Israel incensed after Brazil’s Lula likens Gaza war to Holocaust
Jerusalem Reuters Israel accused Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of trivialising the Holocaust and causing offence to the Jewish people on Sunday after he likened the Israeli war against Hamas militants in Gaza to the Nazi genocide during World War II. “What is happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people has […]
“I love you”, Navalny’s widow Yulia says beside a picture of them together
Moscow, Russia Reuters “I love you,” the widow of Alexei Navalny said on Sunday in a post on social media beside a picture of them together, two days after President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent domestic foe died in a Russian jail. Yulia Navalnaya’s post on Instagram, the first since her husband died, showed a picture […]
Pope Francis appeals for an end to Sudan’s civil war
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis appealed on Sunday to Sudan’s warring factions to put an end to a 10-month conflict that has seen millions displaced and prompted warnings of famine. Pope Francis makes his speech during an audience with the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See for the traditional exchange of New Year greetings […]
Ukraine accuses Russia of executing injured prisoners at Avdiivka, Vesele
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday they had opened an investigation into alleged shootings by Russian forces of six unarmed Ukrainian soldiers in the city of Avdiivka, and two at a village in the same region, after Russia claimed full control of the city. “An investigation into the shootings of unarmed Ukrainian prisoners […]
Russia takes Avdiivka from Ukraine, biggest gain in nine months
Moscow, Russia/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia on Sunday said it had full control of the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka after Ukrainian troops withdrew, though Moscow said that some were still holed up in a Soviet-era coke plant after one of the most intense battles of the war. The fall of Avdiivka is Russia’s biggest gain since […]
Fighting, fuel shortages knock out Gaza’s second-largest hospital
Cairo, Egypt/Jerusalem Reuters Fighting, fuel shortages and Israeli raids put the Gaza Strip’s second-largest hospital completely out of service on Sunday, local and UN health officials said, as Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in the devastated Palestinian enclave. The latest blow to Gaza’s destroyed healthcare sector came as Israel prepared for an assault of the […]
More than 400 detained in Russia at events in memory of Navalny, rights group says
St Petersburg, Russia Reuters More than 400 people have been detained at events across 32 Russian cities since the death of Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable opponent, according to rights group OVD-Info, as Russians continued to gather and lay flowers. It has been the largest wave of arrests at political events in Russia […]