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By SCM Foreign Desk KHAN YOUNIS — He has lived for just fifty days, but baby Mohammad Ahmad Al-Khatib has already seen the absolute worst of human warfare. Lying inside a crowded, sweltering intensive care unit at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, the infant is fighting a minute-by-minute battle for survival. Tube-fed, heavily sedated, and surrounded by the constant beep of failing medical monitors, Mohammad is recovering from a trauma no adult should ever have to endure. Following a devastating blast that struck his family home, the tiny infant suffered life-altering injuries that forced surgeons to…
By SCM Foreign Desk GAZA CITY — The Israeli navy detained nine Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to local monitoring groups, highlighting the compounding perils faced by Gaza’s maritime workers in a highly restricted and heavily militarized conflict zone. The Fishermen’s Committees in Gaza, an independent body tracking maritime activity, reported that Israeli naval vessels intercepted the fishers while they were working in two distinct locations: off the shores of Gaza City in the north, and near Deir Al Balah in the central Gaza Strip. The group identified the detained men as Raed…
By SCM Correspondent THE HAGUE — A prominent coalition of international human rights lawyers and legal experts has formally petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) to expand its ongoing war crimes investigation in Palestine to encompass Israel’s recent high-seas military interception of a humanitarian aid convoy. The comprehensive legal submission, filed on May 29, demands an immediate international inquiry into the treatment of hundreds of civilian activists who were captured by Israeli naval forces in international waters. The incident has reignited fierce global debates over the legality of Israel’s maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip and the limits…
By OUR CORRESPONDENT BERLIN — 100 days after a devastating missile strike decimated an elementary school in southern Iran, Tehran’s diplomatic corps has launched a sharp rhetorical offensive, accusing Western governments and human rights organizations of becoming “complicit” in war crimes through their continued silence. The condemnation, delivered on Tuesday by Majid Nili Ahmadabadi, Iran’s ambassador to Germany, centers on the February 28 bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in the coastal city of Minab. The strike, which occurred during the opening hours of a massive joint U.S.-Israeli air campaign against Iran, resulted in the deaths of 156…
By SCM Staff Writer JERUSALEM — The Israeli parliament, Knesset passed a law on Monday that significantly expands the government’s ability to withhold tax revenues from the Palestinian Authority, a move that critics warn could push the already hollowed-out Palestinian economy to the brink of collapse. The legislation, which passed its second and third readings in the Knesset plenary by a vote of 29 to 5, codifies a mechanism allowing Israel to strip additional millions from the customs and tax revenues it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Under the new law, these seized funds will be…
Titus Eleweke, South East Editor I Tuesday, June 09.2026 AWKA, Anambra – Bus drivers in Anambra State, under the auspices of the Anambra Bus Drivers Forum (ABDF), have appealed to the state government to conduct an election that will allow genuine drivers and vehicle owners to manage their affairs and strengthen the transport sector. The appeal was made on Tuesday during a visit by leaders of the forum to the Commissioner for Transport, Hon. Edward Ibuzor, at his office in the Jerome Udoji Secretariat Complex, Awka. Speaking during the meeting, the Convener of the Anambra Bus Drivers Forum,…
Admin I Tuesday, June 09. 2026 LAGOS, Nigeria – In a historic move set to redefine public access to art and culture in Nigeria, the Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art (YSMA), Pan-Atlantic University, is proud to announce that admission to the museum will become free for all visitors beginning June 15, 2026. The initiative, the first of its kind since the museum’s establishment, has been made possible through the generous support Aisha and Gbenga Oyebode, who are among Nigeria’s most active art collectors and philanthropists. They have committed to funding the programme for an initial period of three years. Mr.…
Admin I Tuesday, June 09, 2026 LEIRA – Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Portugal’s Seleção das Quinas will trade tackles in the central Portugese town of Leiria on Wednesday in what promises to be a fierce encounter in all ramifications, despite its tag of a friendly. Coaches Éric Chelle and Roberto Martinez have their different reasons for not wanting to lose, with the latter aiming to extend an unbeaten run that will instil a winning mentality in his squad ahead of the FIFA World Cup finals, and the former unwilling to surrender a brilliant record with Nigeria since taking…
Admin I Tuesday, June 09.2026 PORT HARCOURT – The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has assured that the pace of work on the 3.75-kilometre Okrika-Borikiri Road, with three bridges linking Okrika and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas of Rivers State, will increase following the payment of compensation to property owners in Borikiri. Speaking during an inspection of the bridge in Okrika, the NDDC Assistant Director, Utilities, Infrastructural Development and Waterways, UIDW, Engr. Martins Isichei, stated that the issue of compensation for property owners at the Borikiri end of the bridge had been settled. He noted: “The NDDC has paid…
BY OUR CORRESPONDENT THE CHIEF Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Kareem Kan has been dramatically suspended from duty with immediate effect following a late-night crisis meeting over allegations of misconduct, The SCM can reveal. In an unprecedented move that has sent shockwaves through the international community, the global tribunal’s leadership confirmed that the prosecutor has been stripped of powers while a fast-tracked disciplinary investigation is handed over to the court’s governing body. An emergency global summit is now being rushed into the diary to determine if the under-fire legal chief will be permanently sacked. The explosive decision…