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Syria Releases Findings On March Coastal Violence - Damascus

Journalists and observers gather at a press briefing by Syria's National Committee for Investigation and Fact-Finding on the March coastal violence in Damascus, Syria, July 22, 2025. Syria's National Committee for Investigation and Fact-Finding said Tuesday it has submitted to authorities its final report on the March coastal violence, confirming 1,426 deaths while attributing violations to both "remnants" of the former government and elements of the current security forces. After four months of field investigations across 33 towns, including mass grave inspections and 938 witness testimonies, the committee identified 265 individuals suspected of major violations including murder, torture, and property destruction, committee spokesperson Yasser Farhan said here at the press conference. Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Rome

The ‘ Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory’ housed in a room of the small neo-Gothic church of the Sacred Heart of Suffrage (Chiesa del Sacro Cuore del Suffragio) in Rome, Italy on March 5, 2025 is one of a kind in the world as it pretends to offer undeniable proofs of the existence of Purgatory. - Pictured: Portrait of Victor Jouet (1839-1912), French missionary who decided to search for testimonies (documents and looms) about the appearances of the souls of Purgatory and to collect them in a museum inside the church. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then eni

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The Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Rome

The ‘ Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory’ housed in a room of the small neo-Gothic church of the Sacred Heart of Suffrage (Chiesa del Sacro Cuore del Suffragio) in Rome, Italy on March 5, 2025 is one of a kind in the world as it pretends to offer undeniable proofs of the existence of Purgatory. - Pictured: Portrait of Victor Jouet (1839-1912), French missionary who decided to search for testimonies (documents and looms) about the appearances of the souls of Purgatory and to collect them in a museum inside the church. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then eni

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The Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Rome

The ‘ Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory’ housed in a room of the small neo-Gothic church of the Sacred Heart of Suffrage (Chiesa del Sacro Cuore del Suffragio) in Rome, Italy on March 5, 2025 is one of a kind in the world as it pretends to offer undeniable proofs of the existence of Purgatory. - Pictured: Portrait of Victor Jouet (1839-1912), French missionary who decided to search for testimonies (documents and looms) about the appearances of the souls of Purgatory and to collect them in a museum inside the church. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then eni

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Nobel Peace Prize exhibition in Oslo

Photo taken on the opening day of the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition on Dec. 11, 2024, at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo shows 1,000 wooden slats representing 1,000 testimonies from survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, created by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. The exhibition, running through November 2025, has about 100 items on display including some related to Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, whose award ceremony was held on Dec. 10.

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Project to collect witnesses of nuke-bomb survivors

Shigemitsu Tanaka, the 83-year-old head of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council, speaks during video shoot in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 18, 2024, for a project gathering witness testimonies of atomic bomb survivors ahead of the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2025.

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Project to collect witnesses of nuke-bomb survivors

Shigemitsu Tanaka, the 83-year-old head of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council, speaks during video shoot in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 18, 2024, for a project gathering witness testimonies of atomic bomb survivors ahead of the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2025.

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Screening Of The Documentary Al Shifa Hospital - Beirut

People greet and take selfies with Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, a Palestinian-British plastic surgeon specializing in conflict injuries, after the screening and Q&A of the documentary Al Shifa Hospital: The Crimes They Tried To Bury, at Al Madina Theater in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 13, 2024. The documentary, produced by Al Jazeera 360, which will be officially launched in September 2024, documents the Israeli raid on Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza from March 18 to early April 2024 through exclusive testimonies by the survivors of the attack. During the Q&A, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta shared what he witnessed in hospitals in Gaza during his stay at the beginning of the war. Photo by Segolene Ragu/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Screening Of The Documentary Al Shifa Hospital - Beirut

People attend the Q&A with Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, a Palestinian-British plastic surgeon specializing in conflict injuries, after the screening of the documentary Al Shifa Hospital: The Crimes They Tried To Bury at Al Madina Theater in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 13, 2024. The documentary, produced by Al Jazeera 360, which will be officially launched in September 2024, documents the Israeli raid on Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza from March 18 to early April 2024 through exclusive testimonies by the survivors of the attack. During the Q&A, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta shared what he witnessed in hospitals in Gaza during his stay at the beginning of the war. Photo by Segolene Ragu/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Screening Of The Documentary Al Shifa Hospital - Beirut

