US President-elect, Donald Trump is considering sanctions against a British lawyer over the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu. The Hague-based court is facing a major international backlash for its decision to issue a warrant for the Israeli prime minister and Yoav Gallant, the former Israeli defence minister. Mike Waltz, who will serve as Trump’s national security adviser, said the court had “no credibility” and promised “a strong…

After an international arrest warrant was issued for him, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu faces arrest if he travels to the UK, the prime minister’s official spokesman has indicated. According to BBC, a No 10 Downing Street spokesman refused to comment on the specific case but said the government would fulfil its “legal obligations.” The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, along with Israel’s former defence…

Italy, the Netherlands, and Canada have announced that they would comply with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. The ICC issued the warrants on Thursday, accusing Netanyahu and Gallant of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war in Gaza. A warrant was also issued for Mohammed Deif, the military chief of the Palestinian resistance group,…

At least five Russian Wagner mercenaries were killed on November 21 when a patrol was ambushed by militants from the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) near Djiguibombo, between Bandiagara and Bankass in the Mopti region. Zagazola understand that the ambush occurred along the strategic “Snake Road” and resulted in the loss of two light armoured vehicles, which were seized by the attackers. The JNIM has claimed…

In what appears a legal win for the President-elect Donald Trump as he prepares to return to the White House, the judge in his criminal hush money case ordered on Friday that sentencing be delayed indefinitely. The incoming president was convicted of 34 felony counts in May after a jury found he had fraudulently manipulated business records to cover up an alleged sexual encounter with a porn star ahead of…

Authorities are urging a Wisconsin man accused of faking his death and fleeing to Europe to come home to spend the Christmas holidays with his wife and three children. Ryan Borgwardt, 45, went missing on Aug. 12 while kayaking in Green Lake, about 50 miles northeast of Wisconsin Dells. Crews spent 54 days searching the lake, which is more than 200 feet deep at points, to no avail. The entire…

…Says it’s working with Israel on next steps …Lawmakers urge sanctions on court The White House said Thursday that it “fundamentally rejects” the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes in Gaza. This is as some lawmakers, including US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for national security adviser, urged sanctions against The Hague-based ICC over…

Russia has threatened to attack a new US defence base in Poland with “advanced weapons” — just hours after reportedly launching an intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine on Thursday. Moscow leveled the warning after saying the opening of the ballistic missile defence base, located in the town of Redzikowo near the Baltic coast, would lead to an increase in overall nuclear danger. “Given the nature and level of threats posed…

Mali Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga has been dismissed after he criticized the military rulers’ handling of the transition to civilian rule. The secretary general of the presidential office, Alfousseyni Diawara, announced the decision on national television stating that “the duties of the prime minister and the members of the government are terminated.” The move came after Maïga’s remarks at a rally in Bamako on Saturday, when he accused the…

Sixty-eight pro-Iran militants were killed in Israeli air strikes on the Syrian city of Palmyra, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said on Thursday. Those killed in Wednesday’s strikes included 42 fighters from pro-Iran Syrian groups, 26 foreign fighters, most of them from the Iraqi Al-Nujaba movement, and four from Lebanon’s Hezbollah armed group, the monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said “Israeli strikes targeted…

Donald Trump’s allies voiced vehement criticism Monday of President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine use US-supplied long-range missiles for attacks inside Russia, accusing him of a dangerous escalation. With two months left in office, lame-duck US President Biden made a major policy change that yields to a long-standing request from Ukraine as it fights the Russian invasion, now in its third year. The new policy and Biden’s pledge to…

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Thursday 22 people were killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza City, while medical sources reported dozens of deaths in another overnight air raid. “We can confirm that 22 martyrs were transferred (to hospital) after a strike targeted a house… in Sheikh Radwan” neighbourhood of Gaza City, civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal said. Dozens more were killed in another strike at around midnight in northern…