Tension between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea rose again today. Chinese coast guard ships used water cannons to keep three Philippino ships carrying fuel and food supplies to fishing boats near Scarborough Shoal from waters in the South China Sea, for which both parties stake out claims. Philippine authorities condemned China’s […]
A rally, during which numerous children marched in support of their Palestinian peers, was staged in Türkiye’s Trabzon province. In the march, which took place between Kahramanmaraş Street and the 15 July Martyrs and Hürriyet Park, children unfurled banners reading a banner reading ‘Let children not die, let children grow up.’
Groups of numerous environmentalists held rallies in Metro Manila, Philippines. Marching during the rally in Quezon City, the demonstrators demanded authorities take steps toward leaving fossil fuel usage and begin utilizing renewable and sustainable energy.
A fire broke out in a hospital in the town of Tivoli, east of Rome, the capital of Italy. Three people, reportedly over the age of 75, died in the fire. Two hundred people, including a pregnant woman and many children, were evacuated to hospitals in different parts of Rome. The Italian fire brigade initiated […]
A severe tornado occurred in the Samandağ district of Türkiye’s Hatay province, where two devastating earthquakes struck on February 6. The tornado destroyed greenhouses of some citizens who produce vegetables, uprooted trees and damaged the roof of a school. “I had a greenhouse on a land of three acres and the tornado destroyed it all. […]
Hundreds of Japanese protesters gathered in the Shinjuku district in Japan’s Tokyo to protest Israel with slogans such as “Stop the genocide in Gaza”, “Stop the massacre in Gaza.” Marching around Shinjuku Train Station, the protesters called on the Japanese government and world countries to take steps to prevent the massacres against civilians in Gaza.
A deadly fire broke out in a 14-storey night dormitory with 60 people in the Soran district of Erbil city of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government at night. Soran District Governor Helgurd Sheikh Necip reported that 14 people died and 7 people were injured in the fire. According to Necip, a university professor was also […]
The draft resolution calling for an urgent humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza was put to vote in the United Nations (UN) Security Council. The bill, supported by more than 80 countries, including the United Arab Emirates and Türkiye, was not accepted due to the negative vote of the USA, the permanent member of the council. US […]
The Palestinian Ministry of Health stated yesterday that the number of casualties reached 17,487 and the number of injured reached 46,480 after the recent attacks by Israel on the Gaza Strip. It was also stated that many people were under rubble. According to the ministry, 70 percent of those killed and injured in the attacks […]
Robert Wood, US Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, announced before the voting on “immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip” in the United Nations Security Council that the US does not support calls for such a decision. Saying that Hamas has no desire to establish permanent peace, Wood stated that the ceasefire would cause another […]