Sanctions

House Passes ICC Sanctions Bill Opposed by Biden White House

A bipartisan bloc in the House of Representatives spurned President Joe Biden Tuesday to sanction officials with the International Criminal Court after the body’s chief prosecutor requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes.

Activists hold up a banner denouncing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Israel

China Buys into Niger Junta to Secure Oil Supply

China’s state-owned oil company CNPC, the China National Petroleum Corporation, has signed a $400 million deal with the military junta that controls Niger, providing a much-needed infusion of cash after the coup damaged relations with Niger’s previous big oil customers, the United States and France.

Workers from Niger and China are seen on the construction site of an oil pipeline in the r