ICJ rules that it will hear part of Ukraine-Russia genocide case (www.aljazeera.com)
U.S. strikes targets in Iraq and Syria as retaliation for fatal drone attack in Jordan, officials say (www.cbc.ca)
‘Love of my life’: Shot dead, waiting for her husband in the West Bank (www.aljazeera.com)
ICJ Delivers Preliminary Objections Judgment in the Ukraine v. Russia Genocide Case, Ukraine Loses on the Most Important Aspects (www.ejiltalk.org)
Fate of 6-year-old girl in Gaza unknown after ambulance team sent to rescue her vanishes, aid group says (www.cbsnews.com)
‘A race against time’: Taiwan strives to root out China’s spies (www.theguardian.com)
Paris residents set to vote on plan to triple parking charges for SUVs (www.theguardian.com)
Judge throws out case against Greta Thunberg and other London protesters (www.theguardian.com)
Half of US adults say Israel has gone too far in war in Gaza, AP-NORC poll shows (apnews.com)
UN Rapporteur On the Right to Food Visits Venezuela (www.telesurenglish.net)
Behind Pakistan’s civilian government, army tightens its grip on journalists (rsf.org)
Climate activist Thunberg urges ‘no silence on genocide in Palestine’ (www.aa.com.tr)
Israel's Attacks Continue to Decimate Ambulance and Maternity Services in Southern Gaza (peoplesdispatch.org)
Florida Plane Crashes into Mobile Home Park, Leaving Multiple Dead (voxheadlines.com)
Israeli Strike Destroys Belgian Development Agency In Gaza (imemc.org)
Demand for shipments from China via rail through Russia has 'skyrocketed' since the Red Sea attacks (www.cnbc.com)
Japan’s Aozora bank loses 33% of its value in two-day stock meltdown. Bank reported massive exposure to US commercial real estate. (www.bloomberg.com)
Indian police clear a suspected Chinese spy pigeon after 8 months in bird lockup (apnews.com)
Ukraine claims its sea drones sank a Russian warship. Moscow says Patriot missiles downed its plane (apnews.com)
US officials: "We realize that efforts, implied or explicit, to shape or change the PRC over several decades did not succeed" (www.whitehouse.gov)
Israel held Gaza woman, 82, with Alzheimer's for two months as an 'unlawful combatant' (www.haaretz.com)
Israeli soldiers arrested Fahamiya Khalidi in early December at a school in Gaza after she fled her home due to IDF shelling. She was moved to Damon prison, where she was refused a meeting with an attorney and was only freed after an appeal
Two women wearing hijabs denied entry to Democratic campaign event (www.aljazeera.com)
Federal judge in Oakland dismisses case seeking to force US to pressure Israel to stop bombing Gaza (www.eastbaytimes.com)
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White said he didn’t have jurisdiction over the matter, but he still offered harsh criticism of the administration and said Israel’s actions may amount to genocide....
Israel's road to recovery starts with relinquishing Netanyahu's lies (www.haaretz.com)
As fate would have it, in order to halt the discussion over the justification for Israel's right to exist, Israel has to approach the dustbin of history and pull out the "occupation," the "two-state solution," "peace in exchange for territories" – all those terms his royal genius threw away in his megalomaniac hubris. We need...