There aren’t a lot of countries Israel’s prime minister can visit without risking arrest. Which makes the red-carpet treatment Benjamin Netanyahu received in Hungary — Europe’s only proud “illiberal democracy” — all the more noteworthy. Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister, invited Mr. Netanyahu right after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant last November … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Thursday began a visit to Hungary, confident that Europe’s self-declared bastion of “illiberal democracy” would ignore an arrest warrant issued against him in November by the International Criminal Court. The visit is Mr. Netanyahu’s first to a country that has recognized the jurisdiction of the court, raising the … Read more
He died from a bullet to the back of the head and two in the chest. A watchlist of alleged drug users and dealers kept by local officials identified the dead man as “De Juan, Constantino, a.k.a. Juan,” 37, and a drug “pusher.” The police said that he was killed in a drug buy-bust operation … Read more
In a scenario once considered unthinkable for a head of state who presided over the public and brutal killings of thousands of civilians, Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, appeared at an International Criminal Court hearing via a video link on Friday. Mr. Duterte’s arrest this week on charges of crimes against humanity, … Read more
There are, the hit man said, many ways to kill. A string tied between two sticks strangles with a tug of the wrists. A butcher’s blade, long and thin, slices into the heart. Edgar Matobato said he fed a man to a crocodile, but only once. Mostly, he said, he ended people’s lives with a … Read more
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the war in Gaza and the October 2023 attacks that triggered Israel’s offensive in the Palestinian territory. The decision turns Netanyahu and the … Read more
France is getting ready to show its gratitude toward World War II veterans who will return, many for the last time, to Normandy beaches this year for 80th anniversary commemorations of D-Day to mark the defeat of the Nazis. A ceremony at Omaha Beach, with many heads of state expected to be present, will be … Read more
The International Criminal Court has jurisdiction over potential war crimes carried out by Hamas militants in Israel and Israelis in the Gaza Strip, even though Israel is not a member state, the ICC‘s top prosecutor told Reuters on Thursday. The occupied Palestinian territories including the Gaza Strip fall under the jurisdiction of the ICC, meaning … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to open new pharmaceutical production facilities in the Kaliningrad Region, Mordovia, and St Petersburg via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 30, 2023. An international arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin raises the prospect of justice for the man whose country invaded Ukraine but complicates efforts to end … Read more
Russia said on Friday that an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague against Russian President Vladimir Putin was meaningless. “The decisions of the International Criminal Court have no meaning for our country, including from a legal point of view,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on her Telegram channel. … Read more