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Israel must 'ensure urgent humanitarian assistance' in Gaza: ICJ
The world's top court on Thursday ordered Israel to "ensure urgent humanitarian assistance" in Gaza without delay, saying "famine has set in"."Israel shall... take all necessary and effective measures to ensure, without delay... the unhindered provision... of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance" in Gaza, the ICJ said.
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Russian veto ends monitoring of UN's N.Korea sanctions
Russia on Thursday blocked the renewal of a panel of UN experts monitoring international sanctions on North Korea, weeks after the body said it was investigating reports of arms transfers between Moscow and Pyongyang.It added that it is investigating reports of arms shipments from Pyongyang to Russia for use in Ukraine.
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Trump Remains Silent On SCOTUS Abortion Pill Case, But His Fingerprints Are All Over It
Despite his best efforts to appear uninvolved in the Supreme Court mifepristone case, Trump helped engineer the attack.
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Pandemic accord talks heading for extra time
Two years of talks aimed at striking a landmark global agreement on how to handle the next pandemics were headed for overtime Thursday, with a breakthrough still elusive.Countries remain sharply at odds over what they are prepared to do for each other when the next pandemic strikes.
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Pope washes feet of 12 women prisoners on Holy Thursday
Pope Francis, who often pleads for compassion to prisoners, washed the feet of 12 incarcerated women in Rome on Thursday in a rite marking Holy Thursday before Easter.Since becoming pope in 2013, the head of the Catholic Church has often visited prisons and refugee centres, including last year on Holy Thursday when he visited a juvenile detention centre and washed the feet of 12 young men.
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S.Africa's ex-president Zuma barred from May election
South Africa's electoral officials said on Thursday they had excluded former president Jacob Zuma from May elections, further increasing tensions in the run-up to the polls.Zuma cannot in theory seek re-election as he has already served two terms as president.
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Mother recounts 'horror' of son's Gaza captivity
Four months after he was freed from captivity in Gaza, Eitan Yahalomi celebrated his bar mitzvah -- but his coming-of-age last week was far from a joyous occasion, his mother told AFP. In her first interview with international media since her son's release last November, Bat-Sheva Yahalomi said the boy still had nightmares and had not been able to resume normal life.- 'No answers' - Bat-Sheva Yahalomi said her son told her everything about his captivity when he was freed -- an account she said s
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