irishtimes.com (2025-02-07).   Trump imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court, accusing it of targeting US and IsraelActions may include blocking property and assets and not allowing ICC officials, employees and relatives to enter the United States. | | The 125-member ICC is a permanent court that can prosecute individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression against the territory of member states or by their nationals. The United States, China, Russia and Israel are not members.

irishtimes.com (2025-02-07).   Trump imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court, accusing it of targeting US and IsraelActions may include blocking property and assets and not allowing ICC officials, employees and relatives to enter the United States. | | The 125-member ICC is a permanent court that can prosecute individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression against the territory of member states or by their nationals. The United States, China, Russia and Israel are not members.

Max Blumenthal (2025-02-07). New ICJ President Plagiarized in the Name of Christian Zionism. globalresearch.ca Julia Sebutinde is a dedicated Christian Zionist who stood alone in rejecting South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. Now the court's president, the Ugandan judge appears to have plagiarized sections of her dissenting opinion …

Staff (2025-02-07). Trump's attack on the ICC is no worse than Biden's support for genocide and impunity. thecanary.co Republican Party president Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the arrest warrants it issued against his war criminal ally, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But it's essential to remember that this is simply an extension of Democratic Party president Joe Biden's own assault on international law. Because it's high …

Ed Sykes (2025-02-07). Albanese calls for Starmer and others to be investigated for complicity with Israel's war crimes. thecanary.co UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese has called for accountability over the British government's participation in Israel's genocide in Gaza. But because of the impunity Western allies have given Israel, she said: This is a situation in which everyone loses. Because we are embracing or we have entered a lawless world. And especially for us in […] | By

Naama Blatman — Neve Gordon (2025-02-07). The Right to Remain in the Face of Genocide. counterpunch.org Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the White House, US President Donald Trump said Palestinians have "no alternative" but to leave Gaza. When the two leaders met in the oval office, Trump declared that after Palestinians from the Gaza Strip are moved elsewhere, the US will "take over". The US president also expressed his desire to transform the Israeli-occupied territory into the "Riviera of the Middle East".

krish-rad_ind (2025-02-07). Trump ADMITS To Ethnic Cleansing On Television! youtu.be

Stanley L. Cohen (2025-02-07). A Sales Pitch for Ethnic Cleansing. counterpunch.org Across the Arab world, ordinary citizens stand and watch the United States sliding into the abyss and wonder, what can the Americans be thinking there? Their institutions, packaged once as the envy of the world with a free society and values of compassion and tolerance … all blowing away in the winds of history, over

David Schultz (2025-02-07). Trump and Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza. counterpunch.org US President Donald Trump's declaration to remove the Palestinians from Gaza reveals the two truths. First, history repeats itself, but in doing so, it does in farcical ways. Second, whatever shred of rules-based order that was imposed by the United States on international politics is effectively dead. In The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte Karl

SKWAWKBOX (2025-02-07). Breaking: Israel finally appears to lift ban on tortured Dr Hussam Abu Safiya meeting lawyers. skwawkbox.org Human rights group urgently trying to arrange access after more than 40 days denial but fate of Dr Ahmad al-Muhanna remains unknown after well over 300 days The Israeli occupation has finally lifted its ban on kidnapped Kamal Adwan hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya meeting lawyers, after more than forty days' arbitrary detention and …

dzorinoco (2025-02-07). Syria's Currency Crisis. orinocotribune.com The Syrian pound has surged in the black market, reaching about 7,600 Pounds per USD, nearly half the exchange rate from December, raising concerns about its "illusory" nature and its impact on Syrians' savings. This rapid currency deflation comes amid continuous warnings, with economists pointing out that the Syrian pound's increase in price is not correlated to fundamental economic factors such as a boost in industry or exports. | The Central Bank of Syria continues to set official rates about 40% higher than market rates, a departure from the previous government of al-Assad which set the rates at 10% lower tha…

