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BRUSSELS — In a recent four-page letter, ex-UN official Craig Mokhiber criticized the international community for failing to stop a “genocide unfolding before our eyes” in Gaza. The US human rights lawyer accused the US, UK and much of Europe of being “wholly complicit in the horrific assault” on the …

The head of the OPEC oil cartel, alarmed that nations gathered at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai are considering an agreement to phase out fossil fuels, has directed the group’s members to scuttle any deal that would affect the continued production and sales of oil, gas and coal. …

WhatsApp said they are introducing a new feature that will send a voice message which disappears once listened to.“Today, were excited to announce you can now send a voice message that will disappear once listened to,” the company said in a blog post.The company said that once the message is …

LONDON — Rights groups say Israel should be investigated for a possible war crime over the death of a journalist in Lebanon in October. Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah, 37, died in two apparent strikes across the Israel-Lebanon border in October. Six others were wounded. Amnesty and Human Rights Watch (HRW) …

International sanctions failed to stop the Russian economy from recovering to near prewar levels earlier this year, according to the latest statistics from the nation’s Federal State Statistics Service. Western news outlets and analysts now acknowledge it, too. Vladimir Putin is dancing on the bones of John McCain, declaring that …

Putin speaks with Lt-Col Artyom Zhoga during a ceremony to present Gold Star medals to service members on the eve of Heroes of the Fatherland Day in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced yesterday that he would run for re-election in 2024, allowing the Kremlin leader to extend his decades-long …

GAZA — As Israel presses its military offensive across Gaza, the army has been repeatedly advising some two million civilians to move to a “humanitarian zone” smaller than London’s Heathrow Airport. Al-Mawasi is a narrow strip of land by the Mediterranean Sea. It has few buildings and largely consists of …

UK PM Rishi Sunak unveiled his plan, “Stop The Boats”, to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s position is in jeopardy after backlash from his party over his government’s controversial anti-immigration plan. Rishi Sunak’s attempt to cut soaring immigration in the country met with the resignation …

Delegates attend the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland on November 2, 2021. – World leaders meeting at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow will issue a multibillion-dollar pledge to end deforestation by 2030 but that date is too distant for campaigners who want action sooner to save …

JERUSALEM — Images from Gaza circulating on social media Thursday showed a mass detention by the Israeli military of men who were made to strip to their underwear, kneel on the street, wear blindfolds, and pack into the cargo bed of a military vehicle. The exact circumstances and dates of …