Secretary of State Antony Blinken was repeatedly interrupted by protesters condemning the US policy towards ally Israel and its war on Gaza as he testified before United States Senate committees. At the hearing on Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Blinken flinched from a protester who approached him from behind, waving a sign that said “criminal”, before security officers …
Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — “Dear mom and dad, I am alive and well. “The rule is that it is not a punishment,” Achille Després from the Kyiv branch of the International Committee of the Red Cross told CNN, adding that civilians can only be held if it’s “necessary” for “imperative reasons of security.” The Ukrainian government and several international organizations …
Footage, witness accounts shared with Al Jazeera reveal how Israeli soldiers carried out executions in Gaza last month. Human rights groups have been gathering testimonies of the alleged summary executions and Al Jazeera has obtained footage and witness accounts from members of one family about the assault that took place on December 19. ‘Systematic’ killings Muhammad Shehada, of the Euro-Mediterranean …
A former rebel commander accused of being involved in the killing of 18 civilians and other crimes that included rape and eating pieces of a school teacher’s heart during Liberia’s civil war appeared in a Swiss court room on Thursday. Kosiah’s crimes are listed by the Swiss court as “recruitment and use of a child soldier, forced transportation, looting, cruel …
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