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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

Trapped, starving and afraid in besieged Sudan city

In Kadugli, a besieged city in Sudan's Kordofan region, escalating violence and worsening famine have left civilians trapped in a state of constant fear, according to testimonies gathered by AFP. Two and a half years of war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support