This was the outcome Israel sought to avoid: a demand to halt a military operation the government regards as essential for the defeat of Hamas and the return of hostages. But there is no immediate indication that Israel will change course as a result of Friday’s ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Its...
A US missionary couple were among three people killed in Haiti as widespread gang violence continues to plague the country. Natalie Lloyd, 21, her 23-year-old husband David, and Jude Montis, a 20-year-old Haitian, were ambushed by gunmen as they left a church. The couple’s deaths were confirmed on Facebook by Natalie’s father, Missouri State Senator...
A preliminary report on the helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday has found no evidence of criminal activity, state media say. The aircraft “caught fire after hitting an elevated area” and no traces of “bullet holes” have been detected among the wreckage, the army report says. The helicopter had been flying...
The UN’s top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has issued a dramatic ruling, ordering Israel to “immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah”. It acted in support of a South African application last week which sought a number of measures against Israel, accusing it of stepping up what it says is a genocide....
A French policeman has killed a protester in France’s Pacific territory of New Caledonia. Seven people have now died in a week of violence sparked by controversial voting reforms. Prosecutor Yves Dupas, in New Caledonia’s capital Nouméa, said the officer came under attack from demonstrators and fired his weapon on Friday. The death comes a...
International Court of Justice to rule on South Africa’s call to halt Israel’s Rafah offensive – BBC News BreakingBreaking news Close breaking news Summary The International Court of Justice is due to rule on South Africa’s request to order a halt to Israel’s Rafah offensive in Gaza South Africa asked the ICJ to order it...
The European Union has denounced Russia’s removal of buoys marking the border with Estonia on the Narva River. A total of 24 out of 50 buoys placed to mark sailing routes were removed in the early hours of Thursday, Estonian officials said. Tensions over the border have risen since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in...
39 minutes ago Beverly Ochieng,BBC Monitoring, Nairobi EPA As a non-Nato ally, Kenya will have privileged access to sophisticated military equipment and training from the US Kenya’s designation as a major non-North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) ally by the US elevates its role in regional and international security at a time when 1,000 of its...
Sudan’s Darfur region is facing a growing risk of genocide as the world’s attention is focused on conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, a UN expert warns. “We do have circumstances in which a genocide could be occurring or has occurred,” the UN Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu,...
A former US marine wanted by Washington can be handed over by Australia, a magistrate in Sydney has ruled. Daniel Duggan, 55, who is a naturalised Australian citizen, is accused of breaking US arms-control laws by training Chinese fighter pilots. He has been in custody in Australia since 2022. He denies the charges, which his...