The Hague

Israel will on Friday hit back at what it describes as "atrocious" allegations it is committing "genocide" in Gaza, in a closely watched landmark case before the U.N.'s top court.

South Africa has launched an emergency case at the International Court of Justice arguing that Israel stands in breach of the U.N. Genocide Convention, signed in 1948 in the wake of the Holocaust.

"We are not close to going to The Hague, but we are certainly not as far as we were a year ago," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday about Greece's relations with Turkey in an interview with state-run broadcaster ERT.

Among other topics, Mitsotakis discussed foreign policy and combating soaring prices.

Israel and South Africa face off at the U.N.'s top court from Thursday, after Pretoria accused Israel of "genocidal acts" in Gaza, charges the Israelis have dismissed as "blood libel".

In an 84-page submission to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), South Africa urged judges to order Israel to "immediately suspend its military operations" in Gaza.

This is what Frederik Mertens, analyst at the Center for Strategic Studies in The Hague, states for Newsweek.
Ukraine's aggressive drone strikes and missile attacks have forced the Russians to move a large part of their fleet to Novorossiysk, a location in Crimea.

The differences between Athens and Ankara on the matter of the maritime zones was not raised in public statements during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit on Thursday but Kathimerini understands it was tabled during his talks with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed to open a "new era" in relations with Greece, marking his first official Athens visit since 2017 to meet with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed staunch support for Palestinians in Gaza, pledging not to relinquish "a single inch of Gaza's land to Israel" amid the ongoing conflict with militant group Hamas.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has affirmed Türkiye's commitment to pursuing peace in the wake of the failed extension of the temporary ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

A carpet, which was gifted in 1907 by the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II to the Peace Palace, which serves as the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, will be restored in Türkiye.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be tried at the International Court of Justice in The Hague amid escalating tensions in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.