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☆ Swiss wealth manager Lombard Odier indicted on money laundering charges
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Katrina Bishop | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Lombard Odier — one of Switzerland's oldest private banks — was indicted by Swiss prosecutors on charges of aggravated money laundering. Karimova was indicted by the attorney general in 2023 on accusations of laundering money that was a result of criminal activities in Switzerland between 2005 and 2012. "Investigations have led the OAG to believe that part of the money laundered in Switzerland may have been transferred in bank accounts at ... Lombard Odier in Geneva. Lombard Odier, whose origins date back as far as 1796, denies the allegations. The bank said the case was initiated by Lombard Odier's "proactive reporting of suspicions to the Swiss authorities."

Persons: Lombard, —, Lombard Odier, OAG, Gulnara Karimova, Islam Karimov, Karimova, Gregoire Mangeat Organizations: Federal, Investigations, Bank, CNBC, Swiss Locations: Switzerland, Uzbekistan, Geneva

☆ ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrants for the head of Myanmar’s military regime
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor asked judges on Wednesday to issue an arrest warrant for the head of Myanmar’s military regime for crimes committed against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority. From a refugee camp in Bangladesh, the court’s top prosecutor, Karim Khan, said in a statement that he intends to request more warrants for Myanmar’s leaders soon. “In doing so, we will be demonstrating, together with all of our partners, that the Rohingya have not been forgotten. The allegations stem from a counterinsurgency campaign that Myanmar’s military began in August 2017 in response to an insurgent attack. In 2018 judges at the court ruled the prosecutor could look into crimes which were “completed” on the territory of a member state, such as forcible deportation.

Persons: Court’s, Min Aung Hlaing, Aung San, Karim Khan, “, Hlaing, Khan, Fatou Bensouda, ” Organizations: Myanmar Defense Services, International Court of Justice, United Nations ’, Myanmar Locations: Aung San Suu, Bangladesh, Myanmar, San, Gambia, Canada

☆ ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Mitchell Mccluskey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking an arrest warrant for Myanmar’s military leader for crimes committed against the persecuted Rohingya minority group. As a result of the violence, the ICC estimated that more than one million Rohingya were forcibly displaced from Myanmar — many fleeing to neighboring Bangladesh. Min Aung Hlaing is the leader of Myanmar’s powerful military, known as the Tatmadaw, which seized power in 2021. But even If the warrant is approved, the ICC could be limited in its jurisdiction as Myanmar is not among the 123 member states of the court. However, member countries could be obligated to transfer Min Aung Hlaing into ICC custody if he enters their territory after the warrant is issued.

Persons: Karim Khan, Min Aung, “, ” Khan, Khan, Ra’ad Al Hussein Organizations: CNN, Criminal Court, ICC, police, Rights Watch, United Nations, Human Rights, International Court of Justice Locations: Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bazar

☆ Philippine president vows to fight back after assassination threat by estranged VP
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

MANILA, the Philippines — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed Monday to fight back against what he called reckless and troubling threats against him, speaking out after his estranged vice president said he would be assassinated if she herself were killed. “If planning the assassination of the president is that easy, how much more for ordinary citizens?” he said. Sara Duterte told reporters she had yet to hear the president’s statement but she recalled the 1983 assassination of former Senator Benigno Aquino, for which she blamed the Marcos family, without giving proof. “The whole nation fought back when their family killed Benigno Aquino Jr.,” Duterte told reporters. Rodrigo Duterte told the hearings that he was solely responsible for the bloody crackdown and has urged the ICC to “hurry up” with its investigation.

Persons: Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Marcos, Sara Duterte, Rodrigo Duterte, ” Marcos, ” “, ”, Benigno Aquino, Aquino, Ferdinand Marcos, “, Benigno Aquino Jr, ” Duterte, Sara Duterte’s, Duterte, Jesse Hermogenes Andres, ” Andres, Martin Romualdez, ” Sara Duterte’s Organizations: firebrand, National Bureau of Investigation, ”, National Security Council, ICC Locations: MANILA, Philippines, Philippine, Manila

☆ Trump’s evasion of January 6 accountability will echo for next four years and generations to come
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The federal elections case led to a Supreme Court ruling granting a president limited immunity for official acts. This is likely to reinforce Trump’s belief that he will have almost unchecked authority and will therefore reverberate through the next four years and generations to come. And by voting the way they did, Americans effectively exonerated him in the federal cases — on charges that could have landed him in jail. Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesWhat the thwarting of accountability meansThere will be short- and long-term consequences from Trump escaping accountability. But he also portrayed Trump’s evasion of a trial as a dark day for America.

