Dario Salvi

The UN leader says that ice in Antarctica and glaciers in Nepal are melting, a "symptom of the sickness bringing our climate to its knees”. The host country, UAE, is setting up a US$ 30 billion fund. The Vatican Secretary of State will speak on behalf of the pontiff who was forced to cancel his visit due to health problems. The environment is a topic of interfaith dialogue.

For the nun, who has been in Gaza for 13 years, the truce has “allowed us to sleep a little more”, and “visit the few shops still open” to buy “some winter clothes”. Food, medicines, and fuel are needed. She laments that “there is no safe place from north to south." Of the four wars, this is the “bloodiest." There is a lack of prospects for the future "especially for children". She appeals for a "Christmas of peace".

At least 200 farmers tried to rally at the presidential office with a lorry full of caged dogs but police stopped them before they could release the animals. Failure to include farmers in the discussions over the bill to ban dog breeding for human consumption and poor compensation for going out of business were the main cause of the protest.

The Saudi capital gets 119 votes out of 165, crushing the competition, Busan (29) and Rome (17). This symbolises the plan of reforms and development pursued by the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, which goes from Neom to the new Kaaba, overshadowed, however, by questions about human rights and freedoms. The ambitions do not stop there nor the competition with the Emirates (and Qatar) as Saudi Arabia seeks to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup.

At the invitation of the Chaldean Patriarch, a meeting of Iraqi Church leaders was held yesterday in Erbil. Condemnation of the 'devastating war' between Israel and Hamas, criticism of the withdrawal of the presidential decree, and a call for justice for the victims of the wedding incident. Card. Sako emphasised the "three obstacles" in the path of Christians that threaten their presence in the country.

The Palestinian activist describes the joy for the temporary suspension of fighting, but everyone is looking at what is to come. Israel’s "war machine” wants to "cleanse" Gaza where 85 per cent of the dead “are women and children”. Only the intervention of the international community can stop this tragedy.

The French Dominican is in charge of restoration work at the Our Lady of the Hour Church one of the symbolic monuments of the former stronghold of the Islamic State. A reconstruction that not only concerns the buildings, but also involves the social fabric and relations with Muslims. A message for the Holy Land suffering from the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

The 17-year-old (16 and nine months old at the time of the alleged crime) was executed last Friday at Sabzevar prison in violation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The teenager’s "forced" confession was broadcast on television. In Tehran, "women in chadors and men with cameras in hand" monitor headscarf compliance.

Bianet released a report on the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Almost 700 cases of violence have also been reported, with husbands, ex-husbands, or family members as the main perpetrators. In 165 cases, firearms were used, three women were burnt alive, and two were stoned to death. But the Turkish government pulled out of the Istanbul Convention.

Negotiations are being carried out by Iran, with a different channel than the truce with prisoner exchange brokered between Israel and Hamas. Among those kidnapped is a 35-year-old woman. The Thai Foreign Ministry 'welcomes' reports of a release, but there is still no official confirmation.

Jamil Al-Qassas tells his story. He lost his mother, brother and friends to the conflict, but chose the path of peace with Combatants for Peace, an Israeli-Palestinian NGO. Faced with the images of the Hamas massacre, he felt for the first time that “I was not the victim.” We cannot “stop calling out and showing that there is another way. We will not lose hope. We continue to work for our collective liberation from fear and oppression.”

Today's news: Unicef says Gaza is 'the most dangerous place in the world for children', truce postponed till first hostage release; Ankara announces the activation of a group to mediate the conflict between Israel and Hamas; Cross-border trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan resumes; Jakarta launches a $20 billion investment plan on renewables; Rescuers are approaching Indian workers trapped for 11 days in a tunnel; Presence of Russian manufacturers at the Dubai Airshow 2023 the Middle East's most important industry trade fair slated a fiasco.