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An Iranian attack targeted a building belonging to a Chinese company in northern Kuwait, killing one worker, the Kuwaiti army said Thursday.
Defense Ministry spokesman Saud Al-Atwan said the “Iranian aggression” struck the building, causing extensive material damage
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi on Wednesday canceled his planned visit to Saudi Arabia, a government source told Shafaq News, hours after deadly US-Saudi airstrikes targeted the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) across seven Iraqi provinces.
2026-07-29 12:28
Leaders of Iraq‘s Coordination Framework, on Wednesday, condemned the US-Saudi strikes on Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) sites in Iraq that killed 20 members and injured 32 others in seven provinces.
Former PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, head of the Reconstruction and Development Coalition, considered the strikes “a breach of the principle of Islamic fraternity, and a violation of international law and the United Nations Charter.” He questioned the timing of the strikes, saying they came after the Iraqi government had formed investigative committees to examine claims that drones had been launched from Iraqi territory toward Saudi oil facilities. That step, he said, showed Iraq was addressing the matter through legal and institutional channels rather than military escalation.
Al-Sudani said Iraq retained its legitimate rights under international law, including the right to self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter.
A senior official in Yemen‘s Houthi movement said on Wednesday that the group, and not Iraq‘s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), carried out earlier attacks on Saudi Arabia, accusing Riyadh of blaming Iraqi factions for operations they did not conduct.
Abdullah Al-Numi, a member of the political bureau of the Houthi movement (Ansarallah) told Shafaq News that the PMF had repeatedly denied attacking Saudi Arabia, while his movement had openly claimed responsibility for earlier operations against Saudi ports and facilities, including sites in Yanbu and Jizan.
2026-07-29 12:22
Ten Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) members were killed and six wounded in airstrikes on two facilities in Bartella, east of Mosul, part of the PMF’s preliminary nationwide toll of 20 dead and 32 injured.
The command stated that the strikes targeted the Fourth Regiment headquarters of the PMF’s 30th Brigade and its Anti-Armor Directorate.
(July 29, 2026 | 03:43 AM)
Saudi Arabia‘s armed forces, in coordination with the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), carried out precision strikes on Wednesday against Iran-backed militia targets in Iraq linked to recent drone attacks on the Kingdom‘s oil facilities, the Ministry of Defense announced.
Defense Ministry spokesperson Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Malki said the operation followed attempted drone attacks on oil facilities in the Eastern Province and Riyadh region on Monday and Tuesday, which Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed. He said those attacks originated from Iraqi territory and were carried out by Iran-backed terrorist militias.
Donezk und Lugansk seien schwierige Gebiete, so Drapatyj. Dort würden vor allem „Umsiedler“ (aus Russland), „Kriminelle“ und Personen wohnen, „die nicht arbeiten und alles umsonst haben wollen“ (Minute 12:00). In Donezk und Lugansk lebe eine Bevölkerung „ohne Bewusstsein“. Mit „Bewusstsein“ meint Drapatyj das Gefühl, zur Ukraine zu gehören.
Russland ist laut Drapatyj eine „ständige Gefahr“ für die Ukraine. „Das ist eine Nation mit einer Führung, die kein Recht auf Existenz hat. Sie hat während tausend Jahren nichts Zivilisatorisches hervorgebracht, nicht in der Mentalität und nicht in dem imperial-ambitionierten Verhalten.“ (Minute 23:40)
Mit Russland könne die Ukraine, so Drapatyj, keinen Kompromiss finden. „Am Ende des Kampfes um unsere Unabhängigkeit muss unser Sieg stehen. Ein Sieg ohne Kompromisse.“ (24:34)
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Israeli settlers carried out attacks on a number of Palestinian villages across the occupied West Bank early Sunday, setting fire to two mosques and other properties.
Sunday’s attacks were spurred by clashes that erupted in the village of Tell, in the northern West Bank, where a crowd of Israeli settlers, some armed, approached the Palestinian village Friday.
