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Topic: Genocide

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni accused of ‘complicity’ in Gaza genocide, reported to ICC

Speaking to Italian broadcaster RAI, Meloni said she was 'amazed' by the accusations, & that 2 other ministers had also been denounced.

‘Scandalous’: UN enquiry commission says Israel committing genocide in Gaza, holds govt responsible

Israel accused the commission of bias and refused to cooperate. President Isaac Herzog, named in the report, condemned its findings, saying it ‘misinterpreted’ his words.

AI-driven documentary frames Nixon and Kissinger as ‘poster boys of genocide’ in Bangladesh

Ramesh Sharma’s Chronicles of the Forgotten Genocide screened for the first time at Delhi’s IIC last week. ‘The movie brings out Kissinger’s truth,’ said a retired commodore.

Wilfully restricting food & relief in Gaza may constitute war crime, says UN spokesperson

The head of the U.N. agency, Volker Turk, urged a prompt and impartial investigation into attacks on Palestinians trying to receive food aid.

Israel carried out ‘genocidal acts, sexual violence’ in Gaza, new UN report says

Israel’s permanent mission to the UN in Geneva describes allegations in the report as unfounded, biased, and lacking credibility.

UK presidency of IHRA joins Roma community for memorial service on anniversary of genocide

A memorial garden is to be set up in Newcastle by 2025.

A new documentary restarts the old debate on 1984 violence. Genocide, riots, pogrom?

The Foreign Correspondents Club of South Asia hosted about 50 people, many of them from the Sikh community, in Delhi. The audience members not only related to the documentary but also recalled the events as they happened.

A Palestinian American Muslim nurse in US fired for calling Israel’s war in Gaza ‘genocide’

The hospital’s spokesperson in an email said Hesen Jabr had been warned in December, to not bring her views on this divisive and charged issue into the workplace.

Congress terms Israel’s actions in Gaza as ‘genocide’, seeks ‘immediate ceasefire’

Party leader Salman Khurshid said ‘the UN is helpless as people are slaughtered’, a day after Priyanka Vadra termed Gaza violence as ‘genocide being carried out with impunity’.  

ICJ rejects Israel’s request to throw out genocide charges, stops short of calling for ceasefire

International Court of Justice ordered Israel to contain killings of civilians in Gaza, preserve evidence of its actions & punish those calling for genocide of Palestinians.

On Camera

Trump is tying his legacy to whatever happens in Venezuela

A bad turn in Venezuela would raise the same questions that have dogged the unlawful US strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean: Why now, and why at all?

Trump threatens India with fresh tariffs on Russian oil, calls PM Modi a ‘good guy’

The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.