‘Human shielding in action’: Israeli forces strap Palestinian man to jeep
Israeli forces tie wounded Palestinian man to a military jeep in an incident a UN expert said amounted to using him as a human shield.
Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank have tied a wounded Palestinian man to the hood of a military vehicle during a raid on the city of Jenin, appearing to use him as a human shield.
A video posted online on Saturday, and verified by Al Jazeera, showed Mujahed Azmi, a Palestinian resident of Jenin, strapped to a military jeep that passes by two ambulances.
The family of Azmi told the Reuters news agency that Israeli forces carried out an arrest raid in Jenin, during which he was wounded.
Priest and six law enforcement officers killed in attacks on synagogue and church in Russia’s Dagestan
Six law enforcement officers and a priest have reportedly been killed in what appear to be coordinated attacks by gunmen in Russia’s southernmost Dagestan province.
Attacks have been reported in a church and a synagogue in the city of Derbent and at a police traffic stop in the city of Makhachkala. Regional authorities say 12 law enforcement officers have also been wounded, though it is unclear in which city.
Two “militants” have also been killed following the attacks, RIA Novosti reported on Sunday, citing Dagestan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Thirteen people appear in Greek court on charges of causing Hydra forest fire
Fireworks allegedly launched from superyacht led to blaze that destroyed large swath of island’s only pine forest
Thirteen people were brought before a Greek public prosecutor on Sunday after being arrested in connection with a forest fire ignited on the island of Hydra by fireworks allegedly launched from the pleasure boat they were sailing on.
Local media showed the 13 crew members and passengers arriving at the criminal court in Piraeus to answer charges of causing the blaze on Friday night.
“The prosecutor has requested that the vessel in question be seized,” said the country’s minister of climate crisis and civil protection, Vasilis Kikilias. “It remains to be seen from [their] testimonies what they did, and didn’t, do.”
Growing up in a Greek refugee camp
How do children learn about the concept of home when their lives are in limbo? DW traveled to the Schisto refugee camp outside Athens to find out what it’s like to grow up there.
The Schisto refugee camp is located in a barren landscape on the outskirts of Athens, around half an hour's drive from the city center.
By early morning, temperatures are already over 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit). Despite the dry heat, a barefoot boy of around five runs across the dusty gravel to watch a group of firefighters carry out a safety drill.
Schisto is currently home to 193 such children under the age of 17. Most of them are from Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia and Iraq. There are no longer any unaccompanied minors here. In the past, there was a so-called "safe zone" for these children in Greek refugee camps. But now minors without their parents are housed in their own camps to accommodate their specific needs.
Kenyan police force to leave for UN-backed Haiti mission on Tuesday
A Kenyan force will leave for Haiti on June 25 to lead a UN-backed mission to tackle gang violence, despite court challenges against it, government and police sources said Sunday.
Kenya offered to send about 1,000 police to stabilise Haiti alongside personnel from several other countries, but the deployment has run into legal challenges in the East African nation.
President William Ruto has been an enthusiastic backer of the mission and said this month that the deployment would begin within weeks.
"The departure is this week on Tuesday," an interior ministry official said on condition of anonymity.
"Preparations are set for the team to depart for Haiti on Tuesday. We already have two advance teams that left -- one last week and another one yesterday," a senior police official said.
Tamaki, Kishida still worlds apart on Okinawa memorial day
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 23, 2024 at 17:47 JST
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki voiced concern June 23 about Japan’s military build-up on its southwestern islands as his southernmost prefecture commemorated victims of one of the fiercest ground battles of World War II.
“The ongoing rapid expansion of the Self-Defense Forces’ deployment, coupled with the memories of the tragic Battle of Okinawa, has made the people of Okinawa deeply anxious,” Tamaki said at an annual memorial ceremony held at the Peace Memorial Park here.
The nearly three-month Battle of Okinawa raged from March 26, 1945. By the end of the fighting, more than 200,000 Japanese and Americans lay dead, including a quarter of the residents of Okinawa’s islands.
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