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Oct 9, 2026 - World

Committee recognises work of South African who chaired UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in GazaThe Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay, the South African former UN human rights chief who chaired the UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza.The Norwegian Nobel committee said Pillay, who is serving as a judge at the international court of justice (ICJ), has “shown that legal measures can help prevent acts of war and violence”. Continue reading...

Oct 9, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump made no personal mention of his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday morning, but he did share comments made by one of his impeachment lawyers.While this year’s honoree, Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, 85, a South African jurist and former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, poked fun at the American president in her initial comments, telling admirers, “If you clap a little bit more, I may share this prize with Trump,” the president held his tongue.Instead, on Truth Social, he posted a statement from attorney Doug Schoen, who served on Trump's defense team during his second Senate impeachment trial in February 2021.According to Schoen, the Nobel committee made a huge mistake.“Today the Nobel Committee shamed itself beyond repair and demeaned the once great Nobel Peace Prize by giving it to the UN’s Navi Pillay,” he complained. “Pillay is an unabashed hater of America and Israel. In her position she celebrated terrorists and rewarded Hamas. She conducted a phony ‘investigation’ claiming to find that Israel committed genocide and urging prosecution. She has no credibility in any normal sphere and has never done a thing to foster peace. Just the opposite.”“But what could be expected from a committee that previously gave the once coveted peace prize to Yasser Arafat?” he raged.“President Trump gave us the Abraham Accords, which the world said would be impossible and is now expanding them! He brought home the hostages when all seemed hopeless! He is making best efforts to end the Russia/Ukraine war, to stop Iran, the number one sponsor of international terrorism, and he is trying to rebuild Gaza despite the terrorists’ best efforts to control it. The list goes on and on. These are the kinds of things the Nobel Peace Prize was intended to recognize and reward!!!” he wrote.

Oct 9, 2026 - World

‘The climate issue is the security issue,’ says Turkish minister at Pacific pre-Cop summit in FijiWealthy countries should spend far more on dealing with the climate crisis than the 5% of GDP promised by Nato members for defence because “the climate issue is the security issue”, the host of the next UN summit has said.But, in comments that are likely to prove contentious, the Cop31 president-designate, Murat Kurum, hedged on whether countries should try to repeat a previous agreement to “transition away from fossil fuels” – the primary cause of the climate crisis – when they meet in Turkey next month. Continue reading...

Oct 9, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump was once again denied the Nobel Peace Prize, but the winner made sure to mention him in her initial remarks.And not in a flattering way, reported The Daily Beast.The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, 85, a South African jurist and former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, won the 2026 prize. Trump, 80, had long sought the honor.Pillay was told she had won "while at the Nuremberg court in Germany," which was used for the post-World War II trials of Nazi leaders, the Beast reported. In a video captured by Agnès Callamard, the French human rights activist who heads Amnesty International, Pillay made a remark about Trump that the Beast described as mocking his eagerness for the prize.“If you clap a little bit more, I may share this prize with Trump,” she told her applauding admirers.Trump has openly campaigned for the prize, saying he deserves it and pointing to his claims that he has ended multiple conflicts and “pre-wars” since returning to the White House. The United States is currently in the eighth month of a war with Iran.Committee chair Jørgen Watne Frydnes said Pillay won for her work being “instrumental in ensuring war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide” are prosecuted.“Navi Pillay’s commitment to universal legal principles and her firm moral compass are constants in a long career,” Frydnes said. “A common thread runs from her early work defending Nelson Mandela and others who stood up against apartheid to her service as a judge in some of the key international court cases of our time.”Pillay served as a judge on the International Criminal Court and was president of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda before becoming the U.N.’s human rights chief in 2008.Amazing moment. Navi Pillay has received the Nobel Peace Prize ! https://t.co/HL3r1PJzLOWe are at the Nuremberg Court; I cannot think of a stronger symbol for her Nobel prize. We are all so thrilled! This is her first reactions upon hearing the news: https://t.co/Crbj6XdiyQ— Agnes Callamard (@AgnesCallamard) October 9, 2026

Oct 9, 2026 - World

A U.S. diplomat sparked outrage after being accused of having “repeatedly suppressed or significantly revised” reporting to paint the Israeli government “in a favorable light,” including by “stonewalling” lawmakers’ probes into Israeli killings of Americans, the New York Times reported.That diplomat is David Milstein, a top aide to U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, and according to three U.S. officials who spoke with the Times on the condition of anonymity, Milstein “stymied embassy reporting” on Israeli settler violence and “suppressed” a detailed embassy report on recent Israeli killings of Americans in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.“NYT reports that a Huckabee top aide is a literal traitor, actively covering up Israeli killings of American citizens and falsifying embassy reports about Israel’s role in settler violence,” wrote Jasper Nathaniel, an independent journalist who reports on Israeli settler violence in the West Bank.Milstein, the stepson of Fox News host Mark Levin, was also accused of creating an environment of fear at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, with some staffers refraining “from writing reports for fear that Mr. Milstein would block or rewrite them,” the Times reported, citing its inside sources.“[The Times] is reporting that he betrayed our country and doctored reports from US sources to help Israel, including the coverup of Americans they had murdered. This is arguably treason, but certainly something you should be arrested for. Is it really tolerable to have our own diplomats working for a different country to undermine our interests?” wrote progressive media figure Cenk Uygur.“He hasn't even been fired yet. Because everyone in [Washington] finds it perfectly normal for US government officials to secretly work for Israel instead. That could describe half the town. That's why he will definitely get away with covering up the murder of American citizens.”Huckabee responded to the report with outrage of his own, calling the Times reporters “sleazy” and referring to the outlet as “the Slimes.” Levin called the Times’ reporting “vile” and hinted that he may be considering taking legal action against the outlet.“By the way, knowingly creating a false impression of misconduct can be defamation by implication,” Levin wrote. “If I were the Times, I would preserve the records. All rights reserved.”NYT reports that a Huckabee top aide is a literal traitor, actively covering up Israeli killings of American citizens and falsifying embassy reports about Israel’s role in settler violence. https://t.co/X6W4uLrEEB— jasper nathaniel (@infinite_jaz) October 8, 2026