Vijay Prashad (2025-02-07). How to Understand the Change of Government in Syria. dissidentvoice.org Houmam al-Sayed (Syria), Namle, 2012. One of the most stunning events of the past few months has been the fall of Damascus. This fall had initially been expected over a decade ago, when rebel armies funded by Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the United States crowded around the edges of Syria and threatened then President …

Human Rights Watch (2025-02-07). Northeast Syria: Camp Detainees Face Uncertain Future. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State group fighters, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh governorate, August 2, 2021. | © 2021 Delil Souleiman/Getty Images…

John Catalinotto (2025-02-07). Hunter College students defend migrant rights. workers.org With a public action declaring its intention to combat the attacks from the Trump administration on their PICTURE STORY: WWPHOTO: John Catalinotto fellow students and their families, the Hunter College Committee to Defend Immigrants held a rally and demonstration outside Hunter West in New York City on the afternoon of . . . |

Martha Grevatt (2025-02-07). Cleveland: Solidarity with detained migrants. workers.org Cilantro Taqueria in Cleveland Heights, Ohio,was especially crowded, even for a Saturday night, on Feb. 1. People came out to express solidarity and outrage over the arrest of six Cilantro workers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Jan. 26. The workers were taken to the ICE detention center . . . |

Natalia Marques, People's Dispatch. (2025-02-07). When Workers Resisted Labor Exploitation At Bronx 'Slave Markets'. popularresistance.org Following the Great Depression, Black working class women flocked to street corners in the Bronx, New York, forced to sell domestic labor for far below its value in order to make ends meet. "They come to the Bronx, not because of what it promises," reads the renowned exposé by two Black radical activists, investigative journalist Marvel Cooke and civil rights leader Ella Baker. These informal domestic workers flocked to the infamous "Bronx Slave Market," "largely in desperation," Cooke and Baker wrote in 1935. | Desperation did indeed characterize the circumstances at the so-called slave markets, in which impover…

The Media Line Staff (2025-02-07). Electricity Crisis Sparks More Protests in Southern Yemen. themedialine.org

WSWS (2025-02-07). Mass protest on second anniversary of deadly Turkey-Syria earthquake. wsws.org On February 6, thousands of people took to the streets of Hatay in commemorative events and silent marches to express their anger at the state authorities, the failure to hold those responsible accountable and the continued policy of impunity.

WSWS (2025-02-07). RMT and Nautilus unions end Royal Fleet Auxiliary dispute with plea for better resourced UK armed forces. wsws.org The most significant aspect of the dispute was the refusal of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union leadership, long promoted as "militants" and "socialists", to take any action to challenge the Gaza genocide.

Staff (2025-02-07). ExxonKnews: State judges side with Big Oil, teeing up appeals fights. commondreams.org A New Jersey judge this week dismissed the state's climate deception lawsuit against oil and gas companies, becoming the fourth judge in six months to side with Big Oil in such cases. As similar lawsuits creep closer toward trial, state and local governments are vowing to fight these latest rulings, which grapple with a central …

G. Dunkel (2025-02-07). Fighting intensifies in the eastern Congo. workers.org While MONUSCO, the United Nations stabilization mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), counts nearly 100 armed groups fighting in the eastern Congo, the crisis escalated recently when the city of Goma was seized by the March 23 Movement (M23). Goma, the Congo, January 2025. The Congolese government . . . |

Hugo GABBERO (2025-02-07). Cambodia: Denial of entry and harassment of British journalist Gerald Flynn. fidh.org

_____ (2025-02-07). Blogger killed, editor missing as Mozambique's press freedom crisis deepens. cpj.org/feed/atom/

aljazeera (2025-02-07). Netanyahu gifts Trump golden pager celebrating Lebanon attacks. aljazeera.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given US President Donald Trump a golden pager.

