The Israeli military said its top lawyer resigned on Friday during an investigation into a leaked video appearing to show soldiers severely abusing a Palestinian detainee. The case triggered international outrage and protests within Israel, and focused on footage taken at the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel last year. Sde Teiman has been […]
Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders Friday posted two unsubstantiated claims of irregularities in elections in the Netherlands, minutes after rival Rob Jetten claimed a narrow victory for his D66 centrists. Local agency ANP, which tallies and publishes the ballots, earlier Friday had said Wilders and his PVV Freedom Party could not catch the D66 with […]
Turkey will on Monday host a meeting of foreign ministers from Muslim countries to discuss a US peace plan for Gaza, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said. Fidan told reporters on Friday that the Istanbul meeting would “evaluate our progress and discuss what we can achieve together in the next stage”. A ministry spokesman said ministers […]
The EU’s commissioner for trade on Friday said China’s one-year suspension on its restrictions of rare earth materials would apply to the bloc as well as the United States. “My understanding is that the agreement, which was found between the US and China in this matter, is ‘erga omnes’, so we should apply it to […]
Around 700 people have been killed in three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition party said Friday, with protesters still on the streets in the midst of an internet blackout. President Samia Suluhu Hassan, whose government is accused of a campaign of repression, had sought to cement her position and silence critics […]