Persons: Jack Smith, Donald J, Trump, Trump’s, –, “, Smith, ”, Donald Trump, Drew Angerer, ” James, Julia Chatterley, “ It’s, Tanya Chutkan, Merrick Garland, Garland, —, I’m, Steven Hirsch, ” Trump, ” Smith, Joe Biden, Dan Goldman, CNN’s Boris Sanchez Organizations: CNN, Trump, Capitol, Department, US, Hofstra University, CNN International, Democrat, Justice Department, Democrats, Democratic House, stoke, Republican Party, Republican, Manhattan Criminal, FBI, MAKE, New York Democrat, America, United Locations: United States, America, Washington ,, Washington, New York, Georgia, New York City, Florida

WASHINGTON — When Matt Gaetz abruptly withdrew as President-elect Donald Trump’s candidate for attorney general on Thursday, many career attorneys in the Justice Department breathed a sigh of relief. 2 position at the department — Todd Blanche, the president-elect’s defense lawyer — can help protect the department’s career civil servants from Trump’s wrath. Greg Nash / Pool via Getty ImagesHow Trump’s first deputy attorney general faredWhen Trump first took office in 2017, he didn’t know his deputy attorney general well, and their relationship immediately became vital and volatile. But that immunity does not extend to the attorney general, deputy attorney general or other DOJ prosecutors. “If I were he, I would have stayed as far away from the Justice Department as I could.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s, Trump, Pam Bondi, “, Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, —, Blanche, ”, Gaetz, ” Donald Trump, Emil Bove, Mark Peterson, Trump Blanche, Daniels, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Taft, Karoline Leavitt, Vance, Blanche won’t, Blanche —, he’s, ” Mimi Rocah, she’d, ” Rocah, Michael Bromwich, we’ve, ” Bromwich, Rod Rosenstein, Greg Nash, Trump’s, didn’t, Robert Mueller, James Comey, Jeff Sessions, Sessions, Rosenstein, Mueller, ” Rosenstein, ” “, ’ ” Rosenstein, ” Blanche Organizations: Justice Department, ”, Department, of, Trump, Manhattan Criminal, Manhattan, Attorney, NBC News, White House, DOJ, Justice, MSNBC, Department of Justice, Russia, White, “ Locations: Florida, Southern, York, New York City, Cadwalader, Wickersham, Washington, Westchester County , New York, New York, ”, U.S, Moscow, Bromwich

☆ Israel investigating after Hamas releases photos purportedly showing body of female hostage
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-24 | by ( Mike Schwartz | Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Israel says it is investigating after Hamas released photos purportedly showing the body of a female hostage in Gaza. Speaking during his weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at this point Israel could not verify the images. The prime minister also said he had spoken with the mother of the hostage purportedly shown in the photos. More than 250 people were taken hostage and about 1,200 killed during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023. At least 34 of the hostages taken on October 7 are thought to be dead.

Persons: CNN — Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, ” Netanyahu, ”, Netanyahu Organizations: CNN, Hamas ’, Court, Qatar Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ Jussie Smollett conviction overturned: Similarities to Bill Cosby’s case
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-24 | by ( Ashley R. Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The criminal cases of actors Jussie Smollett and Bill Cosby, both Black, high-profile entertainers found guilty before their convictions were overturned, differ widely in details but share some parallels. Smollett, Cosby convictions both overturned after due process rights violatedNearly three years ago, Smollett was found guilty on five of six felony counts of disorderly conduct. The trial marked the second time charges had been brought against Smollett related to the alleged hoax after previous charges were dropped. A trial court granted the state motion not to prosecute and to release Smollett’s $10,000 bond to the city. Jussie Smollett, with family members, leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building after his trial on December 7, 2021, in Chicago.

