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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…
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…
“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.
“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…
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev expressed confidence that sending the two black boxes of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) passenger plane, which crashed near Aktau, to Brazil was the “only correct decision” to ensure the objectivity and impartiality of the investigation. Tokayev also discussed strengthening the economy and sovereignty in an interview with Kazakhstan’s “Ana Tili” newspaper. He recalled that 38 people, including six Kazakh citizens, lost their lives in the crash and many others were severely injured. He praised the quick and professional response from rescue teams, doctors, and police, as well as the help of local workers who rushed to…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his New Year address to the nation that he has no doubts that US President-elect Donald Trump is “willing and capable” of ending the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. “I have no doubt that the new American President is willing and capable of achieving peace and ending (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s aggression. He understands that the first is impossible without the second. Because this is not a street fight where you have to calm down both sides,” Zelenskyy said in the video address shared on his social media accounts. Expressing that Ukraine is not alone in…
Türkiye expressed profound sorrow and offered condolences to the United States following the truck-ramming attack in New Orleans that claimed the lives of at least 10 people. The Turkish government conveyed its hope for a swift determination of the motive behind the attack and expressed solidarity with the victims, their families, and the American people.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced the successful launch of its first rocket carrying two satellites as part of the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mission. According to reports in Indian media, the SpaDeX rocket, aimed at demonstrating the country’s “orbital docking capability,” was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh at 10:00 PM local time. ISRO Chairman Sreedhara Panicker Somanath stated, “The PSLV-C60 rocket for the SpaDeX mission was successfully launched. The rocket placed the satellites into their correct orbits.” According to ISRO, the primary goal of the SpaDeX mission is to develop the technology necessary…