ISTANBUL: Palestine on Sunday hailed a call by French President Emmanuel Macron to halt arms exports to Israel amid its onslaught on the Gaza Strip. ‘Macron’s call aligns with international law and international legitimacy resolutions and supports the two-state solution and the principles of human rights,’ the Foreign Ministry said

The Israeli hostages held by Hamas since the October 7 2023 attacks on southern Israel must be freed, President Sergio Mattarella said Sunday while stressing that Italy firmly supports Israel’s right to exist in peace. “In deploring once again that brutal terrorist act, we share with emotion in the pain

Pope Francis announced at the Angelus Sunday that a Consistory will be held on December 8 for the creation of 21 new cardinals. The new princes of the Church will come from all over the world, he said. Among them are Roberto Repole, archbishop of Turin and Baldassarre Reina, “from

Our duty and commitment is to determine the fate of all the missing persons of the Turkish invasion, Anna Aristotelous, Head of Humanitarian Affairs of the Missing and Enclaved Persons said on Sunday, adding that we must remain faithful to our principles and values, fighting for freedom with all the

ISTANBUL: Voting in a referendum on building Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant ended at domestic polling stations on Sunday. The voting, which began at 7 a.m. local time (0200GMT) across 10,249 polling stations nationwide, drew to a close at 8 p.m. local time (1500GMT). According to the Kazakh Central Election

ANKARA: Lebanese authorities called on Sunday for piling pressure on Israel to halt its attacks against the health sector in Lebanon amid air and ground attacks on the country. In a statement, the Lebanese Order of Nurses (ONS) accused Israel of deliberately targeting hospitals, doctors, nurses, and paramedics ‘in a