BERLIN (AA) – More than 9,000 people are estimated to have suffered sexual abuse in Germany’s protestant churches and charities, a new study has revealed. The 871-page report of independent researchers has found that the incidents of sexualized violence and other forms of abuse were significantly higher than previously thought. According...
BERLIN (AA) – Ghanaian filmmaker Ayo Tsalithaba has withdrawn his film from the Berlinale film festival, protesting Germany’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza. “I have made the decision to withdraw my film Atmospheric Arrivals from Berlinale Forum Expanded and I will not be attending the festival,” Tsalithaba said in a statement posted on soci...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain’s foreign minister has said that 88 countries now support the country’s idea for a conference to achieve lasting peace in Palestine and Israel. “The plan was proposed by Spain’s prime minister, was adopted by the 27 EU states in October, and now it is endorsed by countries in the Arab […]
LONDON (AA) – Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo on Tuesday called for a cease-fire in Gaza and urged nations to seize the current moment to work towards a two-state solution. During his speech at the London School of Economics, De Croo recalled a recent visit to the region with his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez, […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Azerbaijan on Tuesday accused the EU’s top diplomat of “instigating militarization and an aggressive policy towards Azerbaijan.” In a statement on the ministry’s website, Foreign Ministry spokesman Aykhan Hajizada rejected remarks by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell – also known as the high repr...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the country’s government broke the law in 2021 when it returned around 1,500 underage migrants to Morocco. The court reviewed how Spain dealt with minors in the aftermath of a mass border crossing in May, when some 12,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish enclave […]
Brussels, Belgium – AFP The EU’s foreign policy chief on Monday insisted on a two-state solution as he told Israel it couldn’t build peace “only by military means” ahead of talks with Israeli and Palestinian top diplomats. The bloc’s 27 foreign ministers were set to hold separate meetings with their counterp...
ANKARA (AA) – Two of the UK Royal Navy’s ships based in Bahrain had a collision on Saturday, according to an official statement. The HMS Chiddingfold rammed into the docked HMS Bangor. In a statement, Rear Adm. Edward Ahlgren said: “I am aware of a recent incident that took place between two minehunters in Bahrain […]
MADRID (AA) – Spaniards in more than 90 provinces and regions responded to the protest call of the Solidarity Network against the Occupation of Palestine (RESCOP), an umbrella group of over 100 civil society organizations in the European country. The protesters demanded the establishment of an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip while denou...
BERLIN (AA) – A group of German, Canadian and American lawmakers have signed an open letter calling on their countries’ leaders to step up diplomatic efforts for an “urgent humanitarian cease-fire” in Gaza. The letter, published by the TAZ newspaper, was signed by German parliament’s Vice President Aydan Ozoguz, Social Democrat Par...
