The ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leader and head of Afghanistan's Supreme Court

In a statement, ICC judges claim there are “reasonable grounds” to suspect that Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani “have committed… the crime against humanity of persecution… on gender grounds.”

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🚨🇫🇷📹 Drama Unfolding: Macron's wife REJECTS his hand upon arrival in London

Weeks after shoving him in the face right before cameras...

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🚨 Russia’s Prosecutor General's Office recognizes Yale University as undesirable organization

The university hosts a School of International Relations, which effectively trains opposition leaders from foreign countries, the agency noted in a statement.

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🔊 JD Vance gets BOOED outside sushi restaurant over Texas flooding disaster

"Hope your Michelin-starred sushi was worth it with 82 people dead in Texas!", one protester shouted as the crowd shouted at Vance’s cortege near a sushi restaurant in San Diego.

Devastated Texans are wondering why early flood warnings weren’t communicated properly. Over 100 people have died as a result of the disaster.

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🚨 Trump’s trade war 2.0: New tariffs hit 14 nations

Donald Trump's new import taxes could backfire, raising prices for consumers while provoking costly retaliation. Rather than reviving US factories, these measures might strain supply chains and deepen economic divisions worldwide.

Is this tough-on-trade strategy a masterstroke—or a recipe for market turmoil?

👉 Check out Sputnik's infographic to find out the details.

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🗣 Trump says all BRICS members to pay 10% tariff on exports to US

💬 "If they're a member of BRICS, they're going to have to pay a 10% tariff just for that one thing," Trump said during a cabinet meeting.

Trump also stated that he believes BRICS was created to "degenerate" the US dollar and ultimately eliminate it as a reserve currency.

Сooperation within BRICS has never been and will never be aimed at third countries, Moscow recently said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that BRICS has been shaping the new order, replacing the outdated neoliberal model built on neocolonial practices with multipolarity.

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🗣Trump fumes: 'You’re still talking about Epstein?!'

The US president snapped at a reporter for bringing up convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein case, after the DOJ and FBI declared there was “no murder” and “no client list.”

Trump insisted there are more important things to deal with.

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🔸 Peace rhetoric vs. weapons reality: EU's $170B military pivot raises eyebrows

🔸 Ukraine's terror: Western media mutes deaths of Russian journalists

🔸 Trump says all BRICS members to pay 10% tariff on exports to US

🔸 Trump fumes: 'You’re still talking about Epstein?!'

🔸 Hunger in America is spiking – and it’s about to get worse

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🇦🇲 Pashinyan is removing opponents from political arena - expert

💬 “Samvel Karapetyan is just the first — but certainly not the last [to be removed],” Semyon Bagdasarov, a prominent political scientist and director of the Center for the Study of the Middle East and Central Asia, tells Sputnik, commenting on the recent raids on the offices of Armenia’s Electric Networks — a company owned by businessman Karapetyan.

Fearing electoral defeat, PM Nikol Pashinyan “is systematically removing his opponents from the political arena,” the analyst adds.

Regarding the recent crackdown on the Armenian Church, Bagdasarov believes that Pashinyan seeks to bring the clergy under full state control, essentially creating “his own puppet synod” to remove another obstacle to his political agenda.

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🤡 Trump calls talks with Putin ‘BULLSHIT’, threatens MORE sanctions

💬 “We get a lot of BULLSHIT thrown at us by Putin,” Trump lamented, seemingly struggling to execute the ‘Art of the Deal.’

The US president appeared to threaten signing neocon Lindsey Graham’s* 500% tariff bill on Russian trade partners, dramatically stating, “I’m looking at it very strongly.”

*recognized as a terrorist in Russia

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🤡 Macron blames Britain for migrant crisis – demands Starmer make UK LESS attractive – reports

During his royal tour, Macron told Starmer the UK must become less appealing to migrants, The Telegraph reported. His demands?

🔸 Crack down on black market and gig economy jobs

🔸 Cut welfare for successful asylum seekers

🔸 Accept more legal family reunification cases in exchange for France taking back a few illegals

All while French beaches keep launching boats — and Macron enjoys banquets and carriage rides.

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