Israel defended its war in Gaza as a legitimate defense operation and claimed Hamas was guilty of genocide at the United Nations (U.N.) court on Friday. South African attorneys at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said Israel has violated the Genocide Convention, an international treaty among 153 countries that requires nations to prevent genocide....
U.S.-led airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen on Thursday killed at least five people, according to the rebels. Six people were also wounded, the Houthis said. A Houthi official in their foreign ministry, Hussein al-Ezzi, described the strikes as “a massive aggressive attack by American and British ships, submarines and warplanes.” “America and Britain will...
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) criticized U.S.-led strikes on Yemen, saying they were "an unacceptable violation of the Constitution." “Article 1 requires that military action be authorized by Congress,” Jayapal added in her post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, late Thursday. Other Democrats, including Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), also criticized the strikes. “The...
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