“The deadliest poisons don’t kill you fast. They keep you alive just long enough to call the sickness normal.” -- Mark Twain
n the streets of Nahr al-Bared camp in northern Lebanon, where alleyways are barely wide enough to walk through, and buildings crowd out the sky, 45-year-old Palestinian refugee Aziza Wahbeh measures the long hours of another day.
There is the electricity that comes for only two hours a day, the water families must buy because none is supplied, the rising rent for cramped and aging homes, and the lack of work that has left many young people unable to support their families.
by Tyler Durden
Western allies are pressing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board to bring a formal complaint and resolution before the UN Security Council and the General Assembly. Reuters reports Saturday that the US, UK, France, and Germany are behind the new pressure campaign, which hinges on a request that the nuclear watchdog's director general transmit the new resolution.
An Israeli cabinet minister has outlined targets to remove most Gaza residents abroad within seven years, escalating fears of state-backed population transfer.
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He argued that it’s not plotting to test NATO’s resolve, its resilience to immense hardships “should never be underestimated”, suggested that the conflict will end without Ukraine recovering its lost territories, praised the CIA chief for visiting Russia, and called for “someone in Europe” to follow suit.
by Mike Snyder, themostimportantnews.com
International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan warned on Friday against 'the demise of international rule of law' after the United States targeted her with sanctions.
Washington sanctioned Akane and trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal on Tuesday as part of the Trump administration's campaign against what it calls a 'corrupt and fatally politicised' body.