Relatives of some of those killed when Flight PS752 was shot down over Iran have filed complaints against former RCMP commissioner Brenda Lucki over her decision not to launch a criminal investigation into the deadly event. Now, a national security watchdog is expected to determine if Lucki and her police force acted appropriately, according to the complainants’ lawyer. Iran’s Islamic…
World·Breaking On Friday, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israeli settlements and use of natural resources in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are illegal. Israel and the U.K. previously said the court could not rule on the subject Yasmine Hassan · CBC News · Posted: Jul 19, 2024 10:19 AM EDT | Last…
The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal launched by the families of Flight PS752 victims to seize Iranian state property and bank assets held on Canadian soil to cover millions of dollars in unpaid compensation. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp shot down the commercial plane in 2020 over the skies of Tehran, killing…
Israeli tanks advanced to the centre of Rafah for the first time on Tuesday, witnesses said, three weeks into a ground offensive in the southern Gaza city that has stirred global condemnation for its continued civilian toll. Tanks and armoured vehicles mounted with machine guns were spotted near Al-Awda mosque, a central Rafah landmark, the…
A global maritime court found on Tuesday that greenhouse gases constitute marine pollution, a major breakthrough for small island states threatened by the rise in sea levels caused by global warming. In its first climate-related judgment, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea said emissions from fossil fuels and other planet-warming gases that…
U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday that he hopes a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that would pause hostilities, and allow for the remaining hostages held in Gaza to be released, can take effect by early next week. “Well, I hope by the beginning of the weekend, by the end of the weekend,” he told reporters in New…
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday vehemently denied allegations of appointing the lawyer of Salman Rushdie – whose sacrilegious writings made him the target of death threats – as Chairman Imran Khan’s legal counsel in the international court. A PTI spokesperson censured the circulation of “misleading” information regarding a foreign law firm, clarifying that…
