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At World Court, Palestinians seek end to Israeli occupation
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Palestinian representatives on Monday asked judges at the U.N.'s highest court to declare Israel's occupation of their territory illegal, saying their advisory opinion could cont...
Feb 19, 2024 Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki and Palestinian U.N. envoy Riyad Mansour attend a public hearing held by The International Court of Justice (ICJ) to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion in The Hague, Netherlands, February 19, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
US proposes UN resolution supporting temporary ceasefire in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States has proposed a rival draft United Nations Security Council resolution that would underscore the body's "support for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza as soon as...
Feb 19, 2024 Palestinians carry bags of flour they grabbed from an aid truck near an Israeli checkpoint, as Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, February 19, 2024. REUTERS/Kosay Al Nemer/File Photo
UPDATE: Biden willing to meet with Republican US House speaker over Ukraine aid
UPDATED 10:37 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday said he is willing to meet with House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson to discuss a funding bill for Ukraine's war ag...
Feb 19, 2024 File photo: U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) during the annual National Prayer Breakfast at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File photo
Israel's six-week drive to hit Hamas in Rafah and scale back war
DOHA (Reuters) - Israel expects to continue full-scale military operations in Gaza for another six to eight weeks as it prepares to mount a ground invasion of the enclave's southernmost city of Rafah,...
Feb 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A displaced Palestinian boy, who fled his house due to Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, stands by a fence at a tent camp at the border with Egypt, amid fears of an Israeli ground assault in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip February 18, 2024. REUTERS/Saleh Salem
UPDATE: Navalny's widow says she will continue her husband's fight against Putin
UPDATED 1:26 P.M. MOSCOW (Reuters) -Yulia Navalnaya said on Monday she would continue the fight of her dead husband Alexei Navalny for a "free Russia" and called on supporters to oppose President Vlad...
Feb 19, 2024 Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexei Navalny, takes part in a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, Belgium February 19, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Pool
MN officers killed in stand off outside the Twin Cities
BURNSVILLE, Minn. - Two Minnesota police officers and a paramedic were killed early Sunday while responding to a domestic abuse call that resulted in an hours long standoff. The suspect, who officials...
Feb 19, 2024 Tony Webster / CC
N. Peoria Arby's hit a second time. Here's what we know
NORTH PEORIA, Ill. - What are the chances of a restaurant being struck twice? Apparently pretty good...at least in Peoria. A driver crashed into the Arby's on Allen Road in North Peoria on Sunday afte...
Feb 19, 2024 A vehicle crashed into the entrance of the Arby's on Allen Road in North Peoria Sunday afternoon. (25 News)
Peoria area gas prices still on the rise. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have risen 17 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.43 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices are 33.7...
Feb 19, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Trump tells supporters his $355 million fraud fine is election interference
WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich./IRMO, SC. (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the New York judge who ruled he must pay $354.9 million in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth to...
Feb 18, 2024 Supporters attend a campaign rally for former U.S. President Donald Trump in Waterford Township, Michigan, U.S., February 17, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Proposed Illinois House bill would require access to first responder scanner communications to media
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Legislation introduced in the Illinois House would require law enforcement agencies to provide access in real time to encrypted police scanner traffic to accredited media. House Bi...
Feb 18, 2024 Police scanners and other communication radios can be seen in use at WMBD News' Traffic One center. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
