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Iraq's dreams of wheat independence dashed by water crisis

NAJAF, Iraq, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Iraqi wheat farmer Ma'an al-Fatlawi has long depended on the nearby Euphrates River to feed his fields near the city of Najaf. But this ​year, those waters, which made the Fertile Crescent a cradle of ancient civilisation 10,000 years ​ago, are

ICC rejects Israeli bid to halt Gaza war investigation

THE HAGUE, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Appeals judges at the ​International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday ​rejected one in a series of legal challenges brought ⁠by Israel against the court's probe into its conduct of theGaza war. On appeal, judges refused to overturn a ​lower court

In Israel, Sydney attack casts shadow over Hanukkah

With heavy hearts, Jews in Israel lit the year's first Hanukkah candles, mourning after gunmen opened fire on a Jewish gathering in Australia, killing 15 and reviving painful memories of the October 7, 2023 attack. Sunday's attack in Bondi Beach was Australia's worst mass