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Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, expressed his dissatisfaction with the Emergency Situations Ministry’s inadequate response to the oil spill caused by the damage to two oil ships in the Black Sea. Putin described it as “one of the most serious environmental challenges” Russia has faced in recent years, instructing the authorities concerned to expedite efforts to control the damage caused by the incident. On Dec. 15, two Russian oil tankers were caught in a storm south of the Kerch Strait. The Volgoneft-212 oil ship, which was reportedly carrying approximately 4,900 tonnes of mazut, a heavy,…
Ukraine said on Wednesday that at least 13 people were killed due to a Russian airstrike in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia. A statement by the Ukrainian General Prosecutor’s Office said that a pre-trial investigation has been initiated due to the attack, which killed 13 people and injured 29 others based on preliminary data. The statement further said that an unspecified number of multi-storey buildings, as well as an industrial facility and other infrastructure, were damaged in the city. Also, debris from the attack hit a tram and a minibus with passengers, adding that cars parked nearby were also damaged,…
The US determined that members of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias committed genocide in Sudan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday. “We are today sanctioning RSF leader Mohammad Hamdan Daglo Mousa, known as Hemedti, for his role in systematic atrocities committed against the Sudanese people,” Blinken said in a statement. He said the RSF and aligned militias have continued to “direct attacks” against civilians, and have “systematically” murdered men and boys on an ethnic basis, and deliberately targeted women and girls from certain ethnic groups for rape and other brutal sexual violence. The militias have also…
Ireland has submitted a declaration to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said Tuesday. “Ireland, invoking Article 63 of the Statute of the Court, filed in the Registry of the Court a declaration of intervention in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip,” or South Africa versus Israel, the court said in a statement. Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin announced last month that they would join the case after they secured government approval for the move under the Genocide…
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday claimed that Ukraine is trying to drag his country into a war that it may not be able to withstand. During a visit to a church in Logoisk on Orthodox Christmas day, Lukashenko spoke about Minsk’s development in the face of various external challenges, noting that there is a lot of tension surrounding the country. “They (ill-wishers abroad) are under pressure. They are under duress there. So, we need to be dragged into this little war,” the Belarusian President’s office said in a statement, quoting Lukashenko. The Belarusian president then questioned the actions of…
Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday rejected US President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial proposal for Canada to merge with the US. “There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States,” Trudeau wrote on X. “Workers and communities in both our countries benefit from being each other’s biggest trading and security partner.” Trudeau’s response came after Trump stirred controversy by proposing the merger, hours after the Canadian premier announced his resignation as the leader of Liberal Party and prime minister. Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly described Trump’s comments as a “complete lack…
In the southern Italian city of Bari, the lifeless body of a one-month-old baby was found in an abandoned baby box. The incident occurred on Thursday at the San Giovanni Battista Church. Father Antonio Ruccia, the priest of the church, stated that normally when a baby is placed in the box, an alarm system should be triggered, sending a notification to mobile phones. However, while Father Ruccia was in Rome during the incident, he reported that he did not receive any alerts on his phone. The baby was discovered by a funeral home operator, who immediately contacted Father Ruccia. After…
“Türkiye has been doing whatever it takes to open a door that will rekindle hopes for peace in Gaza. We will keep up efforts until results come,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stressed in his speech on Monday while speaking during the press conference following the cabinet meeting. Erdoğan said on Monday that the end of the YPG/PKK terrorists in Syria was getting closer, and added there was no room for terror in Syria’s future after the ousting of Bashar al-Assad last month. Erdoğan vowed to mount a new cross-border operation into Syria against the YPG/PKK terrorists if it felt…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country needs security guarantees to approve a cease-fire deal with Russia. Speaking in an interview with US podcaster Lex Fridman published on Sunday, Zelenskyy questioned the possibility of a cease-fire without knowing what will happen to Ukraine’s security guarantees, saying they must understand what guarantees will be implemented. “If this is a cease-fire, we must understand exactly what security guarantees are in place in the part of Ukraine that we control. We need it so that he (Russian President Vladimir Putin) will not come back,” he said. Zelenskyy said he wishes and believes in…
“Terrorist group Daesh/ISIS is ‘a poison’ for Muslim communities,” Turkish top diplomat Hakan Fidan stressed in his comments during a press conference on Monday. “Terrorist group PKK’s empire of violence built over Kurdish people is on the verge of collapsing. Terrorist group PKK/YPG must lay down its arms in Syria as soon as possible,” Fidan said in a statement.