Associated PressNowTrump's sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal's workAssociated Press - By MOLLY QUELLTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has lost access to his email, and his bank accounts have been frozen. The Hague-based court’s American staffers have been told that if they travel to the U.S. they risk arrest. Some non-governmental organizations have …
Associated PressNowTrump to visit US troops in Qatar as he rejects America's 'interventionist' past in regionAssociated Press - By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANIDOHA, Qatar (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday will visit a U.S. installation at the center of American involvement in the Middle East as he uses his four-day visit to Gulf states to reject the “interventionism” of America’s past in the region. Trump plans to address troops at Qatar’s …
Associated Press18 hours agoNew Zealand's Parliament will debate suspending Māori lawmakers who performed a protest hakaAssociated Press - By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-MCLAYWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand parliamentary committee has recommended the unprecedented suspensions of three Māori lawmakers for performing a protest haka in the debating chamber last year. The haka is a chanting dance of challenge of great cultural importance in New Zealand, and the …
Associated Press18 hours agoRussian court jails prominent election monitoring activist for 5 yearsAssociated Press - By DASHA LITVINOVAA court in Moscow on Wednesday convicted one of the leaders of a prominent independent election monitoring group on charges of organizing the work of an “undesirable” organization and sentenced him to five years in prison. Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of Russia’s leading election watchdog Golos, …
Associated Press2 hours agoRubio and other top NATO diplomats meet in Turkey ahead of possible Ukraine-Russia talksAssociated Press - By MATTHEW LEE, LORNE COOK and SUZAN FRASERANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his NATO counterparts meet in Turkey on Thursday to prepare a pivotal summit of alliance leaders next month that will set the course for future European security as America focuses on challenges elsewhere. The meeting in the …
Associated Press21 hours agoIsraeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 70 people, including 22 children, health officials sayAssociated Press - By WAFAA SHURAFA and MELANIE LIDMANDEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes pounded northern and southern Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 70 people, including almost two dozen children, according to hospitals and health officials, a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there was “no way” he would …
