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Putin Sworn In for Fifth Term as President

Vladimir Putin was sworn in as President of Russia for a fifth on Tuesday, setting the stage for another six years in power as he leads the country in its devastating war against neighboring Ukraine.
running from death

‘We keep running from death, but it’s everywhere’: Palestinians in Rafah

Mohammed Shafiq and his 30-member extended family have been displaced ten times in seven months. And each time, they had hoped this would be the last.On Tuesday, the family reached Deir al Balah in central Gaza after they were forced to flee for the 10th time as the Israeli military prepared to launch its planned ground invasion of Rafah, carrying out overnight airstrikes on the besieged city on the border with Egypt.
International Criminal Court (ICC)

War on Gaza: The ICC must seize this moment to hold Israel accountable

Since its establishment in 2002, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has struggled to find a path to legitimacy. Its creation was a triumph for the Global South in extending the potential reach of international criminal law, although it was limited from the outset by its existence outside the formal UN framework, and by the failure of the geopolitical “big three” (the US, China and Russia) to join. In relation to present concerns, it is also limited by Israel’s refusal to sign up to the court. 
atomic programme

UN pushes Iran for ‘concrete’ cooperation on atomic programme

Grossi urges ‘practical and tangible measures’ to accelerate cooperation in talks in Tehran on Iran’s nuclear program.
Egyptian universities

Why are Egyptian universities silent about the situation in Gaza?

While students continue to protest in the United States and other Western countries about the Israeli war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, silence reigns at Egypt’s universities for the eighth month in a row. This has left many question marks about the dormant student movement in a country that is the most populous in the Arab region and in direct contact with the Palestinian cause.
crimes in Rafah

Iran calls US, Israel responsible for crimes in Rafah

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson called the Zionist regime and its main supporter the US responsible for the ongoing crimes and bloodshed, especially in Rafah, stressing that they must be held to account for the war crimes.
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Isfahan conference can help nuclear coop. between Iran, world

Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stated on Tuesday that the cooperation between nuclear scientists of Iran and the world was undermined due to political challenges.
1st joint land force exercise

Japan, Germany may hold 1st joint land force exercise next year

The German Army is expected to join an exercise with Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force as early as next year, according to German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, against a backdrop of China's military buildup in the Indo-Pacific region and territorial claims in the South China Sea.
poisonous political conflict

The Dilemma of the Rural Democrats

We live in an era of poisonous political conflict, to the point where it became necessary for someone to make a movie about a second U.S. civil war to show us all what a horrible thing this would be.
nuclear weapon drills

Russia announces nuclear weapon drills after ‘provocative’ Western threats

Military exercises involving tactical nuclear weapons to be held after top European leaders indicated deepening backing for Ukraine.

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