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US blasts ICC war crimes probe of Israel as ‘tragic irony’
The United States joined Israel in condemning the International Criminal Court decision to open a preliminary probe into possible war crimes committed against Palestinians, blasting it as a “tragic irony”. ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said her office would conduct an “analysis in full independence and impartiality” into alleged war crimes by...
Fighting in eastern Ukraine kills three soldiers
KIEV (AFP) – Fighting in eastern Ukraine has killed three soldiers, officials said Saturday, as an upsurge in clashes in recent days between the army and pro-Russian rebels centred around control of a battered airport.Further battles shook the area around the Donetsk airport on Saturday, with Ukraines military saying it was defending its...
Verdasco wins Kooyong title over injured Dolgopolov
MELBOURNE – Spain’s Fernando Verdasco claimed a second title five years after his first at the Kooyong Classic on Friday when opponent Alexandr Dolgopolov was forced to retire with a knee injury. With the Australian Open starting on Monday, the Ukrainian now fears he will not be able to play after feeling pain in the first set and...
War crimes court opens probe into Palestinian territories
THE HAGUE, Netherlands: (AP) – The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court launched a preliminary probe Friday that could clear the way for a full-scale investigation into possible war crimes in Palestinian territoriesplunging the court into the most politically charged conflict it has ever tackled.Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in a...
Obama, Cameron vow to defeat extremists
Mentioning the TTP attack on a school in Peshawar as an example of how extremists were targeting children, US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed on Thursday to work together to defeat these forces of evil. “We will defeat these barbaric killers and their distorted ideology, which tries to justify the murder of...
WHO- 4,808 killed, nearly 10,500 injured in Ukraine conflict
Dorit Nitzan, the World Health Organization’s representative for Ukraine, has said that as of January 6, 4,808 people had been killed and 10,468 injured in the Ukrainian conflict, RIA Novosti reported. The WHO cannot help people in eastern Ukraine for security reasons after fighting had resumed there recently, despite the Minsk peace...
WHO sounds alarm on Ukraine’s creaking health system
GENEVA (AFP) – Fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine has wreaked havoc on the health system, with more than five million people affected, the United Nations said on Friday.The World Health Organization said access to primary, secondary and emergency health services was critically needed, adding that the health infrastructure was buckling under...
New wave of intense fighting kills 11 in east Ukraine
KIEV (AFP) – Fierce fighting in east Ukraine has killed at least 11 people over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as a new round of violence threatened all-out conflict between government forces and pro-Russian rebels.A military spokesman reported six soldiers killed and 18 others wounded over the past day, adding that a civilian...
Cameron meets Obama, vows cyber security cooperation
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama and Britains Prime Minister David Cameron kicked off two days of talks Thursday at the White House, with the British leader promising progress on the new threat of cyber security.Cameron referenced the recent cyberattack allegedly launched by North Korea against Sony Pictures in a video posted...
Fierce battle for airport breaks out in Ukraine’s east
DONETSK (AFP) – Heavy artillery and shelling rocked Ukraines east on Thursday as the army and pro-Russian rebels waged a fierce battle for a key airport, forcing monitors to flee and threatening all-out conflict.The fighting came as Ukraine made renewed accusations of a Russian military build up on its border, and approved fresh troop...