People greet and take selfies with Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, a Palestinian-British plastic surgeon specializing in conflict injuries, after the screening and Q&A of the documentary Al Shifa Hospital: The Crimes They Tried To Bury, at Al Madina Theater in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 13, 2024. The documentary, produced by Al Jazeera 360, which will be officially launched in September 2024, documents the Israeli raid on Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza from March 18 to early April 2024 through exclusive testimonies by the survivors of the attack. During the Q&A, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta shared what he witnessed in hospitals in Gaza during his stay at the beginning of the war. Photo by Segolene Ragu/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Screening Of The Documentary Al Shifa Hospital - Beirut

People greet and take selfies with Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, a Palestinian-British plastic surgeon specializing in conflict injuries, after the screening and Q&A of the documentary Al Shifa Hospital: The Crimes They Tried To Bury, at Al Madina Theater in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 13, 2024. The documentary, produced by Al Jazeera 360, which will be officially launched in September 2024, documents the Israeli raid on Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza from March 18 to early April 2024 through exclusive testimonies by the survivors of the attack. During the Q&A, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta shared what he witnessed in hospitals in Gaza during his stay at the beginning of the war. Photo by Segolene Ragu/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Screening Of The Documentary Al Shifa Hospital - Beirut

People greet and take selfies with Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, a Palestinian-British plastic surgeon specializing in conflict injuries, after the screening and Q&A of the documentary Al Shifa Hospital: The Crimes They Tried To Bury, at Al Madina Theater in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 13, 2024. The documentary, produced by Al Jazeera 360, which will be officially launched in September 2024, documents the Israeli raid on Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza from March 18 to early April 2024 through exclusive testimonies by the survivors of the attack. During the Q&A, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta shared what he witnessed in hospitals in Gaza during his stay at the beginning of the war. Photo by Segolene Ragu/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Screening Of The Documentary Al Shifa Hospital - Beirut

People attend the Q&A with Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, a Palestinian-British plastic surgeon specializing in conflict injuries, after the screening of the documentary Al Shifa Hospital: The Crimes They Tried To Bury at Al Madina Theater in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 13, 2024. The documentary, produced by Al Jazeera 360, which will be officially launched in September 2024, documents the Israeli raid on Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza from March 18 to early April 2024 through exclusive testimonies by the survivors of the attack. During the Q&A, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta shared what he witnessed in hospitals in Gaza during his stay at the beginning of the war. Photo by Segolene Ragu/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Screening Of The Documentary Al Shifa Hospital - Beirut

Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, a Palestinian-British plastic surgeon specializing in conflict injuries, arrives at Al Madina Theater in Beirut, Lebanon on August 13, 2024, for the screening of Al Shifa Hospital: The Crimes They Tried To Bury. The documentary, produced by Al Jazeera 360 which will be officially launched in September 2024, documents the Israeli raid on Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza from March 18 to early April 2024 through exclusive testimonies by the survivors of the attack. During the Q&A, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta shared what he witnessed in hospitals in Gaza during his stay at the beginning of the war. Photo by Segolene Ragu/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Screening Of The Documentary Al Shifa Hospital - Beirut

Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, a Palestinian-British plastic surgeon specializing in conflict injuries, arrives at Al Madina Theater in Beirut, Lebanon on August 13, 2024, for the screening of Al Shifa Hospital: The Crimes They Tried To Bury. The documentary, produced by Al Jazeera 360 which will be officially launched in September 2024, documents the Israeli raid on Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza from March 18 to early April 2024 through exclusive testimonies by the survivors of the attack. During the Q&A, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta shared what he witnessed in hospitals in Gaza during his stay at the beginning of the war. Photo by Segolene Ragu/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Screening Of The Documentary Al Shifa Hospital - Beirut

