Month: December 2023

High-Risk Environment Training for Journalists and More

The wars in Ukraine, Gaza and other dangerous places around the world have heightened the need to prepare journalists, NGOs (nongovernmental organizations), health care professionals and civilians to be ready for life and death situations in high-risk environments. Global Journalist Security (GJS) is a company doing just that. Philip Alexiou reports. …

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Denmark Widens Terror Investigation That Coincides With Arrests Of Alleged Hamas Members In Germany

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark is holding two people in custody and four others are the target of a terrorism investigation, a prosecutor said Friday, in a case that coincided with one arrest in the Netherlands and several in Germany of alleged Hamas members. While Denmark hasn’t said there is a Hamas link, authorities in Germany said that three people arrested there are suspected of preparing for attacks Jewish institutions in Europe. Danish authorities say that one person was arrested in the Netherlands, but it wasn’t clear if there were any ties to the Hamas investigation in Germany. The two suspects being …

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Ukraine Gets EU Membership Boost, But No New European Aid

BRUSSELS — The European Union failed to agree on a 50 billion-euro ($54 billion) package in financial aid that Ukraine desperately needs to stay afloat, even as the bloc decided Thursday to open accession negotiations with the war-torn country. The aid was vetoed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, delivering another tough blow to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after he failed this week to persuade U.S. lawmakers to approve an additional $61 billion for Ukraine, mainly to buy weapons from the U.S. The start of accession talks was a momentous moment and stunning reversal for a country at war that had …

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Turkey Expects Somali President’s Son to Return, Face Trial Over Fatal Traffic Accident

washington/istanbul — Turkey’s justice minister announced Thursday that Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s son is expected to return to Turkey to face trial over a fatal traffic accident in Istanbul. Yilmaz Tunc, Turkey’s justice minister, told reporters that Ankara held talks with Somali judicial authorities over extraditing Mohamed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. “In the coming days, the defendant will come to Turkey, and the trial process will take place,” Tunc said. Accident On November 30, Mohamud hit Yunus Emre Gocer, a motorcycle courier in the Fatih district of Istanbul, while driving a vehicle with a diplomatic license plate. The 38-year-old victim was …

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