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- Venezuelan opposition leader detained ahead of Maduro's inauguration
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was detained amid anti-government protests in Caracas on Thursday, a day before President Nicolás Maduro is expected to be sworn in to a third full term in office. Machado, who was prevented from running for president by Maduro’s government, is a key figure behind Edmundo González Urrutia, the opposition...
- House Democrats call on ICC to rescind arrest warrants for Israeli leaders
A group of House Democrats is urging the International Criminal Court (ICC) to rescind arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defense minister as Congress is poised to potentially implement sanctions in response to the global court’s actions. Reps. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.) and Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) co-led a letter sent to Päivi Kaukoranta, president...
- Greenland lawmaker says Trump Jr. visit 'was all staged'
A member of Greenland's Parliament said Donald Trump Jr.'s visit to the island this week was "all staged" to make it look like Greenlanders supported President-elect Trump as he ramps up rhetoric about acquiring the Danish autonomous territory. “No journalists were allowed to interview him," Pipaluk Lynge, a member of Parliament from Greenland’s largest party...
- Italy's Giorgia Meloni: Trump's Greenland remarks 'a message to some other big global players'
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday said she doesn’t believe President-elect Trump has a plan to purchase Greenland or acquire it through military force. “I think we can exclude that the United States in the coming years will try to use force to annex territory that interests it,” Meloni said during an annual press...
- House passes ICC sanctions bill; GOP Senate leader promises to bring it to floor
The House on Thursday passed legislation to sanction officials with the International Criminal Court (ICC), pushing back against the court's decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister for their actions during Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The legislation reached the majority threshold by...