People attend the Q&A with Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, a Palestinian-British plastic surgeon specializing in conflict injuries, after the screening of the documentary Al Shifa Hospital: The Crimes They Tried To Bury at Al Madina Theater in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 13, 2024. The documentary, produced by Al Jazeera 360, which will be officially launched in September 2024, documents the Israeli raid on Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza from March 18 to early April 2024 through exclusive testimonies by the survivors of the attack. During the Q&A, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta shared what he witnessed in hospitals in Gaza during his stay at the beginning of the war. Photo by Segolene Ragu/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Prince Albert Attends Opening Of 'Albert I, the Prince of Prehistory' Exhibition - Spain

Prince Albert of Monaco attends the opening of the temporary exhibition 'Albert I, the prince of prehistory', at the Cave Art Center of Cantabria on May 31, 2024, in Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain. The exhibition is dedicated to his great-great-grandfather and is the result of a collaboration between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria. The exhibition illustrates the role of the monarch as a promoter of research in the caves of the region in the first decades of the 20th century, and collects impressions and testimonies of the prince's field visits to the caves of Covalanas, Altamira, El Castillo and La Pasiega in 1909 and 1914. The visit concludes with the formalization of a collaboration agreement between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria to promote scientific and cultural cooperation in the field of prehistory. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Prince Albert Attends Opening Of 'Albert I, the Prince of Prehistory' Exhibition - Spain

Prince Albert of Monaco attends the opening of the temporary exhibition 'Albert I, the prince of prehistory', at the Cave Art Center of Cantabria on May 31, 2024, in Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain. The exhibition is dedicated to his great-great-grandfather and is the result of a collaboration between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria. The exhibition illustrates the role of the monarch as a promoter of research in the caves of the region in the first decades of the 20th century, and collects impressions and testimonies of the prince's field visits to the caves of Covalanas, Altamira, El Castillo and La Pasiega in 1909 and 1914. The visit concludes with the formalization of a collaboration agreement between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria to promote scientific and cultural cooperation in the field of prehistory. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Prince Albert Attends Opening Of 'Albert I, the Prince of Prehistory' Exhibition - Spain

Prince Albert of Monaco attends the opening of the temporary exhibition 'Albert I, the prince of prehistory', at the Cave Art Center of Cantabria on May 31, 2024, in Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain. The exhibition is dedicated to his great-great-grandfather and is the result of a collaboration between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria. The exhibition illustrates the role of the monarch as a promoter of research in the caves of the region in the first decades of the 20th century, and collects impressions and testimonies of the prince's field visits to the caves of Covalanas, Altamira, El Castillo and La Pasiega in 1909 and 1914. The visit concludes with the formalization of a collaboration agreement between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria to promote scientific and cultural cooperation in the field of prehistory. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Prince Albert Attends Opening Of 'Albert I, the Prince of Prehistory' Exhibition - Spain

Prince Albert of Monaco attends the opening of the temporary exhibition 'Albert I, the prince of prehistory', at the Cave Art Center of Cantabria on May 31, 2024, in Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain. The exhibition is dedicated to his great-great-grandfather and is the result of a collaboration between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria. The exhibition illustrates the role of the monarch as a promoter of research in the caves of the region in the first decades of the 20th century, and collects impressions and testimonies of the prince's field visits to the caves of Covalanas, Altamira, El Castillo and La Pasiega in 1909 and 1914. The visit concludes with the formalization of a collaboration agreement between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria to promote scientific and cultural cooperation in the field of prehistory. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Prince Albert Attends Opening Of 'Albert I, the Prince of Prehistory' Exhibition - Spain

Prince Albert of Monaco attends the opening of the temporary exhibition 'Albert I, the prince of prehistory', at the Cave Art Center of Cantabria on May 31, 2024, in Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain. The exhibition is dedicated to his great-great-grandfather and is the result of a collaboration between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria. The exhibition illustrates the role of the monarch as a promoter of research in the caves of the region in the first decades of the 20th century, and collects impressions and testimonies of the prince's field visits to the caves of Covalanas, Altamira, El Castillo and La Pasiega in 1909 and 1914. The visit concludes with the formalization of a collaboration agreement between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria to promote scientific and cultural cooperation in the field of prehistory. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Prince Albert Attends Opening Of 'Albert I, the Prince of Prehistory' Exhibition - Spain

