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June 3, 2025

ICC believes war crimes and crimes against humanity are taking place now in Sudan’s Darfur region
UNITED NATIONS — The International Criminal Court believes war crimes and crimes against humanity are continuing to take place in Sudan’s vast western Darfur region where civil war has raged for more than two years, the tribunal’s deputy prosecutor said Thursday. Nazhat Shameem Khan told the U.N. Security Council that the depth of suffering and…
Kurdish PKK militants begin handing over weapons in cave in Iraq
Dozens of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants began handing over weapons in a ceremony in a cave in northern Iraq on Friday, officials said, marking a symbolic but significant step toward ending a decades-long insurgency against Turkey. Helicopters hovered above the mountain where the disarmament process got underway, with dozens of Iraqi Kurdish security forces…
Europe unveils a deal for more food and fuel for Gaza. Israeli strike kills 15 outside a clinic
European officials reached a new deal with Israel to allow desperately needed food and fuel into Gaza, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said Thursday, hours after an Israeli airstrike killed 15 people, including 10 children, waiting for help outside a medical clinic. The children’s deaths drew outrage from humanitarian groups even as Israel allowed…
Justin Bieber Releases New Album, ‘Swag,’ With Surprise Drop
Justin Bieber shocked fans by dropping a surprise album, his first in more than four years, after days of posting photos of himself in the studio. The 31-year-old singer released his seventh studio album, titled “Swag,” on Friday, July 10. The LP was made available on streaming platforms at midnight. Bieber’s last album, “Justice,” which…
U.S. singer Chris Brown pleads not guilty to lesser assault charge in U.K. court
LONDON — U.S. singer Chris Brown on Friday pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault causing actual bodily harm by allegedly attacking a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub two years ago. Brown last month denied a more serious charge of attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm in what prosecutors said…
Premenstrual disorders linked to higher risk for heart disease, study finds
Premenstrual disorders are associated with a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, a large, long-term study has found. New research analyzing patient health data from more than 3 million women in Sweden over a 20-year period found that those who were diagnosed with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) or premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) had an 11% higher…
Thousands gather in Srebrenica on 30th annivers of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since WWII
Thousands of people from Bosnia and around the world gathered in Srebrenica to mark the 30th annivers of a 1995 massacre there of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim boys and men, which has been acknowledged as Europe’s only genocide after the Holocaust. Seven newly identified victims of the massacre — including two 19-year-old men —…
Man in notorious NYC hammer attack gets up to life in prison
The man convicted of viciously beating a then-57-year-old woman with a hammer as she entered a Queens subway station, fracturing her skull as he bludgeoned her more than a dozen times in a violent 2022 robbery, was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in life in prison. And his victim, still recovering, was in court. William…