内容摘要：“Scopes lost, but the public sense was that the fundamentalists lost” and were dwindling away, says William Vance Trollinger Jr., a professor of history and religious studies at the University of Dayton in Ohio.

“Scopes lost, but the public sense was that the fundamentalists lost” and were dwindling away, says William Vance Trollinger Jr., a professor of history and religious studies at the University of Dayton in Ohio.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court on Monday dismissed aaccusing the United Arab Emirates of breaching the genocide convention by arming and funding the rebel paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the deadly Sudanese civil war.

Judges found that the International Court of Justice lacked the authority to continue the proceedings. While both Sudan and the UAE are signatories to the 1948 genocide convention, the United Arab Emirates has a carveout to the part of the treaty that gives The Hague-based court jurisdiction.“The violent conflict has a devastating effect, resulting in untold loss of life and suffering, in particular in West Darfur. The scope of the case before the court is, however, necessarily circumscribed by the basis of jurisdiction invoked in the application,” Yuji Iwasawa, the court’s president said, reading out the decision.Both Sudan and the UAE are signatories to the

. The UAE, however, has a caveat to part of the treaty which legal experts said would make it unlikely that the case would proceed.The UAE applauded the decision. “The court’s finding that it is without jurisdiction affirms that this case should have never been brought forward,” Reem Ketait, a senior official at the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told reporters after the hearing ended.

Around a dozen pro-Sudanese protestors gathered outside the court, shouting as Ketait spoke.

, known as provisional measures, including telling the UAE to do all it could to prevent the killings and other crimesAn elephant bird stands in its enclosure at the animal refuge Ostok Sanctuary, on the outskirts of Culiacan, Mexico, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

A staff membergives an elephant water at the animal refuge Ostok Sanctuary, on the outskirts of Culiacan, Mexico, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)A staff membergives an elephant water at the animal refuge Ostok Sanctuary, on the outskirts of Culiacan, Mexico, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Ostok Sanctuary animal sanctuary staff prepare a jaguar to be transferred, on the outskirts of Culiacan, Mexico, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)Ostok Sanctuary animal sanctuary staff prepare a jaguar to be transferred, on the outskirts of Culiacan, Mexico, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)