Month: May 2019

The Israeli military wants the International Criminal Court to butt out of its affairs, its top military prosecutor has declared in response to efforts to hold it to account for its use of live fire against Palestinian protesters. “Israel is a law-abiding country, with an independent and strong judicial system, and there is no reason…

Prominent Turkish journalist Kadri Gursel has been sent back to prison in connection with convictions on terror charges handed down last year to an opposition newspaper. Gursel, who previously wrote for the Cumhuriyet newspaper, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for “knowingly and willingly aiding a terror group without being a member.” He tweeted…

Politicians behind recent police raids in the Serb-dominated part of Kosovo ultimately want to wall the Balkans off from Russia and rope the region’s states into NATO, Sergey Lavrov has said. Dubbing Tuesday’s Kosovan special forces incursion into the Serb-majority northern areas of the breakaway region a “provocation” the Russian foreign minister also elaborated on…

A ‘sexist’ ad in a British car magazine has been banned for “objectifying women.” The ad featured no nudity and was banned after a single complaint from a disgruntled reader. PC gone mad? The ad for Strasse, a Porsche garage in Leeds, ran in the February edition of 911 and Porsche World Magazine. Captioned “Attractive…

A Berlin area branch of the right-wing anti-migrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has faced backlash after posting and then deleting a photoshopped map calling the west and the south of the country a “German Caliphate.” The graphic, posted by AfD’s Berlin-Lichtenberg Facebook page a day after the European Parliament vote ended, featured the flag…

The EU’s enlargement report on Turkey does not accurately assess the current situation in the country and it is not possible to accept the unfair criticism it offers, Deputy Foreign Minister Faruk Kaymakci said on Wednesday. In the report, released earlier in the day, the EU cited “further serious backsliding” in Turkey’s judicial system and…

The State Prosecutor’s Office in Israel signed a plea deal with Sara Netanyahu, wife of the prime minister. She will admit to and be convicted of a criminal offense defined as receiving an item by intentionally exploiting another individual’s mistake, but not through fraud, Haaretz daily said. Sara Netanyahu will also reportedly pay a fine…

A Chicago White Sox employee was awarded the honor of throwing in the first pitch in a recent MLB game but but all didn’t quite go as planned, as her throw connected squarely with the cameraman tasked with recording the moment. The temporary pitcher found herself on the mound as a reward for being named…

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to win a snap election in September after he failed to meet the deadline to form a coalition government and the parliament, for the first time in history, voted to dissolve itself. “We will run a sharp, clear election campaign which will bring us victory. We will win, we…

A UK judge has ordered the controversial MP Boris Johnson to appear in court over allegations the Brexiteer lied by repeatedly claiming that £350 million-a-week was being spent by London on EU membership. Johnson, who is one of the favorites in a crowded field of candidates to replace Theresa May as the next Tory Party…