RAMALLAH -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) "is not a court for states, but for individuals, those who carry out such crimes as Netanyahu and all those involved in settlement activity, killings, the closures, the sieges, the ethnic cleaning and they are all known."

Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization Saeb Erekat on Tuesday slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to build 840 new settler units in the West Bank.

In statements to the official Palestinian radio station, Erekat urged the ICC to "open an investigation with Israeli criminals who are committing the crimes of settlements on Palestinian territory."

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BRUSSELS -- "A security perimeter has been erected, firefighters and police with dogs are present on site, and around 40 people have been evacuated."

A firm working for the European commission received a phone call on Tuesday morning at 10:30 a.m. (0930 GMT) which claimed that a bomb was going to explode, said spokeswoman Ilse Van de Keere for the Brussels-Ixelles police, cited by Belga news agency.

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WASHINGTON -- "We believe we're still moving forward. It's certainly difficult -- we knew it would be. It's been a decades-long challenge."

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that the United States will "re-engage" with Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, over issues of mutual concern.

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PARIS -- "These were criminal acts. The government's response must be strong."

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Monday announced a package of measures, including a ban of protests in the Champs Elysees avenue, in response to the spike of violence broken out from the "Yellow Vest" street action over the weekend. Enditem

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