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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 473

JO BIDDLE

Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders of the PVV party speaks to his supporters during a PVV demonstration against the policy of Prime Minister and his cabinet in Rotterdam, on January 20, 2018. (AFP/ANP/Robin Utrecht)
May 17, 2018, 6:49 am
Far-right Dutch lawmaker Wilders appeals discrimination ruling
Firebrand opposition leader back in court to fight conviction for ‘inflammatory’ rally against Moroccans during a 2014 election campaign
By JO BIDDLE
Metal roofing sheets from a supermarket blocking a road in Menden, western Germany, as the region is hit by the storm named 'Friederike,' January 18, 2018. (AFP Photo/dpa/Markus Kluemper/Germany OUT)
January 19, 2018, 1:35 am
Nine dead as huge storms batter Europe
Rail services face heavy disruptions, flights scrapped due to hurricane-force winds across continent; Israel airline diverts air traffic amid heavy rains and wind lashing
By Hui Min NEO and JO BIDDLE
Slobodan Praljak drinks what appears to be a poison upon receiving a 20 year sentence in a UN war crimes court on November 29, 2017.
November 29, 2017, 5:03 pm
Bosnian Croat war criminal drinks poison in court, dies
On losing appeal against 20-year sentence, Slobodan Praljak shouts his innocence, fatally ingests contents of a bottle
By JO BIDDLE and Rusmir SMAJILHODZIC
This combination of pictures created on November 22, 2017 shows, left, Ratko Mladic, then Bosnian Serb general looking on in Sarajevo on February 15, 1994, and, right, Mladic smiling as he enters the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), on November 22, 2017, to hear the verdict in his genocide trial. (AFP Photo/AFP Photo and Pool/Pascal Guyot and Peter Dejong)
November 22, 2017, 2:57 pm
‘Butcher of Bosnia’ found guilty of genocide
International criminal tribunal in The Hague sentences Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic to life for crimes ‘amongst the most heinous known to human kind’
By Jan Hennop and JO BIDDLE
A Syrian man collects samples from the site of a suspected toxic gas attack in Khan Sheikhoun, in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, on April 5, 2017. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)
April 20, 2017, 2:23 pm
Russia, Iran bid to sideline Syria gas attack findings with fresh probe
Chemical arms watchdog mulling demand for new investigation despite earlier finding of ‘incontrovertible’ evidence of sarin
By JO BIDDLE
Voters queue outside a polling station at The Hague on March 15, 2017, as polls open across the Netherlands. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
March 15, 2017, 10:07 am
Polls open in key Dutch elections as far-right slips
Performance of Geert Wilders is seen as a litmus test for strength of right-wing populists ahead of other European ballots
By JO BIDDLE and Jan Hennop
Geert Wilders of the Freedom Party (PVV) speaks during a televised debate between the eight top party leaders in The Hague on March 14, 2017, a day before the parliamentary elections. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Phil Nijhuis)
March 15, 2017, 6:34 am
Wilders, the ‘Dutch Trump’ set to rise as Holland votes
Freedom Party head’s one-page manifesto promises to close the borders to Muslim immigrants, ban the Koran and close all mosques
By JO BIDDLE
Dutch far-right Freedom Party leader (Partij Voor De Vrijheid, PVV) Geert Wilders is guarded by police as he meets with supporters in Heerlen on March 11, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS)
March 12, 2017, 2:07 pm
Far-right leader Wilders, the ‘Dutch Trump,’ set to upset elections
Polls predict anti-immigrant parliamentarian will head one of largest parties after Wednesday’s vote
By JO BIDDLE
Syrian pro-government forces walk past a pick-up truck mounted with an anti-aircraft machine gun as they hold a position in Aleppo's 1070 district on November 8, 2016, after seizing it from rebel fighters. (AFP/Georges Ourfalian)
November 12, 2016, 5:17 am
Watchdog slams Syria, IS for use of toxic weapons
Joint UN-OPCW investigation concludes that regime forces, Islamic State using unconventional arms
By JO BIDDLE
Alleged Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist leader Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, center, looks on during an appearance at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, August 22, 2016. (AFP/ANP/Patrick post)
August 22, 2016, 11:46 pm
Malian jihadist says sorry for destroying ancient Timbuktu
Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi pleads guilty at international court to destruction of world heritage sites, could face 30 years in prison
By Jan Hennop and JO BIDDLE
Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic sits in the courtroom for the reading of his verdict at the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, on March 24, 2016. (AFP / POOL / Robin van Lonkhuijsen)
March 24, 2016, 6:54 pm
Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic found guilty of genocide
UN war crimes judges hand down 40-year jail term for worst atrocities committed in Europe since World War II
By Jan Hennop and JO BIDDLE
In this June 10, 2015 file photo, members of the media cover workers from Eastern Shores Flagpoles raising a flagpole at the Cuban Interest Section in Washington in preparation for re-opening of embassies in Havana and Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
July 19, 2015, 10:09 pm
US, Cuba poised to restore ties and open embassies
Cuban flag set to fly in Washington for first time since 1961, but obstacles remain to diplomatic thaw
By Ramon Sahmkow and JO BIDDLE
US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif. (AFP/Brian Snyder, Pool)
July 15, 2015, 8:16 am
John and Javad, the odd couple who struck the Iran deal
After months of negotiations, Kerry and Zarif are on a first-name basis and joke around, despite deep ideological differences
By JO BIDDLE
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini speaks on the phone from a balcony of the Palais Coburg Hotel where the Iran nuclear talks meetings are being held in Vienna, Austria on July 10, 2015. (Joe Klamar/AFP)
July 12, 2015, 6:24 am
‘98%’ of nuclear deal completed, but key sticking points remain
‘Decision time’ nears in talks between world powers and Iran in Vienna, with negotiations continuing almost around the clock
By JO BIDDLE and Siavosh GHAZI
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L), French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (3rd L), China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (4th L), High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini (C), US Secretary of State John Kerry (4th R), British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond (3rd R) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) meet at the table at the Palais Coburg Hotel, where the Iran nuclear talks meetings are being held, in Vienna, Austria on July 7, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / JOE KLAMAR)
July 8, 2015, 5:18 pm
Iran, world powers face off in game of nuclear brinkmanship
Washington, Tehran plan to push ahead with negotiations in Vienna until deal reached, or not
By JO BIDDLE and Cecile Feuillatre
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