International Criminal Court members dismiss prosecutor Karim Khan, insiders say
The UK barrister is accused of having a non-consensual sexual relationship with a junior ICC lawyer
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ICC member states remove Prosecutor Karim Khan by majority vote
Member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) voted on Friday by a majority to remove Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan over misconduct claims, during a special session at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
· Middleeasteye
Woman arrested, charged for alleged ‘verbal’ abuse with anti-Semitic slurs near Bondi Beach terror attack site
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ICC members dismiss prosecutor Karim Khan, diplomatic sources say
Member states of the International Criminal Court on Friday voted to dismiss Karim Khan as prosecutor following allegations of sexual misconduct, two diplomatic sources told Reuters.
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B’Tselem calls for immediate action to stop Israeli violence in the West Bank
B'Tselem called on the international community to take immediate action to stop Israel's violence and prevent pogroms by settler militias and the Israeli army across the West Bank, as settlers killed at least four Palestinians on Friday.
· Middleeasteye
Order closing Texas midwife clinics dismissed
A Texas appeals court on Thursday dismissed an injunction that forced a Houston-area midwife to close her clinics, ruling that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ’s office relied solely on an anonymous email as evidence that she violated the state’s 2022 abortion ban.
Mamdani pushes the Jewish hate that leads to ‘Allahu Akbar’ stabbing
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· Liel Leibovitz
Intimate questions potential Lindsay Clancy jurors were asked before being sat for murder trial revealed
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· Georgia Worrell
Grieving family of student killed by Chicago migrant rip Hochul, NY Dems over new sweeping sanctuary laws
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Mali ex-intelligence chief sentenced to prison for plotting coup
A court sentenced Mali's former head of domestic intelligence Friday to 15 years in prison for "conspiracy against the government", following a ten-day trial in which he openly accused the ruling junta of corruption.
· AfricaNews
Police boat crashes into central London bridge and sends officers into Thames
Emergency services attend an incident at Westminster Bridge in London, Friday July 24, 2026, after a police boat crashed into Westminster Bridge. (David Lynch/PA via AP)
Michelin-starred chef facing jail after allegedly serving nearly 50,000 ants to diners
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South Korean tycoon ordered to pay $644M to ex-wife
SEOUL — A South Korean court ordered an artificial intelligence (AI) chip-manufacturing tycoon on Friday to make a trimmed $644-million divorce payment to his former wife.
· Agence France-Presse
Murder or trespassing: crime must be prosecuted without excuse regardless of perpetrator - analysis
Palestinian terror is straight-up terror, and murder is straight-up murder.
· YONAH JEREMY BOB
Officers hurt as police boat hits Westminster Bridge
The police boat reportedly collided with Westminster Bridge
· Bbcnews
LeBron James is heading to the Philadelphia 76ers
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James stands on the court in the closing minutes of Game 4 in a second-round NBA basketball playoffs series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, May 11, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
· Dan Gelston
Second White House correspondents' dinner held 3 months after shooting
President Donald Trump is seen speaking from the East Room on a television in the West Wing of the White House, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
· Jocelyn Noveck
Shocking video shows Jewish victim clutching his chest after Upper West Side stabbing attack
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· Katherine Donlevy
World sport court sets date for Senegal's AFCON appeal hearing
The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday said has set 8 October as the date to hear Senegal's appeal of the decision to strip them of the Africa Cup of Nations title in favour of Morocco.
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Justice minister said to offer to resign amid move to scrap prosecution's right to supplementary investigations
SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Justice Minister Jung Sung-ho he was said to have offered to resign, according to political sources Friday, amid a move by the ruling Democratic Party (DP) to scrap the prosecution's right to supplementary investigations.
· Deok-Hyun Kim
No mental health training, no warning, no plan: what led to the fatal police shooting of Jesse Deacon?
Three years after her son was shot during a mental health episode, 82-year-old Judy Deacon led the cross-examination in the coroner’s court
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16-year-old pleads guilty to all 55 counts in 2024 deadly shooting at Georgia high school
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Grandma killed on way to identify her son’s body in ‘unreal’ double tragedy: ‘Our family has been ripped apart’
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Israeli army arrests two Palestinians in hospital, Palestinian media reports
The Israeli army arrested two Palestinians from Nablus Specialized Hospital in the occupied West Bank, according to reports by Wafa news agency.
