UN Security Council   Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war  
FILE - An Afghan girl warms up her hands as she is resting from carrying the water in Balucha, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 14, 2021. Afghanistan: Caught between climate change and global indifference
The world is facing a climate crisis, and few nations are feeling its impact more acutely than Afghanistan. It is currently ranked seventh on the Notre Dame Global Adapta... (photo: AP / Mstyslav Chernov, File) Al Jazeera
Afghanistan   Climate Change   Humanitarian Aid   Photos   Wikipedia: Climate change  
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, centre, speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday Jan. 7, 2024 International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials
By MOLLY QUELL, Associated Press | THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, h... (photo: AP / Ronen Zvulun) The Record
International Criminal Court   Israel   Palestinians   Photos  
Men mourn over the bodies of victims from an Israeli airstrike before their funeral outside a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, Sunday Nov. 17, 2024. Palestinian medical officials reported Sunday that Israeli strikes overnight killed 12 people in Central Gaza. One child and five women were counted among them. Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza, Syria casualties mount
Israeli airstrikes have killed dozens of Palestinians in Gaza City and other areas, according to medical sources and rescuers. | Civil Defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal rep... (photo: AP / Abdel Kareem Hana) The New Arab
Gaza War   Israeli-Palestinian Conflict   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war  
In this photo provided by the Ukraine's 65th Mechanised Brigade press service on Nov. 19, 2024, Ukrainian soldiers rest during a training at a polygon in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine. World’s conflict zones increased by two-thirds in past three years, report reveals
The proportion of the world engulfed by conflict has grown 65% – equivalent to nearly double the size of India – over the past three years, according to a new report.... (photo: AP / Ukraine's 65th Mechanised Brigade via AP) AOL
Mideast Peace   Myanmar   Photos   Ukraine War   Wikipedia: Russo-Ukrainian War  
People board a truck as they leave Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, June 19, 2023. Sudan's warring parties have begun another attempt at a cease-fire after more than two months of brutal fighting  and ahead of an international conference to raise funds for humanitarian assistance. ‘Every night we only hoped to survive’: Sudanese refugees’ search for safety
Abdullah*, a Sudanese English teacher from Khartoum, had never imagined that fleeing one conflict would mean running straight into another. | After escaping his countryâ€... (photo: AP) AOL
Africa   Photos   Sudan   United Nations  
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., talks with reporters following his meeting with President Joe Biden Senate defeats effort led by Bernie Sanders to block planned US arms sales to Israel
The Senate on Wednesday voted down an effort led by Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders to block a series of planned US weapons sales to Israel. The failure of the lo... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh) CNN
Gaza   Israel   Photos   United States  
Opposition to apartheid in Israel The Problem With Boycotting Israel
When you hear that thousands of writers have signed a petition, you can already guess what they are calling for: What other than boycotting Israel could generate such ent... (photo: Creative Commons / Michael Coghlan https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en) The Atlantic
Gaza   Human Rights   Israel   Photos  
File - In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin greet each other during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. How allied are Iran and Russia really?
Iran and Russia will likely sign a strategic partnership treaty in Moscow later this year, upgrading a partnership the sometimes allies, sometimes foes established in the... (photo: AP / Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP) Asiatimes
Iran   Photos   Russia   Ukraine War   Wikipedia: IranRussia relations  
People stand on the observation deck of the Dubai Creek Harbour in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, June 18, 2023, to view the city skyline with the world's tallest tower, the Burj Khalifa. Dubai welcomes over 68 million visitors during first 9 months of 2024
Dubai International (DXB) Airport is on track for record-breaking annual traffic, after an impressive performance in the first nine months of the year. By the end of Sept... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili, File) Khaleejtimes
Dubai   Middle East   Photos   Travel  
File - A Palestinian child clears rubble following a deadly raid by Israeli forces that began Thursday night in the Nur Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank town of Tulkarem, Monday, April 22, 2024. ‘Total oppression’: West Bank children being killed at unprecedented rate
Mohammad was 12, a football-mad teenager who spent his days dreaming of a career on the pitch and his last minutes practising ball skills. Ghassan was 14, a quiet, genero... (photo: AP / Majdi Mohammed) AOL
Human Rights   Israel   Palestinians   Photos  
Secretary-General Antnio Guterres briefs reporters during a press conference ahead of the annual G20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro. UN chief calls for effort to establish nuclear-weapon-free zone in Middle East
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on an immediate ceasefire and the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East. ... (photo: UN) China Daily
Middle East   Nuclear weapons   Photos   United Nations