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Top UN court orders Israel to halt military offensive in Rafah; Israel is unlikely to comply
By Mike Corder, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The top United Nations court ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah – but stopped short of ordering a cease-fire for the enclave. While Israel is unlikely to comply with the order, it will ratchet up the pressure on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Security Council approves resolution decrying attacks on UN and aid workers and demanding protection
By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution Friday that strongly condemns attacks on humanitarian workers and U.N. personnel, and demands that all combatants protect them in accordance with international law. The vote was 14-0 with Russia abstaining. The Swiss-sponsored resolution expresses grave concern at the growing number of attacks and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Top UN court orders Israel to halt military operation in Rafah; Israel is unlikely to comply
By Mike Corder, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The top United Nations court has ordered Israel to halt its military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Israel insists it has the right to defend itself from Hamas militants and is unlikely to comply with the ruling. The order by the International Court of Justice further ratchets ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Top UN court opens hearing to rule on request to order Israel to halt military operation in Gaza
By Mike Corder, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The top United Nations court opened a hearing Friday to rule on a request to order Israel to halt its military operation in Gaza and withdraw from the enclave. While Israel is unlikely to comply with any such order, it would heap more pressure on the increasingly isolated country. Criticism ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A police officer is held in deadly shooting in riot-hit New Caledonia after Macron pushes for calm
By Alex Turnbull And John Leicester, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – A police officer in riot-hit New Caledonia shot and killed a man Friday after being set upon by a group of about 15 people, the territory’s prosecutor said. The seventh shooting death in unrest shaking the French Pacific archipelago came hours after an emergency round-trip from Paris by French President Emmanuel Macron ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police officer detained after 7th death in France’s restive New Caledonia territory
By The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – The French prosecutor for New Caledonia says a police officer has been taken into custody after shooting and killing a man after they were set upon by a group of about 15 people. Yves Dupas says the officer is believed to have fired one shot, killing a 48-year-old man on Friday afternoon. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The bodies of 3 more hostages are recovered from Gaza by the Israeli army
By Sam Mednick, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – The bodies of three more hostages killed on Oct 7. were recovered overnight from Gaza, Israel’s army said Friday, as the top United Nations court prepares to rule on whether Israel must halt its military operations and withdraw from the enclave. The bodies of Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum, and Orion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel’s army says the bodies of 3 more hostages killed on Oct 7. were recovered overnight from Gaza
By The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – The bodies of three more hostages killed on Oct 7. were recovered overnight from Gaza, Israel’s army said Friday. The bodies of Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum, and Orion Hernandez were found and their families have been notified. The army said they were killed on the day of the attack at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel’s army says the bodies of 3 more hostages killed on Oct 7. were rescued overnight from Gaza
By The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – The bodies of three more hostages killed on Oct 7. were recovered overnight from Gaza, Israel’s army said Friday. The bodies of Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum, and Orion Hernandez were found and their families have been notified. The army said they were killed on the day of the attack at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A fire in an apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam, kills 14 people and injures 6
By Hau Dinh, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – An overnight fire in an apartment building on a narrow alley in Vietnam’s capital killed 14 people and injured six others, state media said Friday. The apartment building in central Hanoi could only be accessed through an alley just 2 meters (6.5 feet) wide, preventing firetrucks from reaching it, and firefighters ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than 100 people believed killed by a landslide in Papua New Guinea, Australian media report
By Rod Mcguirk, The Associated Press on May 23rd, 2024
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – More than 100 people are believed to have been killed Friday in a landslide in a remote part of Papua New Guinea, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. The landslide reportedly hit Kaokalam Village in Enga Province, about 600 kilometers (370 miles) northwest of the South Pacific island nation’s capital of Port Moresby, ... Read More »
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