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Giorgia Meloni says ICC complaint alleges her complicity in Gaza genocide

Rome — Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, said this week that a complaint filed at the International Criminal Court accuses her of complicity in genocide...

UNGA walkout humiliates Netanyahu as delegates exit in protest

New York — The applause never quite gathered. As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walked to the rostrum of the United Nations General Assembly...

US muscles FIFA as Europe pushes to suspend Israel ahead of...

Washington — The United States government signaled it will use its political weight and the practical leverage of co-hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup...

Sarkozy convicted as Paris court orders five-year prison term in Libya...

Paris — France’s most polarizing modern leader walked into a stone courtroom and heard the word that will define him for decades. Guilty. On...

Kremlin hardens after Trump u-turn as Russia says it has no...

Moscow — The Kremlin said it has “no alternative” but to keep fighting in Ukraine, casting the war as a generational duty after United...

Finland says the UN VETO shields impunity and dares the P5...

New York — Finland has thrown its diplomatic weight behind the most radical idea in United Nations politics today. No single country, Helsinki argues,...

Chile’s Boric urges International Criminal Court to try Netanyahu over Gaza...

New York — Chile’s President Gabriel Boric used his address at the United Nations General Assembly to insist that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Netanyahu dodges Europe as Finland tells the UN to scrap the...

New York — The United Nations General Assembly opened this week to an unusual split screen. Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the long...

Slovenia’s president says Gaza genocide must stop now

New York — Slovenia’s president used the United Nations stage to say what many larger capitals still dodge. “We must stop the genocide in...

Zelenskyy at the UN, warns Russia’s war risks a drone-age arms...

New York — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used his United Nations platform to redraw the risk map of Europe, warning that the war Russia started...
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US Inflation Cools to 3% as Wall Street Bets on a...

Washington — US inflation edged back to 3.0 percent in September while a crucial measure of underlying pressures cooled, a mixed result that cheered...

West Bank annexation bills jolt Israel’s coalition, anger US

Jerusalem — The Israeli parliament’s decision to advance two measures that would apply Israeli law in the occupied territory has turned a long running argument...
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