UN tribute to Iran’s late President Raisi marred by protests and European and US snubs The U.N. General Assembly’s tribute to Iran’s late president Ebrahim Raisi was snubbed by Western and East European nations amid protests against honoring a leader who was reviled for his crackdown on ... 05/30/2024 - 8:02 am | View Link
U.N. chief ‘trusts’ Israel will comply with ICJ order to halt Rafah assault Israeli officials indicated they would ignore the International Court of Justice’s ruling that Israel “immediately halt” its military operation in Rafah. 05/24/2024 - 7:13 pm | View Link
International Criminal Court seeks arrest of Israel's Netanyahu and Hamas leader The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court applied for arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the top Hamas official in Gaza on charges of crimes against ... 05/20/2024 - 12:02 pm | View Link
Israel accuses South Africa of making false claims at ICJ genocide case Israel's foreign ministry said South Africa was 'presenting biased and false claims' that 'rely on unreliable Hamas sources' in response to a case brought to the U.N.'s top court accusing Israel of ... 05/16/2024 - 9:10 am | View Link
Israel-Hamas war Highlights: Five soldiers killed in northern Gaza strip, says Israeli army The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said that nearly 450,000 people have been displaced from Rafah since Israel beg ... 05/14/2024 - 2:07 am | View Link
Thousands of people flocked to the streets of Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Saturday to mark Pride Month, the first to be celebrated with a sense that legal marriage equality for same-sex couples in the country is near, as lawmakers inch closer toward the expected passage of a bill that would codify marriage as between two individuals rather than a man and a woman.
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The parade, with the theme “Celebration of Love” covered some 1.5 km of roads in the city’s commercial district.
TEL AVIV, Israel — Families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas called for all parties to immediately accept a proposal detailed by U. S. President Joe Biden to end the nearly 8-month-long war and bring their relatives home, but Israel’s government said conditions for a cease-fire still must be met.
Biden outlined a three-phase deal Friday proposed by Israel to Hamas, saying the militant group is “no longer capable” of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel.
LONDON — The UK’s ambassador to Mexico has left his post after a video was posted on social media that purportedly shows him pointing an assault rifle near a colleague.
The Financial Times reported Friday that Jon Benjamin was traveling in Sinaloa and Durango, two states in northern Mexico where drug cartels have a significant presence, when the incident occurred.
JOHANNESBURG — The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago.
With more than 99% of votes counted, the once-dominant ANC had received just over 40% in Wednesday’s election, well short of the majority it had held since the famed all-race vote of 1994 that ended apartheid and brought it to power under Nelson Mandela.
Days after the AI-generated image calling for “all eyes on Rafah” went viral on Instagram, dozens more posts that seem to have been created using artificial intelligence have been shared across the social media platform.
The images circulating online are a mix of pro-Israel and pro-Palestine posts, NBC News reported. Some of them imitate the original “all eyes on Rafah” image, while others are more graphic, such as one that depicts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu covered in blood.
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One post is an image of a large crowd with the words “bring them home now,” referencing the Israeli hostages in Gaza.
This wave of AI-generated images comes after the “all eyes on Rafah” post has been shared more than 47 million times by Instagram users, including celebrities like Bella Hadid and Nicola Coughlan.
Washington — Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died. She was 86.
Mrs. Robinson’s death was announced by Michelle Obama and other family members in a statement that said “there was and will be only one Marian Robinson.