ICC to spare Tony Blair in war crimes probe

Former British Prime Minister and former Leader of the opposition Labour Party, Tony Blair leaves Millbank television and radio studios in central London on June 26, 2016. (AFP)

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

  • Newly released media reports show revoking the citizenship of Bahrain’s top Shia cleric Shiekh Isa has had the approval of Bahrain’s king.
     
  • In Syria, President Assad issues a decree forming a new government. Imad Mohammad Deeb Khamis is the new prime minister.
     
  • Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court say Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair will not be investigated over the Iraq war report, but soldiers could be.
     
  • The death toll from the twin bomb blasts in the Iraqi capital rises to more than 125. The Daesh terror group has claimed responsibility.
     
  • Germany has reportedly exported billions of dollars worth of arms to Saudi Arabia and Qatar last year. The two are accused of supporting Daesh, and Riyadh is at war with Yemen.

 


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