Hugo GABBERO (2025-02-07). Cambodia: British environmental journalist denied re-entry to the country. fidh.org The Cambodian government's decision to deny British journalist Gerald Flynn re-entry to Cambodia and ban him from the country is a blatant attack on journalism and serves as yet another example of the Cambodian authorities' intolerance of critical and investigative journalism. The Observatory for the protection of human rights defenders (International Federation for Human Rights-FIDH and World Organisation Against Torture-OMCT) along with 19 other organisations condemn this arbitrary (…) | – |

Reuters (2025-02-07). Trump signs executive order sanctioning World Court, months after Netanyahu arrest warrant. haaretz.com The move comes after The Hague issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Israel's former defense chief Yoav Gallant, and was praised by Netanyahu as a 'bold' step that would 'defend America and Israel from the anti-American and antisemitic corrupt court'…

Olivia Barber (2025-02-07). Conservative Lord accused of 'staggering u-turn' on renters' rights. leftfootforward.org Renter advocacy groups have accused Conservative peers of "a staggering u-turn" after they tabled amendments to the Renters' Rights Bill. | On Wednesday, Conservative housing lead in the Lords, Baroness Scott of Bybrook, tabled amendments which campaigners have said would "completely wreck" the legislation. | The proposed amendments included keeping fixed term tenancies and retaining 'no fault' (section 21) evictions for the 85% of landlords who let out five properties or less. | The Renters' Reform Coalition, made up of 21 organisations that represent renters' rights, has pointed out that in February 2023, Ba…

Bharat Dogra (2025-02-07). Millions of People Endangered as Several Factors Combine to Worsen the Humanitarian Crisis Further. globalresearch.ca The United Nations warned on February 6 that two states in Sudan (South Kordofan and Blue Nile) were on the brink of catastrophe after a recent eruption of violence. UN resident and humanitarian coordinator C. Nkweta-Salami said, | "I condemn the …

Human Rights Watch (2025-02-07). Some US Adoptees Fear Stricter Immigration Policies, Mass Deportations. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Buttons is one of thousands of children adopted from abroad by American parents, many of them military service members, who were left without citizenship by loopholes in American law, Henderson, Nevada, June 24, 2024. | © 2024 David Goldman/AP Photo…

Ann Brown (2025-02-07). HBCU Bands Go All Out In Battle Of The Bands In Los Angeles: Here Are The Highlights. moguldom.com The Honda Battle of the Bands (HBOB) made its West Coast debut on Feb. 1, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, bringing the spirit, pride, and musical excellence of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to Los Angeles for the first time—ever. This highly anticipated event kicked off Black History Month in grand fashion, showcasing …

Amy Goodman (2025-02-07). Communities of Color Hit Hardest as Trump Shutters Environmental Justice Office. truthout.org The Trump administration is planning to shutter the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights at the Environmental Protection Agency and has placed nearly 170 employees on administrative leave. "I'm very concerned about the deregulation and the focus on corporate profits," says Mustafa Santiago Ali, the former head of the environmental justice program at the EPA. |

WSWS (2025-02-07). Australian university rank-and-file committee members oppose Zionist witch hunt against Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah. wsws.org Western Sydney University Rank-and-File Committee members denounce the victimisation of Abdel-Fattah, who has been falsely accused of antisemitism for opposing the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

WSWS (2025-02-07). Worst mass shooting in Swedish history claims 11 lives. wsws.org The 35-year-old lone gunman shot and killed 10 people before turning one of his weapons on himself. The mass shooting occurred against the backdrop of rapidly growing social inequality, the promotion of militarism and war fever, and ongoing gang violence driven by the deepening social crisis.

WSWS (2025-02-07). British independent journalist Richard Medhurst raided and detained by Austrian authorities. wsws.org Medhurst is also one of a growing number of journalists who have been raided and detained by the British state over the past year, utilising draconian anti-terrorism legislation for exposing US, British and Israeli war crimes in Gaza and across the Middle East.

presstv.ir (2025-02-07). Trump sanctions ICC for Israel, US probes. presstv.ir Trump has signed an executive order slapping sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) for what he called baseless investigations targeting America and its close ally Israel over genocide in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2025-02-07). Protests held in Jordan, Iraq against Trump's Gaza 'ethnic cleansing' plan. presstv.ir Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Iraq and Jordan to denounce the US president's controversial plans for Gaza.

