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Israel's Finance Minister Prioritizes Gaza Solution Over Hostages

Hostage is not the highest priority when Israel continues the Gaza war, according to one of the country's influential and ultra-nationalist ministers. He sees conditions for a permanent solution to the "Gaza problem".
Israel's Finance Minister Prioritizes Gaza Solution Over Hostages

Netanyahu's Visit to Hungary Sparks ICC Withdrawal Decision

Hungary is considering leaving the International Criminal Court (ICC). The announcement came in connection with war crime-accused Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the country.
Netanyahu's Visit to Hungary Sparks ICC Withdrawal Decision

Hungary Plans ICC Exit as Netanyahu Visits Budapest

Hungary is expected to announce that the country is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), reports The Times of Israel. The message is believed to come in connection with war crime accused Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Budapest.
Hungary Plans ICC Exit as Netanyahu Visits Budapest

Netanyahu Heads to EU Despite ICC Arrest Warrant

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to the EU shortly despite being subject to an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC). .
Netanyahu Heads to EU Despite ICC Arrest Warrant

Netanyahu wants to dismiss security chief

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to dismiss the head of the country's internal security service Shin Bet. Security chief Ronen Bar says that Netanyahu's demands for "personal loyalty" are inappropriate.
Netanyahu wants to dismiss security chief

Merz welcomes Netanyahu – despite ICC warrant

Germany's likely new federal chancellor Friedrich Merz welcomes Benjamin Netanyahu to Germany – despite an international arrest warrant against the Israeli prime minister. .
Merz welcomes Netanyahu – despite ICC warrant

USA imposes sanctions on ICC prosecutor

The US Department of Finance announced on Thursday that sanctions are being imposed on the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan. The notification from the Department of Finance – which is responsible for similar sanctions – came after President Donald Trump signed a decree on February 6 to put Khan on the sanctions list.
USA imposes sanctions on ICC prosecutor

Global protest against Trump's sanctions

The International Criminal Court (ICC) condemns the USA's decision to impose sanctions on the court and promises to continue providing "justice and hope" around the world. The sanctions are condemned by 79 of ICC's member countries, including Sweden.
Global protest against Trump's sanctions

Trump imposes sanctions on the International Criminal Court

The President of the USA, Donald Trump, has signed a presidential order to impose sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC). .
Trump imposes sanctions on the International Criminal Court

Hamas confirms: Military Chief Mohammed Deif dead

Hamas confirms that its military chief Mohammed Dayf was killed in an Israeli attack last year. .
Hamas confirms: Military Chief Mohammed Deif dead

ICC Prosecutor: Arrest Taliban leaders for crimes against women

The International Criminal Court (ICC) can issue an arrest warrant against two high-ranking Taliban leaders in Afghanistan. The Taliban's treatment of women and girls constitutes a crime, declares Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan.
ICC Prosecutor: Arrest Taliban leaders for crimes against women

Netanyahu welcome – despite arrest warrant

If Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to visit the memorial ceremony of the 80-year-old anniversary of when Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated, he will be able to do so without being arrested, announces the Polish government. This despite the ICC having issued an arrest warrant against him.
Netanyahu welcome – despite arrest warrant

So was 2024 in the world – the news that dominated

Donald Trump was subjected to two assassination attempts and was later elected as the President of the USA, the wars in Gaza and Ukraine continued and the Assad regime in Syria was overthrown in an unexpected lightning-fast offensive by Islamist rebels. Here are the news stories that characterized 2024.
So was 2024 in the world – the news that dominated

Defense Minister: Continued Control over Gaza

Israeli forces are to have free rein in the Gaza Strip even after the war ends, claims Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz. .
Defense Minister: Continued Control over Gaza

ICC Fights Back: Treated Like Terrorists

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is being accused and threatened as if it were a terrorist group, says its chairman, Tomoko Akane. .
ICC Fights Back: Treated Like Terrorists

Former Minister Accuses Israel of War Crimes

Israel's former Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon accuses the government of ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza. Moshe Yaalon, who resigned from the post of Defense Minister after a conflict with Netanyahu in 2016, now accuses the current government of having set out to "occupy, annex, ethnically cleanse".
Former Minister Accuses Israel of War Crimes

Place warning triangle on shrunk packaging

The Social Democrats want to see a warning triangle on shrunk packaging so that consumers are not misled in the store. We want to see a ban on secretly increasing the price by shrinking the packaging, says party leader Magdalena Andersson during a press conference.
Place warning triangle on shrunk packaging

Israel seeks to stop ICC's arrest warrant

Israel is appealing the International Criminal Court's (ICC) warrant for the arrest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – and wants to have the arrest order lifted during the appeal. France believes that Netanyahu has immunity since Israel has not ratified the ICC's statutes.
Israel seeks to stop ICC's arrest warrant

The Opposition Demands Clarity on Netanyahu

The opposition demands that the government clarifies that it intends to live up to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant and arrests Israel's prime minister if he comes to Sweden, reports Aftonbladet. .
The Opposition Demands Clarity on Netanyahu

Norway: Will Arrest Netanyahu if He Comes Here

Norway will arrest Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he sets foot in the country, the Foreign Ministry in Oslo tells Norwegian TV2. .
Norway: Will Arrest Netanyahu if He Comes Here

Orbán defies ICC – invites Netanyahu

Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of the EU's presidency country Hungary, defies the ICC's arrest warrant against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by inviting him to Hungary. .
Orbán defies ICC – invites Netanyahu

Foreign Minister: Sweden Supports the ICC's Work

Sweden supports the ICC's work and independence, announces Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) as the court has issued an arrest warrant against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The USA dismisses the court's decision entirely.
Foreign Minister: Sweden Supports the ICC's Work

Expert: ICC decision puts Germany in a difficult situation

The International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a test for the rule-based world order. This is stated by Anders Persson, Israel-Palestine expert at Linnaeus University.
Expert: ICC decision puts Germany in a difficult situation

ICC: Netanyahu and Gallant accused of war crimes

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant are to be arrested, announces the International Criminal Court (ICC). They are accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
ICC: Netanyahu and Gallant accused of war crimes
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