Author: Anadolu Agency
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that the ongoing conflict in Ukraine could escalate into a world war if Kyiv and its partners do not stand firm against further Russian advances. Speaking in an interview on CBS’ 60 Minutes program which aired Sunday, Zelensky argued that the security of the world is at stake due to the Ukraine conflict, which has been raging on for more than three years. “If we do not stand firm, he (Russian President Vladimir Putin) will advance further,” Zelensky said. Expressing this to be “not just idle speculation,” Zelensky claimed his Russian counterpart’s goal is…
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren criticized US President Donald Trump’s tariff policy on Sunday in an appearance on ABC’s This Week. “There is no tariff policy. It’s just all chaos and corruption. That’s all we have going on,” Warren told co-anchor Jonathan Karl, condemning Trump’s sudden decision to exempt certain tech products from newly imposed tariffs. “What’s the emergency we have with Belgium or South Korea?” she asked. Trump has reintroduced sweeping tariffs under a 1977 emergency law, targeting nearly all US trading partners. The White House moved late Friday to exempt key tech products following market backlash. The decision has…
More than 200 children were sexually abused by Catholic clergy in southern German cities over the past decades, a new independent report revealed on Monday. According to the Catholic Diocese of Wurzburg, since 1945 at least 226 children and juveniles have been victims of sexual abuse. Investigators identified 51 perpetrators, including 43 clergy members. Due to incomplete documentation, they noted that the actual number of incidents could be significantly higher. During a press conference in Würzburg, Bishop Franz Jung, who has led the diocese since 2018, acknowledged that church leaders had spent decades prioritizing institutional protection and priests’ reputations over…
Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, a towering figure in Latin American literature,, died at 89, his family said Sunday. “It is with deep sorrow that we announce that our father, Mario Vargas Llosa, passed away peacefully in Lima today, surrounded by his family,” said a family statement shared by his son Alvaro Vargas Llosa on X. “His departure will sadden his relatives, his friends and his readers around the world, but we hope that they will find comfort, as we do, in the fact that he enjoyed a long, adventurous and fruitful life and leaves behind him a body of…
Over 1,500 Israeli armored corps troops, including generals, signed a petition on Monday demanding the Israeli government prioritize the return of hostages held in Gaza, even if it comes at the cost of ending the war in the enclave. According to the daily Maariv, the petition was signed by 1,525 members of the armored corps, ranging from riflemen to generals. They called on the government “to do everything possible to secure the release of the hostages-even if it comes at the cost of halting the fighting.” Signatories include soldiers who served in the tank units and later became civilians without…
Türkiye condemned on Monday the recent attacks on the Zamzam refugee camp near Al Fasher in Sudan, which killed many civilians and humanitarian aid workers. “We condemn the attacks carried out on the Zamzam refugee camp near Al Fasher, Sudan, which resulted in the killing of humanitarian aid workers and many civilians,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in an official statement. Emphasizing Ankara’s stance against the targeting of non-combatants, the statement added: “Targeting civilians cannot be justified under any circumstances.” The ministry also renewed Türkiye’s appeal for a resolution to the worsening humanitarian situation in Al Fasher, where ongoing clashes…
Russian President Vladimir Putin is “mocking the goodwill” of his US counterpart Donald Trump, Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski claimed on Monday. Sikorski told reporters following an EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg that he was “shocked by the latest wave of Russian attacks” on Ukraine’s Kryvyi Rih and Sumy regions. The Russian missile attack on the city center in Sumy with two ballistic missiles carrying cluster warheads on Sunday killed at least 34 people and injured 117. The attack on Sumy occurred two days after Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, met with Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg. Following…
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan spoke with his US counterpart Marco Rubio by phone on Monday and discussed the latest developments in Syria and the humanitarian situation in Gaza, diplomatic sources said. Fidan and Rubio discussed efforts to establish a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, the sources added. Fidan and Rubio met on April 3 in the Belgian capital of Brussels as part of a NATO foreign ministers meeting.
More than 6,500 Israeli academics and teachers, as well as approximately 1,000 parents, signed petitions on Monday urging the government in Tel Aviv to secure the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, even if it meant ending the war in the enclave. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, approximately 3,500 academics signed a petition supporting a previous letter from Israeli Air Force reservists demanding the return of the hostages and the end of the war. “We, members of the academic staff in higher education institutions, join the call of the Air Force soldiers and demand the immediate return…
The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, on Monday said, “Israel has the right to defend itself, but its current actions go beyond proportionate self-defense.” Foreign ministers of EU member states met in Luxembourg to discuss the Ukraine-Russia war, EU enlargement, the Western Balkans, and developments in Syria. After the meeting, Kallas told reporters that humanitarian aid to Palestinians must be protected from political manipulation and directed strictly toward those in need. “When it comes to the overall situation, then it’s very grave, and, of course, we really want the mediators to come back to the negotiation table and assume…