Persons: Jussie Smollett, Bill Cosby, ” Brett M, Rosen, “, ” Rosen, Cosby, Smollett, Abimbola Osundairo, Elizabeth M, Rochford, Andrea Constand, Dad ”, Mark Makela, ‘, Domenic Romano, ” Romano, Rahm Emanuel, Jussie, Kamil Krzaczynski, we’re, it’s, ’ ” Joseph Cammarata, Attorney Bruce Castor, Castor, Constand, Risa, Ferman, Melissa Mahtani, Melissa Macaya, Mike Hayes, Veronica Rocha, Fernando Alfonso III, Chris Boyette, Bill Kirkos, Omar Jimenez, Steve Almasy, Ashley Killough, Andy Rose, Ray Sanchez, Sonia Moghe, Kristina Sgueglia, Afshar, Christina Maxouris Organizations: CNN, Illinois, Fox, Temple University, Pennsylvania, Court, Chicago police, Attorney’s, Smollett, City, Associated Press, Getty, Montgomery, Attorney, Commonwealth Locations: Illinois, New Jersey, Chicago, Pennsylvania, Norristown , Pennsylvania, Cook County , Illinois, Cook, City of Chicago, AFP, Cook County, Washington, DC, Montgomery County

Under the Rome statute that created the ICC, its signatories are obliged to carry out arrest warrants, no matter the rank of the accused. Mohammed Deif was accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including for his role as a mastermind of Oct. 7. Some European countries have not said whether they would arrest Netanyahu if he visited, including a number of Israeli allies. Britain respects the independence of the ICC, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s spokesperson said, but did not say whether Britain would arrest Netanyahu. Netanyahu and the other two Israelis facing the arrest warrants join a group that includes Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been subject to an ICC arrest warrant over alleged war crimes in Ukraine since last year.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, —, Yoav Gallant, Mohammed Deif —, Netanyahu, Viktor Orbán, Hungary, ”, Joe Biden’s, “, Gallant, Mohammed Deif, Keir Starmer’s, Petr Fiala, Alexander Schallenberg, Omar Al, Israel, Pope Francis, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Israeli, U.S, Criminal Court, Government Press, AFP, Getty, ICC, World Health Organization, Austrian, International Court of Justice Locations: Gaza, Ireland, Netherlands, Hungary, U.S, Tel Aviv, The Hague, Rome, Israel, Britain, France, Paris, Sweden, Norway, Czech, Austrian, Gaza City, AFP, South Africa, Ukraine

☆ Hungary's Orban breaks with neighbors to dismiss ICC's arrest warrant for Netanyahu
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban said Friday he would invite Benjamin Netanyahu to visit his country and that he would guarantee that an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against the Israeli prime minister would "not be observed." Ireland's prime minister Simon Harris said Friday that his country would be prepared to arrest the Israeli prime minister if he came to the country. The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The ICC issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Netanyahu and his former defense chief Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza conflict. Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Viktor Orban at the parliament in Budapest, Hungary, on July 18, 2017.

Persons: Viktor Orban, Benjamin Netanyahu, Simon Harris, Yoav Gallant, ” Harris, Netanyahu, Harris, Mohammed Deif, Orban, Israel’s, ” Orban, Karoly Arvai, Josep Borrell, Petr Fiala, ” Organizations: Israeli, Getty, RTE, International Law, ICC, Fidesz, Czech Foreign Ministry Locations: Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Rome, Gaza, Hungary, “, Budapest, Czech Republic, Czech, Prague

☆ Israel Rallies Around Netanyahu Over I.C.C. Warrant, for Now
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Isabel Kershner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The more Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is cast as an international pariah, the more many Israelis appear to embrace him. The arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court on Thursday for Mr. Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, on accusations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip spurred a wave of outrage and condemnation across Israel’s political spectrum. “It is embarrassing to see Netanyahu and Gallant in the same place as Muammar el-Qaddafi, Slobodan Milosevic, Ratko Mladic and several African dictators,” wrote Sima Kadmon, a political columnist and longtime Netanyahu critic, in the Friday editions of the popular Yediot Ahronot newspaper. Still, she added, “the allegations of anti-Israel-ism are understandable. Perhaps even antisemitism.”Despite deep domestic polarization, analysts said, most Israelis were likely to rally around Mr. Netanyahu’s repudiation of the court’s decision, which he denounced as “antisemitic" for “falsely accusing” the democratically elected prime minister of Israel.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Gallant, Muammar el, Slobodan Milosevic, Ratko Mladic, ”, Sima Kadmon, “ Organizations: International, Mr Locations: Gaza, Israel

