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Russian lawmakers approve massive increase in defence spending 2024-11-21
Khaleejtimes

Russian lawmakers approved an almost 30 per cent hike in defence spending next year, committing the country to yet more huge outlays on its military offensive against Ukraine. Moscow had already ramped up military spending to levels not seen since the Soviet era, pumping out missiles and...

photo: AP / Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP

Accused war criminal status will be hard stigma for Netanyahu to shrug off 2024-11-21
The Guardian

The arrest warrants issued by the international criminal court (ICC) represent an earthquake on the world’s legal landscape: the first time a western ally from a modern democracy has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity by a global judicial body. Inside Israel, the warrants...

photo: AP / Abir Sultan

US vetoes UN resolution on Gaza ceasefire, saying it doesn’t guarantee release of hostages 2024-11-21
Egypt Independent

CNN — The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that called for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, on the grounds it would not have secured the release of hostages. “We made clear throughout negotiations we could not support an unconditional ceasefire...

photo: UN / Loey Felipe

Prescott knew what it took to keep Labour in power 2024-11-21
AOL

The Labour Party is fond of balance. When smooth, middle class barrister Tony Blair became its leader in 1994, plain-speaking, pugnacious, working class John Prescott was the perfect man to balance the ticket. Similarly, when it became apparent that Left-wing puritan Jeremy Corbyn would be the...

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Afghanistan: Caught between climate change and global indifference 2024-11-21
Al Jazeera

The world is facing a climate crisis, and few nations are feeling its impact more acutely than Afghanistan. It is currently ranked seventh on the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index of...

photo: AP / Mstyslav Chernov, File

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials 2024-11-21
The Record

By MOLLY QUELL, Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — 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...

photo: AP / Ronen Zvulun

World still split over money as clock ticks on COP29 2024-11-21
Khaleejtimes

A fresh draft of a climate pact unveiled on Thursday at COP29 failed to break an impasse over money, with time running for nations to reach a long-sought trillion-dollar finance agreement. The UN climate summit in Azerbaijan is supposed to conclude on Friday but the latest draft only underlines...

photo: UN Climate Change - Habib Samadov

COP29: EU climate chief calls draft text "unacceptable" 2024-11-21
Deutsche Welle

A draft text on climate from the COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, has revealed the divisions between developing and industrialized countries as they try to reach agreement on a new finance goal. ......

photo: AP / Sergei Grits

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza, Syria casualties mount 2024-11-21
The New Arab

Israeli airstrikes have killed dozens of Palestinians in Gaza City and other areas, according to medical sources and rescuers. Civil Defence spokesman Mahmud...

photo: AP / Abdel Kareem Hana

Russia launches ICBM strike against Ukraine as war escalates 2024-11-21
The Times of India

Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from the Astrakhan region on Thursday morning during an attack on Ukraine, marking the first use of such a weapon in the 33-month-long war, according to Ukraine’s air force.The strike targeted enterprises and critical infrastructure in...

photo: Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP / Russian Defense Ministry Press Service