Prince Albert of Monaco attends the opening of the temporary exhibition 'Albert I, the prince of prehistory', at the Cave Art Center of Cantabria on May 31, 2024, in Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain. The exhibition is dedicated to his great-great-grandfather and is the result of a collaboration between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria. The exhibition illustrates the role of the monarch as a promoter of research in the caves of the region in the first decades of the 20th century, and collects impressions and testimonies of the prince's field visits to the caves of Covalanas, Altamira, El Castillo and La Pasiega in 1909 and 1914. The visit concludes with the formalization of a collaboration agreement between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria to promote scientific and cultural cooperation in the field of prehistory. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Prince Albert Attends Opening Of 'Albert I, the Prince of Prehistory' Exhibition - Spain

Prince Albert of Monaco attends the opening of the temporary exhibition 'Albert I, the prince of prehistory', at the Cave Art Center of Cantabria on May 31, 2024, in Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain. The exhibition is dedicated to his great-great-grandfather and is the result of a collaboration between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria. The exhibition illustrates the role of the monarch as a promoter of research in the caves of the region in the first decades of the 20th century, and collects impressions and testimonies of the prince's field visits to the caves of Covalanas, Altamira, El Castillo and La Pasiega in 1909 and 1914. The visit concludes with the formalization of a collaboration agreement between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria to promote scientific and cultural cooperation in the field of prehistory. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Prince Albert Attends Opening Of 'Albert I, the Prince of Prehistory' Exhibition - Spain

Prince Albert of Monaco attends the opening of the temporary exhibition 'Albert I, the prince of prehistory', at the Cave Art Center of Cantabria on May 31, 2024, in Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain. The exhibition is dedicated to his great-great-grandfather and is the result of a collaboration between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria. The exhibition illustrates the role of the monarch as a promoter of research in the caves of the region in the first decades of the 20th century, and collects impressions and testimonies of the prince's field visits to the caves of Covalanas, Altamira, El Castillo and La Pasiega in 1909 and 1914. The visit concludes with the formalization of a collaboration agreement between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria to promote scientific and cultural cooperation in the field of prehistory. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Prince Albert Attends Opening Of 'Albert I, the Prince of Prehistory' Exhibition - Spain

Prince Albert of Monaco attends the opening of the temporary exhibition 'Albert I, the prince of prehistory', at the Cave Art Center of Cantabria on May 31, 2024, in Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain. The exhibition is dedicated to his great-great-grandfather and is the result of a collaboration between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria. The exhibition illustrates the role of the monarch as a promoter of research in the caves of the region in the first decades of the 20th century, and collects impressions and testimonies of the prince's field visits to the caves of Covalanas, Altamira, El Castillo and La Pasiega in 1909 and 1914. The visit concludes with the formalization of a collaboration agreement between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria to promote scientific and cultural cooperation in the field of prehistory. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Prince Albert Attends Opening Of 'Albert I, the Prince of Prehistory' Exhibition - Spain

Prince Albert of Monaco attends the opening of the temporary exhibition 'Albert I, the prince of prehistory', at the Cave Art Center of Cantabria on May 31, 2024, in Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain. The exhibition is dedicated to his great-great-grandfather and is the result of a collaboration between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria. The exhibition illustrates the role of the monarch as a promoter of research in the caves of the region in the first decades of the 20th century, and collects impressions and testimonies of the prince's field visits to the caves of Covalanas, Altamira, El Castillo and La Pasiega in 1909 and 1914. The visit concludes with the formalization of a collaboration agreement between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria to promote scientific and cultural cooperation in the field of prehistory. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Prince Albert Attends Opening Of 'Albert I, the Prince of Prehistory' Exhibition - Spain