presstv.ir (2025-02-07). Gaza govt. says Israel hinders 'minimum amount' of aid as scale of suffering shocks UN. presstv.ir Gaza's Government Media Office has warned that Israel is "seriously" worsening the humanitarian situation in the strip by not allowing the delivery of the "minimum" amount of aid agreed upon in the ceasefire deal.

presstv.ir (2025-02-07). Israel strikes eastern, southern Lebanon despite ceasefire. presstv.ir Israeli warplanes have carried out a fresh series of airstrikes on several areas in southern and eastern Lebanon in a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement with the Arab country.

presstv.ir (2025-02-07). Activists in Mexico rally against incoming Trump's anti-immigration policies. presstv.ir Migrant rights groups in Mexico demonstrated against the proposed anti-immigration measures of US President-elect Donald Trump.

presstv.ir (2025-02-07). Concerns mounting over new energy crisis in EU as Russian gas transit via Ukraine ends. presstv.ir As the agreement allowing Russian gas transit through Ukraine to Europe expires on Tuesday, concerns are mounting over new energy crisis in EU.

newarab (2025-02-07). Switzerland probes Israeli soldier accused of war crimes in Gaza. newarab.com

Staff (2025-02-07). Israel targets Hezbollah military sites in Lebanon, IDF confirms. haaretz.com ISRAEL: U.S. Secretary of State Rubio set to visit Israel, Middle East next week ‚ñ GAZA: Netanyahu endorses Trump's plan to displace Gaza's Palestinian population ‚ñ ICC: Trump sanctions ICC employees who work on cases related to the U.S. and its allies, including Israel ‚ñ LEBANON: IDF says it targeted Hezbollah military sites in Lebanon…

Yossi Verter (2025-02-07). Trump's lifeline will keep Netanyahu afloat for now, but in doing so Netanyahu revealed his true nature. haaretz.com Israel must remember that, for Trump, we are just one of his numbers, not the entire show ‚ñ When the stardust settles, Netanyahu will still have to deal with a political landmine: the second stage of the cease-fire deal ‚ñ The threat against Hamas is a threat to the lives of the remaining living hostages…

Reuters (2025-02-07). Months after Netanyahu arrest warrant, Trump signs executive order sanctioning world court. haaretz.com Move comes months after The Hague issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Israel's former defense chief…

Pressenza New York (2025-02-07). Forcing The Palestinians Out Of Gaza Is A Recipe For Unimaginable Disaster. pressenza.com Even after Trump declared that he wanted to take back the Panama Canal, acquire Greenland by force, if necessary, and rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, I could not, like many others, imagine that his madness could reach a new unfathomable height. At his news conference on February 4, with Prime Minister Netanyahu standing beside him, sporting a sinister grin, Trump announced that the US would take over Gaza, ship the Palestinians like sheep to Jordan and Egypt, build such a mesmerizing Riviera along the Mediterranean Sea and, voilà , bring peace and prosperity to the whole region. 'What a wonderfu…

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2025-02-07). Netanyahu Entraps Trump in a Quagmire. globalresearch.ca Seldom, if ever, one gets to pick up the threads of what one had written 3 days back as conjectures. But my prognosis that "the sea side view" of Gaza is mesmerising President Donald Trump and his special envoy for …

Sue Harris (2025-02-07). New Israeli aggression meets resistance by Palestinians: The case of UNRWA. workers.org As Israeli aggression on the occupied West Bank increases, the Palestinian resistance there grows. On Feb. 1, occupation forces destroyed 20 homes in a residential neighborhood in Jenin. At the same time, resistance brigades in the West Bank have been more and more effective in their attacks on invading Israeli . . . |

newarab (2025-02-07). As Israel bans UNRWA, Palestinian refugees fear for the future. newarab.com

Ali Salam (2025-02-07). Israeli Army Continues its Offensive in Jenin. imemc.org On Thursday, Israeli forces continued their aggression against the northern West Bank city of Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp for the 17th consecutive day; the ongoing assault has killed 25 citizens, displaced thousands, and destroyed many homes and infrastructure. According to the Jenin Camp Media Committee, at least 15,000 citizens have been displaced from …

