British teen charged over London arson attack on Jewish charity ambulances

A teenager has been charged in connection with an arson attack on a Jewish charity’s ambulances in March, according to U.K. police, becoming the fifth person to be charged over the attack. The March blaze in Golders Green, an area in north London with a large Jewish population, engulfed four ambulances belonging to Hatzola Northwest, …

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Gordon S. Wood, Eminent Scholar of the American Revolution, Dead at 92

NEW YORK (AP) — Gordon S. Wood, the eminent and prolific scholar who forged a highly influential and sharply debated narrative of the country’s early years of independence through such prize-winning works as “The Creation of the American Republic” and “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” has died. He was 92. Wood, a professor emeritus …

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UN Inquiry Finds Israeli Forces Shield Settlers During Attacks on Palestinians

GENEVA, June 9 (Reuters) – Israeli authorities are directly involved in settler attacks that ⁠have ⁠killed, injured and displaced Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, ⁠while Israeli security forces provide protection to settlers, a U.N. inquiry said on Tuesday. The report by the Commission of Inquiry ​on the Occupied Palestinian Territory found that Israeli authorities …

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International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan suspended over sexual misconduct allegations

The Hague, Netherlands — In an unprecedented move, the embattled chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court was suspended from his duties late Monday after the court’s oversight body referred British barrister Karim Khan for disciplinary proceedings. The 56-year-old is facing allegations of sexual misconduct with a female aide, in a scandal that has dragged …

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