Villagers came out to confront them, and a standoff followed, with video appearing to show one of the Palestinians grabbing a settler’s weapon. Palestinian authorities said the settlers provoked the violence, while the Israeli military said both sides fired shots. Four Palestinians and two Israelis were killed.
This included a media campaign in the Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, The Guardian and latterly CNN; private warnings by David Cameron, then foreign secretary, who told him Britain would defund the ICC and withdraw from the Rome Statute if the warrants were issued; Republican senators who told him: „Target Israel and we will target you“, and being named publicly as a suspect before he had even had the chance to defend himself by the president of the Assembly of State Parties (ASP), Finland‘s Paivi Kaukoranta.
Danon threatened Mamdani with the same fate as Khan. „@NYCMayor Zohran Mamdani, take note: using Israel as a political weapon will not shield you from accountability,“ Danon posted.
(July 26, 2026)
The Iranian diplomat added that in calls with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top foreign policy official, he “made clear that what the freeloader in Kyiv did CANNOT GO UNANSWERED.”
The attack on the Iranian ship comes as Ukraine continues escalating its long-range drone attacks against Russia, which are carried out using intelligence provided by the US, and have been targeting Russian oil tankers and refineries, and have also been killing a significant number of civilians.
(July 26, 2026)
Iran said the attack left one sailor dead and injured several others. The country’s foreign ministry complained to Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran early on Sunday and “conveyed Iran’s strong protest over the ‘hostile and criminal act.’” Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
In a post on X highlighting Ukraine’s attacks on distant Russian targets, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that his country’s forces “also achieved very strong results with long‑range strikes in the Caspian Sea – including vessels used in military cargo shipments involving Iran, as well as a warship.”
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Doch Richter des Gerichtshofes stellten nach Darstellung von Khans Verteidiger fest, dass „kein Fehlverhalten oder eine Pflichtverletzung“ nachgewiesen worden sei.
Vor dem Hintergrund dieser Affäre hatte die US-Regierung kürzlich ihre Attacken gegen das Gericht noch verstärkt. Die USA verhängten bereits Sanktionen gegen Richter und Mitarbeiter. Die USA und Israel gehören dem Gericht nicht an.
(July 20, 2026)
Over the past year, he has submitted four expert‘s opinions commissioned by Khan‘s legal team to the 21-member bureau of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), criticising the manner in which the investigation into misconduct allegations facing the prosecutor was conducted, and the subsequent handling of the process by the bureau.
In his latest submission on 28 June, obtained by Middle East Eye through independent sources, Swanson denounced the 8 June decision by the bureau, which suspended the prosecutor after concluding by a majority that he committed “serious misconduct”.
The bureau’s decision departed from the unanimous conclusion of a panel of three judges it appointed, which in March concluded that the facts presented in the UN investigation „do not establish misconduct or breach of duty under the relevant framework“.
“The Assembly has decided by a majority of 82 States Parties that…prosecutor Karim Kahn committed serious conduct and a serious breach of duty…and to remove [him] from office,” the Assembly president announced, calling for the dignity and privacy of all those involved.
Assembly of States President Päivi Kaukoranta said 82 of the court’s 125 member states voted in favor of the prosecutor’s removal, concluding that Khan “committed serious misconduct and a serious breach of duty.”
Die Auffassung, dies habe keine Folgen, ist laut Michael Riegner, Professor für Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht und Rechtsvergleichung an der Universität Erfurt und Direktor der dortigen Global Justice Clinic, nicht haltbar. Es sei unzulässig, Artikel 26 Absatz 1 des Grundgesetzes auf die Bundeswehr zu beschränken, urteilt Riegner. In dem Paragraph heißt es, „Handlungen, die geeignet sind …, das friedliche Zusammenleben der Völker zu stören, insbesondere die Führung eines Angriffskrieges vorzubereiten“, seien „unter Strafe zu stellen“. Wer die Führung eines Angriffskriegs ermögliche, leiste „Beihilfe“, konstatiert Riegner.[11] Es könne kein Zweifel daran bestehen, dass dies auch im Fall der Vorbereitung eines Angriffskrieges durch Streitkräfte eines Drittstaates gelte, etwa durch die Streitkräfte der USA.
