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Arrest warrants for Israeli leaders marks pivotal moment in international law | Beth McKernan

The international criminal court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders over the war in Gaza has been welcomed by Palestinians as a landmark moment in their decade-long fight to challenge the Israeli occupation through international institutions. Thursday’s announcement from the international criminal court’s pretrial chamber of arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin […]

Tehran Condemns ‘Violent’ Arrest of Iranian Students in Russia – The Moscow Times

Iran lodged a protest with Moscow over what it called the “violent” arrest of two Iranian students in the Russian city of Kazan, state media reported Saturday. The students were detained Friday at Kazan Federal University after visiting a visa extension center, where police allegedly subjected them to “inhumane and unprofessional beating,” according to the […]

The World Reacts to Netanyahu’s ICC Arrest Warrant

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at which countries are choosing to defy the ICC arrest warrant for Israel’s top leader, Iran’s new uranium-enriching advanced centrifuges, and upcoming presidential elections in Romania and Uruguay. Flouting the ICC Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban vowed on Friday to defy the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) recent […]

Police arrest 26 illegal miners in Northern Cape operation

The Kimberley Serious Organised Crime Investigation team, along with De Aar Public Order Policing and Home Affairs’ Immigration Office, apprehended 26 illegal miners in Niekerkshoop, Northern Cape. Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (Hawks) spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Tebogo Thebe said the law enforcement team pounced on the gang after receiving information about illicit mining activities at […]

Hungary invites Netanyahu to visit as world leaders split over ICC arrest warrant

Hungary’s illiberal prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has said he will invite his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, to visit in defiance of an international criminal court arrest warrant, as world leaders split over the ICC’s momentous decision. The world’s highest criminal court issued warrants on Thursday for Netanyahu, his former defence minister Yoav Gallant and the […]