CNN —Nearly six years after actor Jussie Smollett was accused of staging a hate-crime hoax in downtown Chicago and lying to police, an Illinois Supreme Court decision overturned his conviction on Thursday over prosecutorial issues, according to the Associated Press. Brothers Olabinjo Osundairo and Abimbola Osundairo arrive at court for a hearing for actor Jussie Smollett in Chicago on July 14, 2021. Kamil Krzaczynski/ReutersIn a statement thanking fans in 2019, Smollett said he had “been 100% factual and consistent on every level” in response to doubts about his story’s integrity. Smollett told Abimbola Osundairo he was disappointed in the “Empire” team’s reaction to the letter, according to prosecutors. I wouldn’t have had a trial,” Smollett told ET.

Persons: Jussie Smollett, Kim Foxx, –, Nenye, Smollett’s, Joe, ” Uche, “, he’s, ”, CNN’s Laura Coates, Foxx, Dan K, Webb, Smollett, Donald Trump –, Olabinjo, Abimbola Osundairo, Kamil Krzaczynski, Eddie Johnson, ” Johnson, Johnson, Brian CassellaPool, Holliday, ” Smollett, Tonight’s Nischelle Turner, ‘, Chris Boyette, Bill Kirkos, Omar Jimenez, Steve Almasy, Ashley Killough, Christina Maxouris Organizations: CNN, Associated Press, AP, Fox, ”, Chicago, Smollett, Chicago Police Department, Authorities, Reuters, Chicago Police, Chicago police, Police, Chicago Tribune Locations: Chicago, Illinois, Cook, City, MAGA, Cook County

☆ Israelis unite behind their prime minister as Netanyahu faces an international arrest warrant
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —A decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials was met with anger and annoyance at Jerusalem’s bustling Mahane Yehuda Market. Gil Siegal, a legal scholar at the Ono Academic College in Israel, said The Hague-based court’s decision has united Israelis. Most Israelis still support the war in Gaza, he said, seeing it as a just fight and the only means to keep their country safe. The ICC “is saying that Gallant and Netanyahu are equal to Mohammed Deif… this is something that Israelis truly cannot comprehend, truly, truly cannot comprehend,” Siegal said. “Israel’s war machine does not only destroy Gaza but also hurts Israelis – in body and in spirit,” he told CNN.

Persons: ” Sarita Katzin Sarfati, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, “ Netanyahu, Bibi, ” Sarita, Netanyahu, Netanel Yehuda, “, ”, Gil Siegal, Netanyahu –, Gallant, Mohammed Al, Masri, Mohammed Deif, Israel, ” Siegal, Yael Vias Gvirsman, Deif, Dreyfus, Alfred Dreyfus, Yair Lapid, Shurat HaDin, Behar Organizations: CNN, International, Court, Putin, Ono Academic College, ICC, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, West Bank Locations: Mahane, Gaza, Israel, Hague, Tel Aviv, The Hague, Israeli

☆ Trump hush money sentencing delayed indefinitely
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former US President Donald Trump attends the second day of his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on April 16, 2024. A New York judge Friday indefinitely postponed President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his criminal hush money case. Trump's attorneys — including Todd Blanche, whom Trump recently tapped to be the No. 2 official at the Department of Justice — argued Tuesday that the hush money case must be thrown out "immediately." "Just as a sitting President is completely immune from any criminal process, so too is President Trump as President-elect," Blanche and lawyer Emil Bove wrote in a letter to Merchan.