German-foreign-policy meldet: „Die USA nutzen für die Verstärkung ihrer Luftwaffenpräsenz in Mittelost zur Ausweitung des Irankriegs erneut Infrastruktur in Deutschland. Dass Berlin derlei zulässt, erfüllt laut Juristen den Tatbestand der Beihilfe zum Angriffskrieg.“ Über die Ereignisse der Nacht und des Tages informiert dieser Ticker.
(April 16, 2026)
Die Bundesregierung hat auch in den ersten Wochen des Iran-Kriegs Rüstungsexporte nach Israel genehmigt – allerdings in verhältnismäßig geringem Umfang. Vom 28. Februar, dem Tag des Angriffs israelischer und US-amerikanischer Streitkräfte auf den Iran, bis zum 27. März gab die schwarz-rote Regierung grünes Licht für Ausfuhren im Wert von 6,6 Millionen Euro, wie aus Antworten des Bundeswirtschaftsministeriums auf mehrere Anfragen des Linken-Abgeordneten Ulrich Thoden hervorgeht, die der Deutschen Presse-Agentur vorliegen.
(March 3, 2026)
US President Donald Trump welcomed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to the White House on Tuesday, thanking Berlin for granting US forces access to military bases in the expanding war against Iran and drawing a sharp contrast with Britain and Spain.
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Merz said Germany and the United States shared a desire to get rid of Iran‘s current regime and said he would discuss with Trump what happened once the military operation ended.
(November 17, 2025)
Nach rund drei Monaten hebt die Bundesregierung die Einschränkung von Waffenexporten nach Israel wieder auf. Ab dem 24. November sollen sämtliche Rüstungsexporte nach Israel wieder möglich sein, sagte ein Regierungssprecher am Montag in Berlin. Der wichtigste Grund für die Entscheidung sei, dass der am 10. Oktober in Kraft getretene Waffenstillstand in Gaza weiterhin halte.
The vote will take place during a special session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), the ICC‘s governing body, at UN headquarters in New York.
The 125 member states will decide by secret ballot, with an absolute majority of at least 63 votes required to remove Khan from office.
In May 2024, Khan’s office requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity linked to the Gaza war.
The ICC later issued warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif. The move drew fierce condemnation from Israel and the US, culminating in US sanctions targeting several ICC officials, including Khan.
Member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) are set to gather at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Friday for a controversial vote which could see the court‘s chief prosecutor Karim Khan dismissed from his job over alleged misconduct claims.
It will be the first time in the ICC‘s 24-year history that member states have been asked to decide whether to remove a sitting chief prosecutor from office.
The Assembly of States Parties (ASP), the court’s governing body that is made up of its 125 members, will vote by secret ballot requiring an absolute majority of 63 states to remove the prosecutor.
Khan’s lawyers said they have been denied accreditation to attend Friday’s session and to mount a defence prior to the vote. They added that the president of the ASP “has closed every formal channel” through which they can address the assembly, and has asked all state parties not to meet with the legal team.
Issam al-Saifi, secretary of the Fatah movement in Tell, said colonists attacked two homes in the eastern part of the town, prompting residents to confront them and force them to withdraw.
He said half an hour later, the colonists attacked the western part of the town again, leading to clashes between residents on one side and the colonists and Israeli occupation forces, who stormed the area to provide them protection to the colonists.
He added that Israeli soldiers and colonists opened fire indiscriminately at residents, killing four young Palestinians, including two brothers and their two cousins, and injuring four others. Israeli forces also declared the town a closed military zone, while colonists continued to deploy around the area.
