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South Africa v. Israel || International Court of Justice || Live webstream ( icj-cij.org )

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Order on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel)...

Decoding Iran’s missile, drone strikes ( www.indianpunchline.com )

The building described as ‘Mossad Headquarters’ in Iraqi Kurdistan with underground facilities for conducting covert operations hit by Iranian missile attack, Erbil, Northern Iraq, January 15, 2024 The stunning missile and drone strikes on three countries — Syria, Iraq and Pakistan — over a period of 24 hours and Tehran...

Is Iowa the next step to civil war? ( unherd.com )

In the silence of the Civil War’s Antietam battlefield on a winter day, bucolic hills give way to rows of small, white gravestones in the nearby cemetery. Wandering over the deadliest ground in American history, a melancholy visitor may be excused for wondering if this November’s presidential contest poses the greatest...

Israel is starving Gaza ( www.btselem.org )

Everyone in Gaza is going hungry. About 2.2 million people are surviving day by day on almost nothing, routinely going without meals. The desperate search for food is relentless, and usually unsuccessful, leaving the entire population – including babies, children, pregnant or nursing women and the elderly – hungry....

Moms for Liberty school board member busted for shoplifting from Target ( www.rawstory.com )

A right-wing Tennessee school board member backed by the Moms for Liberty group has been arrested on shoplifting charges.Keri Blair, who was elected in November 2022 following a campaign against tolerant "social agendas," is accused of stealing items from Target seven times between Nov. 25 and Dec. ...

Ex-DeSantis Organizer Arrested On Felony Criminal Charge Of Joining Jan. 6 ( bipartisanreport.com )

An individual identified in media reporting as a past organizer for the 2018 campaign for governor of Republican Ron DeSantis — who eventually won that year and has since secured an unfolding second term as the chief executive of Florida — has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor accusations for allegedly participating in...

[News] State Republicans Try to Remove NC Supreme Court Justice for Mentioning the Existence of Racial Bias ( slate.com )

On Tuesday, it was reported that North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls could be ousted from her seat for judicial ethics violations. Did she fail to disclose gifts from a billionaire benefactor on whose cases she was ruling? No. Maybe she’d gone on luxury vacations across the globe paid for by some of the richest...

[News] "Hit list": Trump grand jurors face violent threats after names and addresses shared on QAnon forums - Salon.com ( www.salon.com )

Users on far-right online forums are publishing private information about members of the Georgia grand jury that indicted former president Donald Trump and 18 of his allies in a sweeping criminal case focused on alleged 2020 election interference earlier this month, leading to jurors receiving threats online....

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