Jerusalem, July 27 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that his upcoming meeting with US President Donald Trump will feature all issues on the table, with Iran at the forefront. Netanyahu described Trump as his “friend” and said that it is their eighth meeting since the latter was elected as the US President for the second time.Prior to departing for the US along with his wife Sara Netanyahu, the Israeli PM said, “In our meeting, we will discuss all the issues on the …
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Jerusalem, July 26 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to visit Washington on Monday to meet with US President Donald Trump and discuss the situation in Iran.Speaking at a government meeting on Sunday, Netanyahu said that, “Tomorrow I will fly to Washington to meet, at his invitation, with President Trump, and afterwards to participate in the memorial service for a great friend of Israel, the late Senator Lindsey Graham. I must say, he was one of Israel’s greatest friends sin…
New York, July 23 (IANS) While New York faces several burning issues, Mayor Zohran Mamdani raked up his campaign promise to arrest Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits the city, only to backtrack and admit he could not do that. He issued a vituperative video message with fake bravado calling Netanyahu a “war criminal” but confessing he did not have the authority to carry out the threat that he had used to rile up his base of Muslims and the leftist Democratic Socialists base d…
Washington, July 22 (IANS) New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that the city cannot arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under an International Criminal Court warrant, stepping back from a campaign pledge after a legal review concluded that his administration lacked the authority to act.Mamdani, however, called Netanyahu a “war criminal” and urged the Trump administration to arrest him during his expected visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly in September.“My…
Washington, July 14 (IANS) The United States has launched what it described as a “whole-of-government” campaign to counter the International Criminal Court (ICC), with the State Department leading an effort that could include sanctions, visa restrictions and diplomatic pressure on countries that support the Hague-based tribunal. The initiative marks one of the strongest public declarations yet by the Trump administration against the ICC, which Washington says poses a threat to American sovereign…
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday launched a sharp attack at Modi government over its position on the Gaza conflict, alleging that its “stony silence” and “inaction” are not just morally reprehensible but also inexplicable from a national interest perspective. In an opinion article published in The Indian Express, Gandhi argued that India’s present approach has distanced the country from its long-standing foreign policy tr…
Budapest, May 27 (IANS) Hungary’s National Assembly on Wednesday voted under a special procedure on a bill to revoke the country’s decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The bill was approved with 133 votes in favour, 37 against and five abstentions. The decision will take effect on the day following the promulgation of the law.The Hungarian government said in an official gazette on May 22 that it would revoke the decision to withdraw from the ICC, as well as terminate…
Kinshasa, May 14 (IANS) The Convention for the Popular Revolution (CRP), an armed group active in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), said Thursday it would observe a unilateral ceasefire ahead of what it described as preliminary talks with the Congolese government under Ugandan facilitation.In a statement released Thursday and signed by its leader, Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, the CRP said the ceasefire would take effect at midnight on Thursday to “give an optimal chance of succes…
Manila, May 12 (IANS) Ronald Dela Rosa, a Philippine senator and former chief of the Philippine National Police, sought judicial protection and asked the Supreme Court to immediately stop any attempt to arrest or surrender him to the International Criminal Court (ICC) based in the Netherlands.On Monday, after months of absence, Dela Rosa returned to the Senate and took part in the vote to oust Senate president Vicente Sotto. On the same day, Alan Peter Cayetano, former secretary of foreign affai…
Washington/Ottawa April 6 (IANS) Officials of the East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) and members of the Uyghur community staged protests across the United States and Canada, calling for global accountability and urgent international action over what they described as China’s “ongoing genocide” in East Turkistan, also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China.These protests were held on Sunday in Washington and Edmonton, Canada, to mark the 36th anniversary of the 1990 …