Prince Albert of Monaco attends the opening of the temporary exhibition 'Albert I, the prince of prehistory', at the Cave Art Center of Cantabria on May 31, 2024, in Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain. The exhibition is dedicated to his great-great-grandfather and is the result of a collaboration between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria. The exhibition illustrates the role of the monarch as a promoter of research in the caves of the region in the first decades of the 20th century, and collects impressions and testimonies of the prince's field visits to the caves of Covalanas, Altamira, El Castillo and La Pasiega in 1909 and 1914. The visit concludes with the formalization of a collaboration agreement between the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Cantabria to promote scientific and cultural cooperation in the field of prehistory. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish authorities detain 30 suspected IS members

STORY: Turkish authorities detain 30 suspected IS members SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: May 7, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the operation by the Turkish police across Türkiye (courtesy of the Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish police detained 30 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group in raids across Türkiye, the country's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Monday. The operations dubbed "Bozdogan-35" were carried out across nine provinces, including Istanbul, Adana, Ankara, Diyarbakir, Osmaniye, Yozgat, Mersin Hatay and Kutahya, Yerlikaya said in a post on social media platform X, without specifying the time of the operation. Among the suspects, 14 allegedly handled ammunition on behalf of the group and organized smuggling activities, according to the testimonies of group members who had been detained, the minister said. Yerlikaya said that unlicensed pistols, a large number of organizational documents and di

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Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 32,142: ministry

STORY: Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 32,142: ministry SHOOTING TIME: March 23, 2024 DATELINE: March 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a house in Gaza STORYLINE: The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 32,142, with 74,412 others wounded, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Saturday. In a press statement sent to Xinhua, the ministry said the Israeli army killed 72 Palestinians and wounded 114 others during the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, the Hamas-run government media office said the Israeli army threatened to bomb and destroy the buildings of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. The office said in a press statement that "we received testimonies from inside the Al-Shifa complex indicating that the Israeli army threatened the medical staff and the displaced inside the buildings that it would bomb and destroy them over their heads, or that they would go out for torture, investigation

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Palestinian journalists share Gaza story in Cairo

STORY: Palestinian journalists share Gaza story in Cairo SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 28, 2024 DATELINE: March 1, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:04 LOCATION: POLITICS CATEGORY: Cairo SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): KHAWLA AL-KHALIDI, Palestinian journalist 3. various of the audience STORYLINE: The Journalists Syndicate in Egypt organized a conference on Wednesday in solidarity with Palestinian journalists, and against the ongoing Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip. The conference also included testimonies from the heart of Gaza by Palestinian journalists, including Khawla Al-Khalidi, who spent more than 100 days under bombardment. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): KHAWLA AL-KHALIDI, Palestinian journalist "We are losing thousands of children either by Israeli shelling, Israeli snipers, or by hunger. It never occurred to us that we could get into the fear that our families and children go to death through hunger, thirst, or for having no simple medical service." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting

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Palestinian journalists tell their story in Cairo

STORY: Palestinian journalists tell their story in Cairo SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 28, 2024 DATELINE: March 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:20 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): KHAWLA AL-KHALIDI, Palestinian journalist 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): Palestinian journalist STORYLINE: The Journalists Syndicate in Egypt organized a conference in solidarity with Palestinian journalists, and against the ongoing Israeli aggression on Wednesday. This came in conjunction with the celebrations of the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Journalists. The conference included live testimonies from the heart of Gaza by Palestinian journalists, including the Palestinian journalist Khawla Al-Khalidi, who spent more than 100 days under bombardment, and the Palestinian journalist Khaled Abu Sultan, one of the victims of the brutal Zionist aggression against those reporting the truth. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): KHAWLA AL-KHALIDI, Palestinian journalist "What Gaza is living

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U.S. Senate hearing on funding for Israel repeatedly interrupted by anti-war protesters

STORY: U.S. Senate hearing on funding for Israel repeatedly interrupted by anti-war protesters SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 31, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the hearing STORYLINE: Multiple protesters demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip repeatedly interrupted a hearing held by the U.S. Senate on the Joe Biden administration's massive budget request for funding Israel and Ukraine in their respective conflicts. The Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, attended by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin as witnesses giving testimonies, was interrupted at least six times by multiple anti-war protesters, who called for an end to the brutality and condemned the United States for aiding the "massacre." Minutes into Blinken's opening remarks, a man in the audience was heard shouting "ceasefire now," "save the children of Gaza" and "Where is your pride, America?" before he was escorted out

