September 17, 2025

The European Commission will propose speeding up the phase-out of Russian fossil imports, the European Union executive’s head Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday after a call with U.S. President Donald Trump, Reuters reports.   Von der Leyen said that she had a call with Trump on strengthening joint efforts to increase economic pressure…

Reuters. A United Nations commission of inquiry concluded on Tuesday (September 16) that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had incited these acts.   The 72-page legal analysis cites examples of the scale of the killings, aid blockages, forced displacement and the destruction of a…