Day: February 20, 2023
EU targets dozens of Iranian individuals, entities over “rights violation”
The European Union Council has agreed to impose further sanctions on a number of Iranian individuals and organizations over alleged human rights violations.
“We Are Not Going To Give Up”: The Day That Never Ended for Ukraine
On the morning of February 24, 2022, Russian forces marched into Ukraine. Nothing has been the same since – for Kyiv or for Europe. A chronicle of the hours leading up to the war and the immediate aftermath.
UN Council OKs watered-down statement on Israel settlements
The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a watered-down statement strongly opposing Israel’s continued construction and expansion of settlements
Biden visits Ukraine in show of solidarity ‘for as long as it takes’
During an unannounced visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday, President Joe Biden assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the United States would continue to stand with Ukraine against Russia.
Three killed, including baby, in Chicago highway shooting
Three people were killed, including an infant, and three more were hurt after a shooting on a Chicago interstate highway, officials said Monday.
‘Anger, sorrow, anxiety’: Healing scars of Turkey’s quake victims
Experts say psychosocial programmes should be enacted to help survivors cope with trauma and go back to routine life.
“Thought Earth Was Going To Split Open”: 6.3 Magnitude Quake Hits Turkey
Another earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday, just two weeks after the area was devastated by a larger quake which killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes.
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Turkey-Syria border region
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake at a depth of two km (1.2 miles) struck the Turkey-Syria border region on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The report came hours after US secretary of state Antony Blinken told Turkey that …