A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won’t get the death penalty, giving the WikiLeaks founder a partial victory in his long legal battle over the site’s publication of classified American documents.
Officials from the United Nations have accused Israel of “systematically” blocking aid from reaching desperate Palestinians in Gaza, warning that at least one-quarter of the enclave’s population was a step away from famine without urgent action.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Serguei Lavrov is scheduled to hold talks with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and with Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez during a scheduled visit to Havana on February 19th, Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Maria Zajarova announced in Moscow.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump won the Republican primary in New Hampshire, defeating former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who once served as Trump’s U.N. ambassador.