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NYC Jewish leaders blast Mamdani after stabbings, call for hate crime charges: ‘Stop fanning flames of hatred and division’
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· Patrick Reilly
Nine men in court over historical child sexual exploitation offences
Row one L-R: Kevin Lawrence, Aminur Rahman Chowdhury, Shakeel Babur, Syed Mohammed Ashan Taqvi. Row two L-R: Mohammed Ramzan, Sheikh Mohammed Tahir Ullah, Murad Ali, Mohammed Sheikh Abdul Hannan. Shafaq Mohammed appeared in court via videolink.
· Bbcnews
'Postponing the inevitable': South Africa opposition reacts to Ramaphosa impeachment ruling
South Africa's opposition reacted angrily on Friday after a court suspended parliamentary impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa.
· AfricaNews
Justice Elena Kagan decries idea that US supreme court ‘rubber-stamps’ Trump’s agenda
Kagan rejects notion that high court ‘does whatever the administration wants’, pointing to tariffs ruling and more
· Chris Stein
Poland's biggest opposition party faces a split
Newly designated for the prime minister’s post Mateusz Morawiecki, right, is congratulated by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, left, leader of Poland’s ruling conservative party Law and Justice, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, File)
Judge orders Hegseth to explain US military’s new testosterone policy
Court questions plan to offer male hormone treatment to cisgender troops while denying it to trans service members
· Richardluscombe
Netanyahu orders tougher West Bank measures after deadly terror attack kills two
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir held a discussion on ways to respond to the terror attack that killed two and wounded three on Friday morning, the Prime Minister's Office confirmed.
· JAMES GENN, AVI ASHKENAZI
Four men in 20s die after car crashes into lamp-post in Merseyside
Police appeal for witnesses after collision in Huyton leaves four men dead and a fifth in hospital
· Priya Bharadia
House of Spells brings fresh magic to the Deuce decades after NYC block’s porn-and-crime nadir
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· Steve Cuozzo
Ten killed in Russian attack on Kyiv
Emergency services clear through the rubble following a Russian missile strike just outside of Kyiv
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Israeli settlers kill four Palestinians in West Bank attack
Israeli settlers and troops killed four Palestinians during an attack on a village in the occupied West Bank on Friday, during which a soldier and a settler were also shot dead.
· Middleeasteye
Car bomb intercepted by Irish police near the Northern Ireland border
LONDON (AP) — An “extremely significant” car bomb was intercepted earlier this week near the Northern Ireland border during an investigation of dissident republicans, Irish police said Friday.
Irish police intercept car with bomb close to Northern Ireland border
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Woman and man arrested in Ireland after police intercept ‘highly sophisticated’ bomb
Detectives targeting dissident republicans stopped a vehicle containing explosives near Carrickmacross
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Four men dead after car crashes into lamp-post
Four men were killed in a crash after a car they were travelling in hit a lamp-post
· Bbcnews
Singer Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray over London club confrontation
Other charges, including assault against Abraham Diaw, dropped as guilty plea averts trial
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Polish conservatives split ahead of 2027 election
WARSAW — The nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party that ruled Poland from 2015 to 2023 split on Friday in a political rupture that undermines the conservative camp’s attempts to topple pro-EU Prime Minister Donald Tusk in an election next year.
· Wojciech Kość
Four Palestinians and one Israeli killed in West Bank shooting
It was the deadliest incident of its kind in the West Bank for months
· Bbcnews
Israel cancels soldiers' leave as West Bank tensions flare over deadly shooting | The National
Israel has reinforced troops and locked down large swathes of the occupied West Bank after four Palestinians and an Israeli were killed following a settler attack on a village.
· Thomas Helm
Singer Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray over an altercation at a London nightclub
Chris Brown arrives at Southwark Crown Court, where he is charged over an alleged assault in a London nightclub, in London, Friday, July 24, 2026. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
Gangs taking villages on Brazil-Peru border ‘hostage’, say Indigenous leaders
Delegation sent to Brasília after gunmen from organised crime group enter homes in western Amazon Forest
· Jonathanwatts
Abu Dhabi Police warn drivers not to leave car with engine running | The National
Motorists have been urged by police in Abu Dhabi not to leave their engines running while they are not in their car.
· The National
At least 11 killed in Ukraine as Moscow and Kyiv continue to trade attacks
At least 11 people have been killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine, while Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s Kirov region killed six others, officials on both sides of the conflict said.
· Al Jazeera Staff
South African court pauses President Cyril Ramaphosa's impeachment process
A high court in South Africa on Friday granted President Cyril Ramaphosa an interdict temporarily halting a parliamentary impeachment inquiry against him.
· AfricaNews
Man arrested after two women sexually assaulted in Hoppers Crossing attacks
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