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There were reasonable grounds to believe the Israeli PM and his former defence minister were criminally responsible for starvation in Gaza and the persecution of Palestinians, the ICC judges said.

Hamas welcomed the adoption of the US-drafted resolution, saying it is ready to co-operate with mediators over implementing the principles of the plan.

It would see long-term Israeli security control and non-Hamas Palestinians running the territory.

While the ruling denied Palestinian hopes of a binding order to halt the war in Gaza, it also represented a legal setback for Israel.

The Yemeni rebel group is operating on the fringes of the Israel-Hamas war | The Economist explains

One man killed and four wounded in apparent worst outburst of settler violence in northern West Bank in decades

A strike on Odessa undermines a deal to ease the global food crisis | Europe

Hospitals overwhelmed in Saada after attack levels buildings in Houthi northern heartland

In the rich, lazy, and happy 1990s, Americans imagined a world that could be just like them.

Anti-Turkish sentiment could grow after Ankara agrees to help fight against insurgency

Bashar al-Assad is on the verge of retaking Idlib province, the last rebel stronghold. But that will not end the chaos he has wrought at home and abroad

Russia and China are riding a surge of support for the Palestinians since the Gaza war started | International

The US resolution has also warned against Israel’s planned offensive in Rafah, where more than a million Gazans are currently taking shelter.

But it is unclear how it will end | Middle East & Africa

Israeli media reported at least 100 Israelis had been killed, while Gazan health officials said 198 Palestinians were dead.

After years of bloody warfare, it’s time to recognize what the Syrian dictator rules over: a chronically violent and chaotic failed state.

After 10 years of bloodshed, foreign allies are seeking to rehabilitate the Syrian leader

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been locked away in filthy prisons where thousands were tortured to death — and the pace of arrests and executions is accelerating.

Ahead of Erdogan’s visit to Washington, insiders are pessimistic that the Geneva talks will lead to a political solution for Syria.