US President Joe Biden on Monday denounced an "outrageous" application by the International Criminal Court's prosecutor for an arrest warrant for Israel's prime minister and defense minister.ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan is seeking arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as top Hamas leaders, on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Minnesota lawmakers failed to pass a state Equal Rights Amendment that would have enshrined protections for abortion and LGBTQ+ rights in the state Constitution as the 2024 legislative session came to an acrimonious end. The Minnesota ERA was the one of the biggest casualties as partisan rancor, lengthy debates and filibusters were fueled by the continued participation of a Democratic senator who was arrested on a burglary charge. Democrats, who hold just a one-vote majority in the Senate, needed her vote to pass any legislation that lacked bipartisan support.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the decision of the ICC prosecutor on Monday to seek arrest warrants against him and his defense minister was absurd and that the move was meant to target all of Israel. "I reject with disgust the comparison of the prosecutor in the Hague between democratic Israel and the mass murderers of Hamas," Netanyahu said.
The death of Iran's president is unlikely to lead to any immediate changes in Iran's ruling system or to its overarching policies, which are decided by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. A hereditary succession would pose a potential crisis of legitimacy for the Islamic Republic, which was established as an alternative to monarchy but which many Iranians already see as a corrupt and dictatorial regime.
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, whose arrest warrant was sought at the International Criminal Court on Monday, was long a staunch ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but has become a vocal critic.Under previous Netanyahu governments, Gallant served as both immigration and education minister between 2019 and 2021.
Early springs, droughts and floods are influencing this year's Chelsea Flower Show, which is keener than ever to reflect the changing climate and cut its own carbon footprint. The result is plants that are not normally a feature at the Chelsea Flower Show.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday apologised to thousands of people infected with contaminated blood in a decades-long scandal that a damning report concluded was covered up and largely could have been avoided."I have to report that it could largely, though not entirely, have been avoided," concluded its author, judge Brian Langstaff.
It is "vital and urgent" for the United States and allies to find a way to tap immobilized Russian assets in helping Ukraine, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in prepared remarks released Monday."I believe it's vital and urgent that we collectively find a way forward to unlock the value of Russian sovereign assets immobilized in our jurisdictions for the benefit of Ukraine," she said.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s main international airport reopened Monday for the first time in nearly three months after relentless gang violence forced authorities to close it to all traffic in early March. The reopening of the Toussaint-Louverture airport in the capital of Port-au-Prince is expected to help ease a critical shortage of medications and other basic supplies since the country’s main seaport remains paralyzed. The first flight expected was one from Sunrise Airways bound for Miami and scheduled to depart at 2:30 pm EDT.
A fire 2,200 years ago that burned a settlement also preserved a moment of life and war in Iron Age Spain. Newly unearthed clues may lead back to the arsonists.
Some progressives in Congress applauded the court’s announcement it was seeking an arrest warrant for the Israeli leader.
Donald Trump's trial on charges of covering up hush money payments to a porn star approached its final stages Monday, with the defense finishing cross-examination of star witness Michael Cohen and closing arguments expected next week.Cohen, Trump's former personal lawyer turned tormentor, recounted last week how he kept Trump informed about $130,000 paid to porn star Stormy Daniels to buy her silence about an alleged affair ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
A parade of India's business and entertainment elite –- many of them supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- went to the polls Monday as the financial capital Mumbai voted in the latest round of the country's election.Conglomerate owners support Modi's government because it caters to the needs of India's "existing oligarchic business elite", Deepanshu Mohan of OP Jindal Global University told AFP. Lower corporate taxes, less red tape and cutting "municipal regulatory corruption" have also
Spain on Monday demanded a "public apology" from Argentina's President Javier Milei for calling Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's wife "corrupt" amid a deepening diplomatic crisis between the Hispanic allies.Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said he would summon the Argentine ambassador on Monday "to explain to him the gravity of the situation and I am going to demand again a public apology by Javier Milei".
Syrians in Damascus voiced concern Monday at the impact on their country of the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, as some in Syria's last main opposition bastion were celebrating.In Dana in northwest Idlib province -- Syria's last main bastion of armed opposition, where residents are furious at Iran's long-standing support of Damascus -- the scene could scarcely have been more different.
Cannabis poisoning among older adults in Canada has surged since the pre-legalization period, according to a new study.
The enormous container ship that collided with and collapsed Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in March was moved from the site and taken to shore.
Some bags of Pedigree dry dog food could pose a health hazard to pets, Mars Petcare warned in a recall posted by the FDA.
Western allies are taking too long to make key decisions on military support for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Reuters in an exclusive interview in Kyiv on Monday. He also said he was pushing partners to get more directly involved in the war with Russia by helping to intercept Russian missiles over Ukraine and allowing Kyiv to use Western weapons against enemy military equipment amassing near the border. Clearly frustrated, Zelenskiy described the delivery of the aid, in particular of air defences like the Patriot systems which Ukraine relies on heavily in its war with Russia, as "one big step forward, but before that, two steps back."
As Venice continues to trial its entry fee for day trippers, a popular village in the Swiss Alps is looking to follow its lead.