Israel will respond to charges of genocide at the United Nations’ top court on Friday after South Africa filed an urgent request with the court to order a ceasefire in Gaza. It is the third time the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has held hearings on the Israel-Hamas war since South Africa filed proceedings at […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Israel will respond to charges of genocide at the United Nations’ top court on Friday, after South Africa filed an urgent request with the court to order a cease-fire in Gaza. It’s the third time that the International Court of Justice, or ICJ, has held hearings on the Israel-Hamas war […]
May 12 (UPI) — Egypt will enter a genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice, joining South Africa and citing worsening attacks on Gazan civilians, Cairo announced over the weekend. The ICJ has accused Israel of failing to meet its obligations under the Genocide Convention, Al Jazeera reported. “The submission … comes […]
Egypt announced on Sunday it would back South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in a sign of Cairo’s frustration over an Israeli military operation in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah that borders Egypt. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the move comes “in view of […]
Egypt announced on Sunday it would back South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, in a sign of Cairo’s frustration over an Israeli military operation in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah that borders Egypt. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the move comes “in view of aggravating […]
A genocide may have been committed in the West Darfur city of El Geneina in one of the worst atrocities of the year-long Sudanese civil war, according to a report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW). It says ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity have been committed against ethnic Massalit and non-Arab communities in the […]
Colombia’s president has announced that his government will sever diplomatic relations with Israel, in the latest escalation of a furious row between the countries over the war in Gaza. Addressing a May Day rally in Bogotá on Wednesday, Gustavo Petro again described Israel’s siege of Gaza as “genocide”. “Tomorrow, diplomatic relations with the state of […]
Rwanda says it is ready to receive migrants from Britain after the UK Government this week approved a long-stalled and controversial Bill seeking to stem the tide of people crossing the English Channel in small boats by deporting some of them to the East African country. There is a place ready and waiting for some […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda says it’s ready to receive migrants from the United Kingdom after British Parliament this week approved a long-stalled and controversial bill seeking to stem the tide of people crossing the English Channel in small boats by deporting some of them to the East African country. There is even a place […]
SOUTH BEND — On April 13, the local Rwandan community will host its annual day of remembrance for the 1994 genocide that claimed about 1 million lives in their African country — only this time, the public event marks the 30th anniversary. The day of speakers, survivors’ testimonies, songs and a message of hope, which […]
Germany has categorically rejected legal action brought by Nicaragua that it is facilitating genocide in providing support to Israel in the war in the Gaza Strip. “These allegations are completely without legal or factual foundation,” Tania von Uslar-Gleichen, head of the German delegation to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), said in The Hague on […]
Nicaragua has asked the UN’s highest court to halt German weapons sales to Israel at the start of a landmark case. Germany is accused of breaching the UN genocide convention by sending military hardware to Israel and ceasing funding of the UN’s aid agency. Berlin rejects the claims and will present a defence to the […]