Paris, France (AFP): Iranian security forces have killed at least 326 people in a crackdown on nationwide protests since Mahsa Amini’s death in custody, Iran Human Rights said in an updated toll Saturday. The Islamic republic has been gripped by protests that erupted over the death of Amini on September 16, three days after her […...
JENIN, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian youth was shot dead by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to the Health Ministry. A ministry statement said a 29-year-old Palestinian was shot while trying to cross an Israeli separation barrier west of Jenin. There was no comment from the Israeli authorities on the […]...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has been the scene of at least 65 attacks on refugee shelters during the first three quarters of the year, according to local media reports. The Interior Ministry released the preliminary figures in response to a parliamentary question by the opposition Left Party, Neuen Osnabruecker Zeitung reported. The number of attack...
ROME (AA) – Italy’s new interior minister has drawn outrage from many segments of the country over his recent remarks about irregular migrants. During a meeting in Milano on Monday, Matteo Piantedosi defined migrants who are denied permission to disembark from humanitarian ships as “residual cargo” who do not need to be rescued. Pi...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has pledged to take in thousands of refugees from Italy amid the worsening humanitarian crisis in rescue ships on the Mediterranean Sea. “It was always clear that these 3,500 that Germany had promised (to take in), and thus by far the largest number within the EU, were a first step and […]
ROME (AA) – Two humanitarian organizations are challenging Italy’s far-right government led by Giorgia Meloni, whose “selective approach” in disembarking migrants rescued weeks ago has prevented hundreds of people from leaving the charity ships. On Monday, about 215 migrants were still blocked onboard the Geo Barents vessel – operated by...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday again urged European governments to swiftly offer a place of safety to people who remain on NGO vessels on the Central Mediterranean. In a joint statement, the agencies said their call is to allow the immediate disembarkation of nearl...
ROME (AA) – Italy allowed a German-flagged rescue ship to enter a port in Sicily and disembark women, children and ill migrants, according to local media reports on Sunday. Humanity-1, operated by German charity SOS Humanity, entered the port of Catania escorted by an Italian coast guard boat. In line with the latest decree on […]
PARIS (AA) – Thousands of unaccompanied minors living in France are facing hardships in their quest for a better life and recognition of their fundamental rights. Abandoned in the cold and rain, with no drinking water or electricity, the children living in the Ivry-sur-Seine fled their countries and are now thousands of kilometers from t...
Israeli forces killed four Palestinians on Thursday, including an alleged attacker and Palestinian fighter, officials said. Violence flared across Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. Two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, authorities said. They were 14-year-old Mohammed...
