ICJ dismisses Sudan’s genocide case alleging UAE backing of RSF rebels
Top UN court says it does not have authority to rule on case accusing UAE of arming Rapid Support Forces paramilitary.
Irish camogie players don shorts in protest against skorts diktat
Players have had enough of rule 6(b) of the sport’s code, which requres a ‘skirt/skort/divided skirt’
They are called skorts – a portmanteau of shorts and skirts – and the Irish camogie players who are obliged to wear them have had enough.
Players from Dublin and Kilkenny instead wore forbidden shorts before a provincial game on Saturday, in a coordinated protest that has won support from politicians and commentators who say the dress rules for the female-only sport are archaic.
Continue reading...Three people killed after shooting in Phoenix restaurant
Five others injured while police say more than one person may have been firing a gun in Arizona restaurant
Three people are dead and five others were injured after a shooting at a restaurant in a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday night, police said, adding that there may have been more than one person firing a gun.
Police received calls reporting shots around 7.45pm at El Camaron Gigante Mariscos & Steakhouse, Officer Moroni Mendez of Glendale police department said during a briefing.
Continue reading...How RSF is adopting Israel’s ‘template for genocide’ in Sudan
For years, Israel has used human rights terminology to whitewash killing civilians, now the RSF is doing the same.
Cable Theft in Spain Disrupts Train Travel for Thousands, Officials Say – The New York Times
- Cable Theft in Spain Disrupts Train Travel for Thousands, Officials Say The New York Times
- Spain: cable theft that caused rail chaos was ‘act of sabotage’, says minister The Guardian
- Spanish trains resume service after cable theft halted high-speed routes Reuters
- More than 10,000 passengers affected by sabotage on Spain's AVE line Euronews
- Travel chaos in Spain as theft delays thousands of train passengers The Independent
After chat group leak scandal, Mike Waltz’s new position “a promotion”
“The UN ambassador is an outward looking position, whereas the national security adviser is inward looking.”
AfD sues over ‘extremist’ classification; Germany rejects US criticism
'We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped,' Germany's foreign ministry says.
Plane crash survivors rescued from alligator-infested swamp in Bolivia All
All five people on board a plane that crashed in a remote part of Bolivia’s Amazon rainforest have been found alive.
Inter vs Barcelona – UEFA Champions League: Start time, team news, lineups
Inter Milan hosts LaLiga leaders Barcelona in the return leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal.
Protesters denounce Togo leader’s new role as an attempt at indefinite rule
Protesters in Togo are speaking out against constitutional changes that could keep Faure Gnassingbe in power
Attack on Tel Aviv airport shows Israeli air defence “failure”
“There was a belief that people living within Israel would be safe.”
Alexander-Arnold to leave Liverpool at season-end amid Real Madrid rumours
After a 20-year association with the famous English side, Alexander-Arnold will exit the club at the end of the season.
As aid embargo on Strip enters third month, hunger is stalking Gazans again – The Times of Israel
- As aid embargo on Strip enters third month, hunger is stalking Gazans again The Times of Israel
- LIVE: Hamas rejects Israel’s Gaza aid plan as ‘blackmail tool’ Al Jazeera
- Israel’s Total Blockade of Gaza Has Created ‘Catastrophic’ Conditions, Doctors Say The New York Times
- UN and aid groups denounce Israeli-U.S. plan for Gaza aid delivery Axios
- The Guardian view on Israel’s aid blockade of Gaza: hunger as a weapon of war | Editorial The Guardian
Salvage operation to recover Mike Lynch superyacht begins off Sicily
UK tech entrepreneur and his daughter were among seven killed when the Bayesian sank in a violent storm
A 55-metre (180ft) barge carrying a heavy-lift crane has begun work to raise the British-flagged superyacht Bayesian from the seabed off Sicily, where it sank last summer killing seven people including the UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch.
The barge, named Hebo Lift 2, with its 700-sq-metre deck, specialist diving apparatus and a remotely operated underwater vehicle, arrived last week in Porticello, a fishing port near Palermo, where marine salvage experts have started operations to raise the Bayesian.
Continue reading...Mexican mayor arrested over alleged links to cartel training camp
The mayor of Teuchitlán is suspected of colluding with the New Generation Jalisco Cartel, which he denies.
Netanyahu says new offensive in Gaza focused on consolidating seizure of territory
Israeli PM says operation will lead to significant displacement of the population ‘for its own protection’
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has said a new “intensified” offensive in Gaza will involve Israeli troops holding on to seized territory and significant displacement of the population.
Speaking after officials said Israel’s security cabinet had approved a plan for “conquering” the Gaza Strip and establishing a “sustained presence” there, Netanyahu posted a video on X in which he said Israeli soldiers would not go into Gaza, launch raids and then retreat.
Continue reading...Popemobile to become health clinic for Gaza children
One of the famous vehicles is being refitted as a frontline clinic on wheels, following a request by the late pontiff.
Francis’s popemobile to be used as mobile health unit in Gaza – The Telegraph
- Francis’s popemobile to be used as mobile health unit in Gaza The Telegraph
- Popemobile to become health clinic for Gaza children BBC
- Who Could Be the Next Pope? These Are the Names to Know Time Magazine
- Pope Francis donated popemobile to serve as mobile health unit for Gaza children NBC News
- The Popemobile of Peace: Pope Francis’ final gift to Gaza Vatican News
Ancient Indian skeleton still waiting for home
The find could shed light on how Indians lived 1,000 years ago - but is without a museum because of red tape.
U.K. police arrest 7 Iranians in what government calls biggest counterterrorism operations in years – CBS News
- U.K. police arrest 7 Iranians in what government calls biggest counterterrorism operations in years CBS News
- Eight men arrested in two separate anti-terror operations, Met police says BBC
- UK police arrest several Iranian men over alleged attack plot ABC News
- UK police arrest seven Iranians over alleged threats to national security Al Jazeera
- Iranian arrested in UK over terror plot 'very well connected' to Tehran regime - report The Jerusalem Post