Israel seizes Gaza’s entire border with Egypt, ignores UN court orders to halt attacks in Rafah
The World Court said Israel had not explained how it would keep evacuees from Rafah safe and provide food, water and medicine. Its ruling also called on Hamas to immediately and unconditionally release hostages taken from Israel on October 7.
Long wait for president: Fingers crossed as vote tallyng starts in South Africa and ANC risks ceding majority
The president is elected in Parliament after the national vote’s results are announced. South Africa’s Parliament has two houses and it’s the lower house, or National Assembly, that chooses the president. There, the 400 lawmakers vote for one of them to be the head of state and it needs a simple majority of 201. Because the ANC has always had a parliamentary majority since 1994, every president since then has been from the ANC, starting with Nelson Mandela.
Gaza war: Brazil’s President Lula moves envoy to Geneva from Tel Aviv as relations with Israel sour
Brazil withdrew its ambassador to Israel on Wednesday after months of tensions between the two countries over the war in Gaza, the latest repercussion from a South American nation over Israel’s military campaign in the Palestinian territory. The move was announced in Brazil’s official gazette. Israel’s foreign ministry said no...
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