Persons: Donald Trump, Donald Trump's, Judge Juan Merchan, Trump, Todd Blanche, Department of Justice —, Blanche, Emil Bove Organizations: Manhattan Criminal, Prosecutors, Manhattan, Attorney's, Department of Justice Locations: New York City, York

☆ ICC arrest warrants: Analyst discusses potential impact
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailICC arrest warrants may be 'just the beginning' to address crimes in occupied Palestine: AnalystNoha Aboueldahab, non-resident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, discusses the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif.

Persons: Noha, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Mohammed Deif Organizations: ICC, Middle East Council, Global Affairs Locations: Palestine

☆ How Can the I.C.C. Prosecute Leaders of Israel, Which Is Not a Member?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Eve Sampson | Marlise Simons | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Why does the court claim jurisdiction in the case? More than 120 countries have joined an international treaty, the Rome Statute, and are members of the court. The court, based in The Hague, in the Netherlands, was created more than two decades ago to prosecute crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide and the crime of aggression. The court has accused Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Gallant of using starvation as a weapon of war, among other charges, in the conflict with Hamas in Gaza. And it accused Muhammad Deif, a key plotter of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack in Israel, of crimes against humanity, including murder, torture, sexual violence and hostage taking.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Yoav Gallant, Mr, Netanyahu, Gallant, Muhammad Deif Organizations: International Locations: Israel, Gaza, Rome, The Hague, Netherlands

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes. The ICC accused Netanyahu and Gallant of a string of human rights abuses in the Gaza Strip, where local health officials said the death toll from the Israeli military's yearlong assault on the Palestinian enclave had now passed 44,000. Both Israel and the United States do not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC, which has no police to enforce its warrants. But the warrants do put the Israeli officials at risk of arrest in other countries, including much of Europe. In its announcement Thursday the ICC rejected challenges from Israel to its jurisdiction.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Mohammed Deif, Netanyahu, Gallant, Israel, Basem Naim Organizations: Israeli, ICC, Hamas, NBC News, State Department Locations: Gaza, United States, Europe, Israel

☆ Why the ICC Issued Arrest Warrants for Israeli and Hamas Leaders
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Aaron Boxerman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for two Israeli leaders say that there are grounds to believe they bear “criminal responsibility” for the devastating humanitarian crisis in Gaza, according to a statement released by the court on Thursday. Most of Gaza’s over two million people are still displaced — many living in tents — and finding enough food and clean water is often a daily struggle. Israeli officials, who ordered the invasion of Gaza after the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attacks, say their aim is to eradicate the armed group. The court said some Gazans had died from deprivation in part imposed by Israeli restrictions on the flow of aid, providing legal grounds for suspected murder. The judges also argued that restrictions on food and medicine to Gazans as a whole could amount to the crime of persecution under international law.

Persons: ”, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Mr, Netanyahu’s, —, Gazans Locations: Gaza, Palestinian

☆ International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

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. Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders have condemned ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan's request for warrants as disgraceful and antisemitic. U.S. President Joe Biden also blasted the prosecutor and expressed support for Israel's right to defend itself against Hamas. The court also issued a warrant for the arrest of Mohammed Deif, one of the leaders of Hamas. Khan sought warrants in May, accusing Netanyahu and Gallant of crimes including murder, intentionally attacking civilians, and persecution.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Karim Khan's, Joe Biden, Yoav Gallant, Mohammed Deif, Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh, Oren Marmorstein, Israel, Gallant, Vladimir Putin, Khan, — Sinwar, Deif, Haniyeh, hasn't, Sinwar, Balkees Jarrah, Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid Organizations: Israeli, ICC, U.S, Israeli Foreign Ministry, Foreign, Hamas, Prosecutors, Human Rights Locations: Gaza, Palestinian, Israel, United States, Hague, Ukraine, Mongolia, Israeli, Iran

The court also issued a warrant for the arrest of Hamas’s military chief, Muhammad Deif, accusing him, too, of crimes against humanity, including murder, hostage taking and sexual violence. Israel has said that it killed Mr. Deif in an airstrike, but the court said it could not determine whether he was dead. Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Gallant are unlikely to find themselves in a courtroom standing trial on the charges anytime soon. The court has no police force to make arrests and neither Israel nor its chief ally, the United States, is among its member nations. But the order carries significant moral weight, it is likely to restrict the leaders’ travel around the world, and it further isolates Israel as it prosecutes wars in Gaza and Lebanon.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Yoav Gallant, Muhammad Deif, Deif, Netanyahu, Gallant, Gallant “ Locations: Gaza, Israel, United States, Lebanon

