THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court is ruling Friday on an urgent plea by South Africa to order Israel to halt its military operations in Gaza and withdraw from the enclave. Israel is unlikely to comply with any such order. Even so, a cease-fire order by judges of the International Court of Justice would heap more pressure on an increasingly isolated Israel as it continues its military assault on Gaza following the deadly Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas-led militants. Israeli Prim
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan tracked dozens of Chinese warplanes and navy vessels off its coast on Friday, the second day of a large military exercise launched by Beijing to show its anger over the self-governing island's inauguration of new leaders who refuse to accept its insistence that Taiwan is part of China. China has issued elaborate media statements showing Taiwan being surrounded by forces from its military, the People's Liberation Army. A new video on Friday showed animated Chinese for
Associated Press reports that Nashville city council members have rejected plans for a sign at Morgan Wallen's new bar. Council members cited controversy over Wallen's use of a racial slur in 2021 and recent criminal charges for throwing a chair off a roof near two law enforcement officers. "I don't want to see a billboard up with the name of a person who is throwing chairs off of balconies and who is saying racial slurs.", Delishia Porterfield, Nashville council member, via Associated Press. Morgan Wallen's This Bar & Tennessee Kitchen is scheduled to open this weekend.