IMEMC News (2025-02-07). Army Abducts Four Palestinians In Hebron, Bethlehem, And Nablus. imemc.org On Friday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least four Palestinians, including a father and his son, in Hebron, Bethlehem, and Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. In Beit Kahil town, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank's southern part, the soldiers stormed and ransacked several homes and abducted Rafat Rasmi Al-Asafra. The soldiers …

IMEMC News (2025-02-07). Updated: Israeli Army Continues Offensive In Tubas. imemc.org Israeli soldiers continued their aggression on the town of Tammun and the Al-Far'a refugee camp south of Tubas, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank, for the sixth consecutive day. Update: An Israeli drone bombed an area in the town of Tammun, without resulting in any injuries.

IMEMC News (2025-02-07). Israeli Army Continues Offensive In Tulkarem For Twelfth Day. imemc.org The Israeli occupation forces continued their aggression on the city of Tulkarem for the twelfth consecutive day, amid military reinforcements and the seizure of homes, turning them into military barracks after forcing their residents to leave. Media sources reported that the occupation forces have pushed more military reinforcements, including infantry and armored units, toward the …

IMEMC News (2025-02-07). Israeli Explosive Remnant Kills A Palestinian Child In Rafah. imemc.org On Friday, a Palestinian child died due to an explosion of an object left behind by the Israeli army in the city of Rafah, in the Gaza Strip's southmost part. Medical sources said the child, Mohammad Yasser Al-Qadi, died as a result of the explosion of an object left behind by the occupation forces in …

IMEMC News (2025-02-07). Ongoing Israeli Aggression In West Bank: Airstrikes And Home Demolitions. imemc.org Updated: The Israeli occupation army continues its siege and aggression on Jenin, Tulkarem, and Tubas as part of an ongoing military offensive initiated on January 21st in the northern, northwestern and northeastern parts of the occupied West Bank. |

IMEMC News (2025-02-07). Soldiers Assault And Abduct Two Palestinians In Hebron. imemc.org On Friday, Israeli soldiers assaulted and injured two Palestinians before abducting them in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources reported that the soldiers assaulted Tareq Jaber, 55, and Rafat Mohammad Marar, injuring them before taking them away. |Updated:…

Staff (2025-02-07). Israeli Forces Kill One in Gaza, Displaced People Suffer from the Elements. imemc.org In Gaza on Thursday, Israeli occupation forces' gunfire killed a Palestinian father, north of Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. A Wafa news correspondent reported that Palestinian citizen Salman Rushdi Salman Abu Ghoula was martyred after being shot by the occupation forces in the town of Al-Maghraqa, north of Al-Nuseirat camp. Medical sources …

scorinoco (2025-02-07). Situation in Ecuador in the Lead-Up to Presidential Elections. orinocotribune.com On Sunday, February 9, more than 13 million Ecuadorians will go to the polls to elect the next president who will govern the country until 2029, as well as the 137 members of the National Assembly. | The rules of the electoral process are determined by the Code of Democracy, which establishes that, to win the presidency in the first round, a candidate must obtain 50% plus one of the valid votes, or at least 40% with an advantage of 10 percentage points over the second-place candidate. If these thresholds are not met, a second round will be held on April 13. | A polarized electoral scenario
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WSWS (2025-02-07). Volkswagen workforce must have vote on the "Future Contract" wsws.org IG Metall union and works council have been leading VW workers up the garden path. The "Future Contract" secures nothing, other than an endless slide downwards.

WSWS (2025-02-07). Germany's Greens on course for the far-right AfD. wsws.org If you want the policies of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), you can also vote Green. That is essentially the core message of Robert Habeck's 10-point plan "Security offensive for Germany."

President Claudia Sheinbaum (2025-02-07). Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Addressing Trump. globalresearch.ca So, you voted to build a wall… | Well, dear Americans, even if you don't understand much about geography, since America to you is your country, not a continent, it's important that you discover, before the first brick is laid, that …

Alan MacLeod (2025-02-07). Jerusalem Post Targets MintPress After Exposé on Israeli Spies in US Media. orinocotribune.com