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Türkiye detains 9 IS suspects in Ankara

STORY: Türkiye detains 9 IS suspects in Ankara DATELINE: July 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish police anti-terror operation against IS 2. various of the detained suspects by Turkish police anti-terror operation against IS STORYLINE: Police detained nine Islamic State (IS) suspects of foreign nationalities in the Turkish capital of Ankara, state-run TRT broadcaster reported Wednesday. They were among 10 foreigner criminal suspects detained during an operation launched by the Turkish police's anti-terror and intelligence teams, the TRT quoted anonymous security officials as saying. The suspects will be handed over to the Turkish directorate of migration for deportation after giving their testimonies, according to the report. The TRT reported that some of the suspects had stayed in the "conflict zones" and were active at the ranks of the group in the past years. The IS group remains active within the Syrian territory. Türkiye's southern border w

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Xinhua Headlines: Hidden sex trade, one of S. Korea's costs for its alliance with U.S.

(230514) -- SEOUL, May 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People hold portraits of "comfort women" and their testimonies during a protest rally held in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 14, 2022. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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UN expert decries "appalling" legacy of residential schools in Canada

STORY: UN expert decries "appalling" legacy of residential schools in Canada DATELINE: March 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:37 LOCATION: Ottawa CATEGORY: EDUCATION/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): CALI TZAY, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples STORYLINE: A UN expert said on Friday that the testimonies of survivors of Canada's residential school system were appalling. Cali Tzay, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, made a 10-day official visit to Canada. After the visit, he urged the Canadian government to fully implement recommendations of a 2015 truth commission to achieve meaningful reconciliation and accountability in the country. SOUNDBITE (English): CALI TZAY, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples The current human rights situation of indigenous people in Canada cannot be fully understood without considering the legacy of residential schools and intergenerational trauma they created. Over 150,000 First Nations, Metis and Inuit childre

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A-bomb survivors in S. America publish testimonies

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Takashi Morita (R), president of the Peace Association of Atomic Bomb Victims in Brazil, and Junko Watanabe, a member of the group's board of directors, show a collection of testimonies from 90 atomic bomb survivors who have later emigrated to South America, during a press conference at the Hiroshima City Hall in western Japan on Nov. 7, 2014.

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Former PM Kan on nuclear crisis

CANBERRA, Australia - Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) speaks at Australia's federal parliament building in Canberra on Aug. 26, 2014. Kan, who was Japan's prime minister at the time of the March 2011 nuclear disaster, called for the full disclosure of testimonies regarding the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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2011 tsunami testimonies in Japan published in English

SENDAI, Japan - A page of "Surviving the 2011 Tsunami," the English translation of testimonies of 2011 tsunami survivors in northeastern Japan, is shown in this undated photo.

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2011 tsunami testimonies in Japan published in English

SENDAI, Japan - "Surviving the 2011 Tsunami," the English translation of testimonies of 2011 tsunami survivors in northeastern Japan, is shown in this undated photo.

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A-bomb survivors pass on own experiences to support Fukushima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken March 6, 2013 in the city of Hiroshima shows atomic-bomb survivor Mitsuo Kodama with a photo of his damaged chromosomes. Kodama has continued efforts to raise public awareness about the horrors of radiation by showing people the photo when giving his testimonies of his ordeal.

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Battle of Okinawa film group to disband in March

NAHA, Japan - Members of a civil group which has collected film footage of the Battle of Okinawa -- to highlight the misery of the war -- announce at a press conference at the Okinawa prefecture offices in Naha on Dec. 27, 2012, that it will conclude its activities on March 15 since it has fulfilled its mission. Established in 1983, the group has collected video footage from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and screened it, while producing documentary films that include testimonies from survivors of the battle.

