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The Daily Universe A Nepalese elderly patient waits for his eye patch to be removed at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepal’s “God of Sight” eye doctor renowned for his innovative and inexpensive cataract surgery for the poor is taking his work beyond the Himalayan mountains to other parts of the world so there is no more unnecessary blindness in the world. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) Dr. Sanduk Ruit is Nepal’s best eye doctor. Known as the country’s “God of Sight...

Last week, Tel Aviv indicated that it would not cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s investigation into the situation in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian...

0 shares A picture taken on February 3, 2018, shows Syrian men standing at the site of a downed Sukhoi-25 fighter jet in the Syrian city of Saraqib, southwest of Aleppo. (AFP PHOTO / OMAR HAJ KADOUR) THE HAGUE, The Netherlands — The Syrian regime’s air force used the chemical weapon chlorine in an attack on the town of Saraqib in 2018, the global toxic arms watchdog said on Monday after an investigation. The report is the second by an investigations team set up by the Organisation f...

4 min read A new report, based on interviews with 1500 Australians, found Melbourne was the No. 1 city to visit, well ahead of Sydney, Perth and Brisbane. However when regional destinations were included, the Gold Coast just nudged Melbourne out of top spot -- 22 per cent to 20 per cent. Tasmania came in third place, followed by Sydney and the Sunshine Coast, according to the GoStay Holiday Report. Report author Christena Singh said Melbournes popularity was partly the result of changes in holi...

Mike Corder Far fewer visitors than normal are seen at the world-famous Keukenhof garden in Lisse, Netherlands, Friday, April 9, 2021. Finally, after month after bleak month of lockdown, there are springtime shoots of hope emerging for a relaxation of coronavirus restrictions at a Dutch flower garden and other public venues. Keukenhof nestled in the pancake flat bulb fields between Amsterdam and The Hague opened its gates Friday to a lucky 5,000 people who were allowed in only if th...

Ajax coach Erik ten Hag defended the young keeper Scherpen, who at 21 was making his first European appearance for the side because Maarten Stekelenburg is not fit. ‘He is mentally very strong,’ Ten Hag said. ‘He will learn from this on his way to the top.’ Thank you for donating to DutchNews.nl The DutchNews.nl team would like to thank all the generous readers who have made a donation in recent weeks. Your financial support has helped us to expand our coverage of the coronavirus crisis...

9 shares Defense Minister Benny Gantz at a cermony in Sha’ar Hagai, marking 80 years since the formation of the Palmach, on April 9, 2021. (Ministry of Defense) Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Friday criticized the International Criminal Court’s probe of alleged war crimes by Israel as “blind and unjust,” after Israel sent a formal response to the decision. “I believe the truth will come to light,” Gantz said. “It’s not just a matter of the court’s ‘technical-legal’ ...

27 shares Demonstrators carry banners outside the International Criminal Court, ICC, rear, urging the court to prosecute Israels army for alleged war crimes in The Hague on Nov. 29, 2019. (AP/Peter Dejong) Israel will tell the High Court of Justice that the court does not have the authority to probe alleged war crimes by Israel and Palestinian terrorists. In its formal response to The Hague-based court’s decision to open the war crimes probe, Israel will say it won’t cooperate with th...

The Globe and Mail THE HAGUE, Netherlands Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Peter Dejong/The Associated Press Dutch police said Tuesday they have arrested a suspect in the theft last year of two valuable paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Frans Hals from two different museums. The ...

Salim Ayyash (Courtesy) THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A fugitive Hezbollah suspect convicted of the assassination of Lebanon’s former prime minister Rafiq Hariri cannot appeal the verdict until he turns himself in, a UN-backed court said Tuesday. Salim Ayyash was found guilty in absentia and sentenced to life imprisonment last year by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in the Netherlands over the killing of Hariri in a suicide bombing in Beirut in 2005. The 57-year-old Ayyash remains on the ...