The International Criminal Court (ICC) was petitioned Tuesday to open an immediate investigation into Israel’s West Bank settlements. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki made the call in person at ICC headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands.
TEL AVIV – A Muslim city councilman in The Hague recently called Israeli high school students visiting the Dutch parliament “future Zionist terrorists, occupiers and those who murder children.”
The head of counterterrorism for the Netherlands has said that children of radicalized Dutch jihadis pose a serious threat for national security.
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TEL AVIV – The Palestinian Authority is gathering details on hundreds of Israeli soldiers in order to bring them before the International Criminal Court, a prominent Palestinian journalist and confidant of PA President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday.
A Malian jihadist on Monday asked the people of Mali for “forgiveness” after he pleaded guilty to ordering the 2012 attacks on the fabled site of Timbuktu.
Chinese military officials speaking to Reuters under condition of anonymity say they are hoping to encourage Beijing to allow them to give a “bloody nose” to Vietnam, the Philippines, and other states claiming territory in the South China Sea, where China claims most of the resource-rich waters.
Center for Security Policy founder Frank Gaffney joined SirusXM host Stephen K. Bannon on Wednesday’s Breitbart News Daily to talk about The Hague’s decision against Chinese territorial claims, a momentous event that seems likely to increase tensions across the Pacific Rim.
China is looking for Russia’s help to press its claims in the South China Sea, as the Philippines argues an important territorial dispute before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague.
The nations in the community of the South China Sea have begun to take growing action against China’s intrusions into their waters. The latest country to arrest Chinese fishermen present illegally in their territory is Taiwan, which has announced the arrest of 41 fishermen in possession of illegal turtles and coral in their territorial waters.
Following the arrest of the crew of a Chinese ship allegedly fishing illegally in its waters, the government of Indonesia is facing regional criticism for shooting at two Taiwanese ships that it also alleges had trespassed into Indonesian territory. The recent incidents are helping to raise Indonesia’s profile as a formidable player in growing tensions in the South China Sea.
Legislators in Japan’s Ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) are urging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to bring a case against China to an international tribunal to settle once and for all ownership over disputed islands in the East China Sea.
The Jerusalem Post reports: The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague announced on Tuesday that the State of Palestine has joined it, becoming its 118th member state. It is unclear how significant an achievement joining the PCA is with
The Jerusalem Post reports: Jordan has been selected to establish an international judicial committee to inspect Israel’s “violations” on the Temple Mount, the Amman-based daily Al-Rai reported on Sunday. This role was assigned to Jordan, which is recognized by many as
Indonesia’s defense chief told reporters Wednesday that it, too, may take China to court over its outrageous territorial claims in the South China Sea, following the Philippines’ request for the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague to address the matter. The Hague has accepted the petition.
The Dutch branch of the Church of Scientology has lost its status as a “public welfare institution” and the tax breaks that go with it after a court in The Hague ruled it is a commercial organisation. According to the
