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The White House says President Joe Biden will seek to close the prison on the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay following a review process.

TODAY February 6, 2021 Judges at the International Criminal Court on Friday found the court has jurisdiction over war crimes committed in the Palestinian territories, paving the way for a possible criminal investigation, despite Israeli objections. The decision prompted swift reactions from both Israel, which is not a member of the court and rejects its jurisdiction, and the Palestinian Authority, which welcomed the ruling. The United States objected to the decision. ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said her office was studying the decision and would decide what to do next “guided strictly b...

Reuters Reuters 7 February, 2021, 5:11 pm FILE PHOTO: Public Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda attends the trial for Malian Islamist militant Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud at the ICC (International Criminal Court) in the Hague, the Netherlands July 8,2019. REUTERS/Eva Plevier/Pool THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Judges at the International Criminal Court on Friday found the court has jurisdiction over war crimes committed in the Palestinian territories, paving the way for a possible criminal investigation, despite Israeli objections. The decision prompted swift reactions from both Israel, wh...

The ICC Insists it Has Jurisdiction to Probe Israeli Crimes in The Palestinian Territories Published February 7th, 2021 - 07:35 GMT In this file photo taken on August 21, 2014 smoke trails mark the path of Palestinian missiles fired from the north-east of Gaza City. The International Criminal Court's ruling that it has jurisdiction over events in the Palestinian territories opens the way to an investigation of alleged war crimes committed in the 2014 Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza. The 50-day war, which devastated the coastal enclave and left 2,251 dead on the Palestinian side, m...

The United States has objected to the decision of the International Criminal Court