Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sharply criticized the possible issuing of arrest warrants against him and other Israelis by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. If the court were to issue the warrants, it would be an "unprecedented anti-Semitic hate crime," Netanyahu said in a video address on Tuesday. Such a step would violate Israel's right to self-defence following the Hamas massacre on October 7 last year, he claimed. Netanyahu spoke of a "distortion of justice
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned offensive on the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah will go ahead whether or not a hostage agreement is made with Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, he told a meeting on Tuesday. "We will enter Rafah and we will eliminate the Hamas battalions there - with or without a deal," he told relatives of Israeli hostages and fallen soldiers, according to his office. Netanyahu is determined to launch an offensive in Rafah to eliminate the remaining strongh
King Charles, who is undergoing treatment for cancer, told Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Davis on Thursday that he hopes to visit the Commonwealth nation next year, the prime minister's office said in a statement. The visit would possibly coincide with The Bahamas' independence celebration in July 2025, the statement said. Charles, who serves as monarch of The Bahamas, called the Bahamian prime minister to tell him of the possible visit, the prime minister's office said, and Davis wished "good health" to Charles and Kate, the Princess of Wales, who is also undergoing treatment for cancer.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has justified cancelling a visit by a high-ranking Israeli delegation to the United States by saying it was intended to send a message to Hamas, the Palestinian militant group responsible for the massacres in Israel last year. Netanyahu's office said on Wednesday that Hamas believed that international pressure - following a resolution by the UN Security Council calling for a ceasefire - would prevent Israel from destroying Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Netany