EXCLUSIVE: ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes over October 7 attack and Gaza
The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the October 7 attacks on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza, the court’s prosecutor Karim Khan told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview on Monday.
Khan said the ICC’s prosecution team is also seeking warrants for Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as two other top Hamas leaders — Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri, the leader of the Al Qassem Brigades who is better known as Mohammed Deif, and Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ political leader.
The warrants against the Israeli politicians mark the first time the ICC has targeted the top leader of a close ally of the United States. The decision puts Netanyahu in the company of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, for whom the ICC issued an arrest warrant over Moscow’s war on Ukraine, and the Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi, who was facing an arrest warrant from the ICC for alleged crimes against humanity at the time of his capture and killing in October 2011.
Julian Assange wins right to appeal against extradition to US
Judges had deferred a decision on whether Assange could take his case to another appeal hearing
Julian Assange has been granted leave to mount a fresh appeal against his extradition to the US on charges of leaking military secrets and will be able to challenge assurances from American officials on how a trial there would be conducted.
Two judges had deferred a decision in March on whether Assange, who is trying to avoid being prosecuted in the US on espionage charges relating to the publication of thousands of classified and diplomatic documents, could take his case to another appeal hearing.
South Africa: Top court bars ex-President Zuma from election
South Africa is set to hold a general election next week in which the ruling African National Congress (ANC) could lose its majority for the first time since 1994. Jacob Zuma's MK party could cut into the ANC's base.
South Africa's constitutional court ruled on Monday that former President Jacob Zuma may not run in next week's general election.
The court upheld the electoral commission's decision that Zuma's conviction for contempt of court prevents him from being elected to parliament.
Why was Jacob Zuma convicted of contempt of court?
Zuma became president in 2009 and left office in 2018 amid corruption allegations.
He was given a 15-month prison sentence in 2021 over his refusal to provide testimony for investigations into corruption.
South Africa's constitution bars anyone sentenced to more than 12 months in jail from becoming a member of parliament.
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Netanyahu
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday (May 20) applied for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top Hamas leaders on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Tsubasa no To’s YouTube videos of election gain 2.5 million views
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 20, 2024 at 15:57 JST
YouTube videos released by political group Tsubasa no To showing unruly election antics that led to three arrests have received more than 2.5 million views, according to police.
In the 12-day campaign period for the April 28 Lower House by-election in Tokyo, the group live-streamed around 40 videos featuring members disrupting other candidates’ speeches with loudspeakers and chasing their campaign vehicles.
Ryosuke Nemoto, secretary-general of Tsubasa no To, finished last in the nine-candidate race. But during the campaign, he showed that winning a Diet seat was perhaps not the group’s top priority.
‘Nothing left’: How climate change uprooted an Indigenous village
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From high atop a treeless ridge, Tsitsiri Samaniego can see his ancestral homeland stretching towards the horizon.
Samaniego, 40, is the leader of San Miguel Centro Marankiari, an Indigenous Ashaninka village cradled in the mountains of central Peru. Here, the Amazon rainforest blends into the Andean mountains, turning the rugged slopes to a lush blue-green.
But as he shields his eyes from the blistering sun, Samaniego detects signs of distress in the landscape.
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