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24.01.2025 15:40 The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced Thursday that he is seeking arrest warrants for high-ranking Taliban leaders in Afghanistan accused of crimes against humanity, citing widespread discrimination against the country's female population.

24.01.2025 15:40 The UN chief on Thursday expressed alarm over a renewed offensive by M23 rebels in recent days in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo which is taking a "devastating toll" on civilians.

24.01.2025 15:40 An Israeli tank killed two Palestinians west of the city of Rafah in southern Gaza on Thursday, the enclave's civil defense said.

24.01.2025 15:40 The ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza is providing a critical window of relief for Palestinians in the war-torn enclave, as UN agencies ramp up the delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance.

24.01.2025 15:40 The International Criminal Court has taken an historic step towards addressing the "unacceptable" systemic repression of Afghan women, girls and LGBTQI+ individuals by the Taliban.

24.01.2025 15:40 The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor is seeking arrest warrants for two top Taliban officials alleging they are responsible for persecuting Afghan women and girls.

24.01.2025 15:40 U.S. lawmakers confirmed a second key member of President Donald Trump's national security team Thursday, voting 74-25 to make John Ratcliffe the 25th director of the country's premier spy agency.

24.01.2025 15:40 The EEAS, Finland, Czechia, Estonia, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Sweden denounce Russia's continued and systematic attempts to manipulate and interfere in the information space of democratic societies.

24.01.2025 15:40 A major deal, worth approximately £9 billion, has been struck with British firm Rolls-Royce to bolster support to the Royal Navy's fleet of nuclear submarines, boosting national security and economic growth and delivering on the government's Plan for Change.

24.01.2025 15:40 Chinese officials remain tight-lipped about how they plan to carry out diplomacy with the United States while America's top diplomat, Marco Rubio, remains officially sanctioned for critical comments he made about Beijing's treatment of Uyghurs and Hong Kong in 2020.

24.01.2025 15:40 In response to a question about whether China has plans to have a phone conversation with the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday that "I have no information to provide regarding this specific question." As a matter of principle, it is necessary for high-level Chinese and American officials to maintain contact in an appropriate way,

24.01.2025 15:40 The Justice Department today announced the indictment of North Korean nationals Jin Sung-Il and Pak Jin-Song , Mexican national Pedro Ernesto Alonso De Los Reyes, and U.S. nationals Erick Ntekereze Prince and Emanuel Ashtor for a fraudulent scheme to obtain remote information technology work with U.S. companies that generated revenue for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea .

24.01.2025 15:40 Israel's largest newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth has listed the most high-profile Israeli military figuers who have resigned over failures in the run-up to the Gaza war and after that.

24.01.2025 15:40 Myanmar's military bombed a town in Shan state under rebel control killing eight people days after striking a ceasefire with an allied group that also operates in the northeastern state, the group in control of the bombed town said.

24.01.2025 15:40 Chunghwa Telecom said Thursday that communication between Taiwan and Matsu Islands has been restored via undersea cable after a partial repair of the No. 2 cable, one of two damaged earlier this month.