Merkel’s ‘confession’ may be grounds for tribunal – Moscow

The former chancellor gave evidence that the West had orchestrated hostilities in Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry says A confession by former German chancellor Angela Merkel about the Minsk peace agreements could be used as evidence in a tribunal involving Western politicians responsible for provoking the Ukraine conflict between Moscow and Kiev, the Russian Foreign…

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Oscar Pistorius released from prison

The disgraced South African athlete has served more than half of his sentence for murdering former girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp Oscar Pistorius, the former Olympic athlete known as ‘Blade Runner’ for his use of carbon-fiber prosthetic legs in competitions, has been released on parole from a South African prison, 11 years after he shot his former girlfriend,…

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Israel used US-made white phosphorus munitions in Lebanon attack – WaPo

The White House found the report “concerning,” while Amnesty International has called the incident a potential war crime Israel used controversial US-provided white phosphorus munitions to attack Dheira, a small village in southern Lebanon, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing its own analysis of shell fragments recovered from the scene.

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