Genocide Trial
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Top UN court orders Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza, stops short of ceasefire: What does it mean?
Explainers | Jan 27, 2024, 02:17 PM ISTAlthough the verdict stopped short of a desperately-needed ceasefire for Palestinians, it represented a legal setback for Israel, and was a major diplomatic win for South Africa. Israel's military operations have killed over 26,000 Palestinians in Gaza.
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Israel rejects 'grossly distorted' genocide allegations by South Africa at UN top court
World | Jan 13, 2024, 01:26 PM ISTSouth Africa said that Israel's military operations are aimed at bringing about the "destruction of Gaza's population", citing the deaths of 23,000 Palestinians in the three-month-long war. Israel has vehemently denied the accusations and accused South Africa of supporting Hamas.
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Israel defends itself at UN's top court amid allegations of genocide by South Africa
World | Jan 12, 2024, 03:58 PM ISTIn a show of how seriously it takes the case, Israel is sending a strong legal team to the ICJ to defend its military operation that came after the October 7 attacks. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the attacks as "hypocrisy and lies" while accusing South Africa of supporting Hamas.
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Khmer Rouge's Ieng Sary dies during genocide trial in Cambodia
World | Mar 14, 2013, 02:45 PM ISTPhnom Penh, Mar 14: Ieng Sary, who co-founded the brutal Khmer Rouge movement in 1970s, was its public face abroad and decades later became one of its few leaders to be put on trial for