Morning brief: Netanyahu warns 'consequences' on ICC arrest warrant; Trump's new attorney general pick, & more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the ICC arrest warrants against him and his former Defence Secretary Yoav Gallant 'antisemitic.' He posted a video on his X account on November 21 saying ICC accused him of false allegations to shift the attention of the world from the sexual harassment case against Hamas. He also claimed that Israeli authorities send evacuation notices to save them whereas Hamas uses them as human shields. 

Meanwhile, US President-elect Donald Trump's loyalist Pam Bondi is his next pick for attorney general. The announcement came just hours after Matt Gaetz, Trump's former pick for the role, stepped down over the trials against sexual harassment cases against him. 

In Pakistan, the Islamabad court barred the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party of jailed former PM Imran Khan, from holding the preplanned protest. Khan's wife Bushra Bibi had announced the protest in support of Khan and asked protesters to demand his release. 

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Netanyahu calls ICC arrest warrant 'antisemitic,' warns of 'severe consequences'

Reacting to the arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against him on Thursday (Nov 21), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the decision "antisemitic." "The antisemitic (anti-Jews) decision of the international court in The Hague is a modern Dreyfus trial, and it will end the same way," Netanyahu said in a video posted on his X account. The Dreyfus trial was a political and judicial scandal in France between 1894 and 1906.

Who is Pam Bondi, Trump's next attorney general pick?

US President-elect Donald Trump announced former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as attorney general for his second term in the White House on Thursday (Nov 21). The announcement came just hours after Matt Gaetz, Trump's previous pick for attorney general, withdrew his name. Gaetz's withdrawal of nomination came after a political storm was triggered in the US as he faces a House Ethics Committee probe into sex trafficking allegations involving a 17-year-old girl. 

Imran Khan's PTI barred by Islamabad court from Nov 24 rally

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday (Nov 21) barred jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's party - the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)- from holding a planned rally in Islamabad on Sunday (November 24) on the eve of an official visit by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. Lukashenko will be in Pakistan for three days. A report by the news agency Associated Press said that Thursday's ruling was a setback for Khan's supporters who had planned a massive rally in Islamabad to demand the former PM's release from jail.

UFO or illusion? News chopper accidentally captures 'orb' flying over Manhattan

A mysterious orb-like object was seen flying over the Hudson River in footage aired by a local news helicopter on Monday. The light can be seen zooming in the clear skies of New York and later goes over lower Manhattan, the New York Post reported. The video was seen in a Fox 5 news report that accidentally caught the object.

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