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ICJ Issues New Order in Genocide Case as Another Gaza Child Starves to Death
- Citing "the worsening conditions of life faced by Palestinians in Gaza , in particular the spread of famine and starvation," the International Court of Justice on Thursday ordered Israel to allow desperately needed humanitarian aid into the embattled enclave and reiterated an earlier directive to prevent genocidal acts. The ICJ's new provisional order —which passed by a vote of 15-1, with Israeli Ad-Hoc Judge ...

Source: commondreams.org
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The Latest | Death toll climbs after airstrikes and rocket fire on Lebanon-Israel border
- The death toll from Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon has climbed to 16, including several militants and members of paramedic groups, according to Lebanese state media and the militant organizations. And in northern Israel, one man was killed by a barrage of at least 30 rockets fired by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which said it was responding to a deadly airstrike targeting a paramedic center linked ...

Source: news4jax.com
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Russian veto effectively ends the UN panel that monitors North Korea nuclear sanctions
- UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A veto Thursday by Russia ended monitoring of U.N. sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program, prompting Western accusations that Moscow is seeking to avoid scrutiny as it allegedly violates the sanctions to buy weapons from Pyongyang for its war in Ukraine. Russia's turnaround on the U.N. monitoring reflects how Moscow's growing animosity with the U.S. and its Western ...

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China lifts penalties on Australian wine after more than three devastating years
- China has announced it is lifting punishing tariffs on Australian wines more than three years after imposing penalties that devastated the industry and were a major point of friction between the trading partners. China's Ministry of Commerce on Thursday said that "in view of the changes in the wine market conditions in China," it was "no longer necessary to impose anti-dumping duties and countervailing duties on ...

Source: cnn.com