This resolution abandoned that necessity, and for that reason, the United States could not support it. Fourteen Security Council members voted for the resolution, while only the United States voted against it. “It is a sad day for the Security Council, for the United Nations and for the international community,” said Algeria’s ambassador, Amar Bendjama. Although Security Council resolutions are considered to be international law, the Council has no means of enforcing resolutions. That month, the United States abstained from voting on a resolution that called for a temporary halt to the fighting for the month of Ramadan.

Persons: ”, Robert A ., Amar Bendjama, Carolyn Rodrigues, Birkett Organizations: United Nations Security, United, Council, Hamas, United Nations, UNRWA, Security Council, Security, Israel Locations: States, Israel, Gaza, United States, United, Washington, American, Algeria, Ecuador, Guyana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Switzerland, “, ”, Ukraine, Britain, France, Russia, China

☆ Netanyahu, Wanted by a Landmark Warrant, Now Faces a Smaller World
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Steven Erlanger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court are the first time that leaders of a modern Western democracy have been accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity by a global judicial body. By themselves, the warrants, seeking the arrests of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, represent an important diplomatic landmark. They will be seen by many countries in the global south, rightly or wrongly, as a sign that international institutions are no longer necessarily tools of the West. The arrest warrants “are binding on all parties to the I.C.C.,” said Philippe Sands, an expert in international law who has argued before the court. “If they set foot on the territory of a state party, that state party has an obligation to arrest and transfer to The Hague.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Yoav Gallant, Netanyahu, Gallant, ”, Philippe Sands Organizations: International Locations: United States, Israel, Hague

CNN —The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and a senior Hamas official, accusing them of war crimes during and after the October 7 attacks on Israel last year. While ICC warrants don’t guarantee arrests, they could significantly restrict Netanyahu’s ability to travel to ICC member states. The prime minister said at the time that “trust between me and the minister of defense has cracked.” Katz, who served as foreign minister until then, became defense minister. After an arrest warrant has been issued, the ICC sends requests for cooperation to member states. Previous leaders who have been faced with ICC arrest warrants have experienced limitations on their ability to travel, unable to pass through countries legally obliged to arrest them.

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☆ Susan Smith, who drowned her two children 30 years ago, is up for parole
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Juliette Arcodia | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Susan Smith, who shocked the nation 30 years ago when she rolled her car into a lake with her two children inside and watched them drown, will ask a parole board Wednesday to release her from prison. Almost 30 years ago to the day, Susan Smith made international headlines when she said she was carjacked late at night near Union, South Carolina, by a Black man. Smith, now 53, has had an eventful three decades behind bars in South Carolina, including multiple disciplinary actions. As of Monday, 471 people had written to the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services regarding Smith's hearing. Former lead prosecutor and current South Carolina State Rep. Tommy Pope is also expected to speak in opposition.

Persons: — Susan Smith, Smith, Susan Smith, Michael, Alex, David Smith, it’s, Houston Cagle, Alfred R, Rowe Jr, Smith “, “, Willie Rice, Rice, Tommy Pope, Pope, NewsNation, she’s Organizations: COLUMBIA, TV, Women’s Correctional, South Carolina Department of Corrections, State, South Carolina Department of Probation, South Carolina State Rep Locations: Union , South Carolina, South Carolina, Richland County

☆ Rodrigo Duterte wants to make a comeback in the Philippines. What could go wrong?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

But major cracks appeared in January, when Rodrigo Duterte called Marcos a “drug addict” and threatened that the president could be removed from power. Months later, Vice President Duterte-Carpio resigned as education secretary, a departure seen by analysts as a sign that the relationship between the country’s top leaders was beyond repair. “And when they get there, I will be the president of hell.”Marcos insisted he thought he and the vice president were friends. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte attend an education-related event in Manila on January 25, 2024. Despite all the controversies and alleged links to extrajudicial killings and suspected criminals, Duterte has told Davao voters that a vote for him is a vote for order.

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