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ICC says Palestinians too could face war crimes probes

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has said she is weighing opening war crimes investigations into Palestinians as well as Israelis after Palestine joined the tribunal’s jurisdiction last month. Fatou Bensouda rejected Israeli fears of bias by the court, promising to consider the evidence “independently and impartially without fear or[…]

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Istanbul police disperse May Day protesters

Turkish police have briefly clashed with protesters in Istanbul after putting the city under a security lockdown in a bid to thwart demonstrations on a tense Labour Day. Al Jazeera’s Can Hasasu, reporting from Istanbul’s central Besiktas district, said about 2,000 people from leftist groups had gathered there before Friday’s[…]

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Digging to save Nepal’s cultural heritage

Young men stood on the ruins of a temple in Bhaktapur’s old city digging vigorously in the dirt and rubble with bare hands and shovels. Whenever they unearthed a large stone carving on Thursday afternoon, others quickly crowded around to help lift out the heavy object. One man shouted, “We[…]

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‘Freedom Flotilla III’ expected to Gaza

– Three ships are prepared to embark to the Gaza Strip this summer in a humanitarian mission called “Freedom Flotilla III,” the coordinator of the international coalition to break the siege on Gaza Berawi Zaher said in a statement Friday. He explained in a press statement that the departure time[…]

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More women and children freed from Boko Haram

Nigeria’s military says it has rescued at least 160 more women and children who had been abducted by Boko Haram and were being held in the Sambisa Forest, considered to be the armed group’s last stronghold. Colonel Sani Usman, an army spokesperson, said in a statement on Thursday that those[…]

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Teen pulled from rubble five days after Nepal quake

A teenage boy has been pulled, dazed and dusty, from the wreckage of a seven-storey Kathmandu building that collapsed around him five days ago when a powerful earthquake shook Nepal. News of the rescue came on Thursday as the first supplies of food aid began reaching remote, earthquake-shattered mountain villages[…]

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