Foreign ministers from eight Arab and Islamic countries condemned Israel’s escalation at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, including continued incursions by Israeli colonists led by extremist Israeli ministers under the protection of Israeli police, the raising of the Israeli flag inside the compound, and other provocative actions.
The foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar said in a joint statement issued on Friday that these unacceptable escalatory actions constitute a blatant violation of international law, relevant United Nations resolutions, and the historic and legal status quo at the holy sites in occupied East Jerusalem.
(August 6, 2023)
In Israel, there‘s concern that the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, might delay and consider pushing the U.S. agreement until after the 2024 presidential elections.
Israel has sent signals to Saudi Arabia emphasizing the advantages of forging ahead under the current Democratic regime. If a future Republican government, possibly under the leadership of former President Donald Trump, were to take over, bridging bipartisan support for the deal might become an uphill battle.
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Beyond a defense pact, the Saudis also have raised requests with the US for civilian nuclear capabilities, advanced weaponry, and beyond. Israeli agreement would be crucial for these components.
Im Wahlkampf hatte der Demokrat angekündigt, Netanjahu im Falle seiner Wahl zum Bürgermeister festnehmen zu lassen. Später äußerte er sich zurückhaltender und verwies auf eine Prüfung der Möglichkeiten. Netanjahu wird zur UN-Generaldebatte im September in New York erwartet.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani releases a video statement calling for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to face trial for war crimes, citing the ICC’s arrest warrant. But, after days of speculation, Mamdani says New York does not have the power to arrest Netanyahu.
“The facility is in the very early stages of construction and contained no nuclear material when last visited by the IAEA,” the UN agency said in a statement.
The reported attack is not believed to pose any radiological risk, the IAEA said, but Director General Rafael Grossi reiterated a call for “military restraint in the vicinity of all nuclear-related sites”.
Brussels, Jul. 18 (BNA): On the occasion of the High-Level Forum on Regional Security and Cooperation, held in Brussels on 13 July, co-chaired by High Representative Kaja Kallas on behalf of the European Union, and Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain, in his capacity as President of the Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the High Representative and the Presidency of the Gulf Cooperation Council issued the following joint statement:
1. The European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council reaffirm that freedom of navigation, including the right of passage through the Strait of Hormuz, a strait used for international navigation, are guaranteed under international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. These rights belong to the ships of all States and cannot be suspended, impeded, or made conditional by any State.
2. We condemn in the strongest terms the attacks carried out by Iran against commercial vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, and against the sovereign territory of States of the region, including Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, and Jordan. These attacks endangered civilian lives and mariners, violated international law and United Nations Security Council Resolution 2817, and are wholly unjustifiable.
3. We reject as unlawful any assertion of sovereignty or control over the Strait of Hormuz by any State, and we oppose any regime of permits, transit tolls, or service fees imposed upon international shipping. No bilateral arrangement, understanding, or memorandum between States can unlawfully govern or restrict the right of passage through an international strait, which is guaranteed to all States under international law and cannot be subordinated to the control or permission of any State.
4. We express our full solidarity with the States affected by these attacks and with the seafarers of all nationalities placed in danger. An attack on the security of one is a concern for all who depend on the safety of this vital waterway.
5. We call upon Iran to cease immediately and unconditionally all attacks and all interference with maritime navigation; to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, sustainably and without condition, toll, or fee; and to comply fully with international law and with Security Council Resolution 2817. We reject the imposition of any unilateral or unlawful mechanism or arrangement affecting safe passage through the Strait. States must work within and support international and regional institutions responsible for maritime governance, safety, and security, particularly the International Maritime Organisation.
6. The European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council will continue to coordinate closely to uphold freedom of navigation, to support the protection of international shipping and seafarers, and to advance a just and durable peace and security in the region, consistent with international law and the Charter of the United Nations.
7. We continue to call for restraint and reaffirm our unwavering commitment to dialogue and diplomacy as means to resolve the crisis and to uphold freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.