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Hiroshima A-bomb survivors' testimony tapes

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Masaaki Tanabe, who is working on a project to re-create images of areas near ground zero in Hiroshima with computer graphics, on May 30, 2011, holds audiotapes of testimonies from over 100 survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing at his office in Hiroshima. The local residents who had been living within a radius of 500 meters from the ground zero before the bombing spoke about their experiences in around 1965-70, about 20 years after the atomic bombing on the city during World War II.

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Repatriated abductees identify 2 N. Korean agents

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Sin Guang Su, one of two North Korean agents, who have been identified by repatriated Japanese abductees Kaoru Hasuike and Yasushi Chimura as being responsible for their abductions, investigative sources said on Dec. 30. Their testimonies have prompted the Japanese police to launch an investigation in order to obtain arrest warrants for the two agents. The other agent is a man simply known as ''Park.'' the source said.

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Documentary on WWII female student corps screened in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan, June 14 Kyodo - Sumi Matsumoto, head of the Shiraume alumni association, speaks in Naha on June 14 at the preview of a documentary film on female high school students recruited as nurses to serve in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. The film features interviews and testimonies by surviving members of the Shiraume student nurse corps on their experiences.

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Atomic bomb memorial hall opens in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Visitors look at the wall painting of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims that opened in the western Japan city on Aug. 1. The state-run facility houses more than 4,700 photographs of victims and a database of around 100,000 testimonies about survivors' experiences.

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-JAPANESE GERM WARFARE UNIT-NEW EVIDENCE-EXHIBITION (CN)

(221214) -- HARBIN, Dec. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 10, 2022 shows the multimedia exhibits through which visitors can pick up the phones and hear the testimonies given by the Japanese Army Unit 731 at the Museum of Evidence of War Crimes by the Japanese Army Unit 731 in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. More than 20,000 pieces of artifacts and documents are on exhibit for the first time in a museum in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, testifying crimes against humanity by the notorious Japanese germ warfare army known as Unit 731 during the World War II. Following a preparation since September, the Museum of Evidence of War Crimes by the Japanese Army Unit 731 in Harbin, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang, put on the exhibition earlier this month. TO GO WITH "Across China: New evidence of Japanese germ warfare unit on exhibit" (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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Ruling parties ram 2nd extra budget through Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling coalition lawmakers stand to indicate their approval of a 2.5 trillion yen extra budget on the night of Jan. 28 in the House of Representatives Budget Committee. They ignored a boycott of the session by opposition legislators over inconsistencies in testimonies by Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and top Foreign Ministry bureaucrats regarding whether political pressure led to the exclusion of two Japanese nongovernmental organizations from last week's Afghan donor conference in Tokyo.

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Nagasaki residents hold WWII exhibition

NAGASAKI, Japan - Visitors view displays at an exhibition on Japan's World War II occupation of Indonesia that was opened by a group of Nagasaki residents on Nov. 17 after the city government refused to provide the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum as a venue. The ''Nichiran Senso Gembaku Ten'' (Exhibition on the Japan-Netherlands War and the Atomic Bomb) includes testimonies by Dutch POWs captured after the Imperial Japanese Army occupied Indonesia, which was then a Dutch colony.

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34 dead as migrant boat capsizes near Syrian shore

STORY: 34 dead as migrant boat capsizes near Syrian shore DATELINE: Sept. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: OTHER SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue work at the seashore STORYLINE: At least thirty-four people were dead and several others injured after a boat carrying immigrants from Lebanon capsized in the Syrian territorial water on Thursday, the Syria Health Ministry announced. Twenty people onboard the ship were rescued and are currently receiving medical treatment in the coastal city of Tartous, near which the boat sank off, said the ministry, adding that the search is still underway. Citing testimonies from the survivors, the ministry said the boat set off from Lebanon carrying people of several nationalities whose intended destinations were unknown. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Damascus. (XHTV)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-"COMFORT WOMEN"-MEMORIAL DAY

(220814) -- SEOUL, Aug. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People hold portraits of "comfort women" and their testimonies during a protest rally held in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 14, 2022. "Comfort women" refer to victims forced into sexual slavery by Japanese troops during World War II. The day of Aug. 14 was designated the International Memorial Day for "Comfort Women" in 2012 by the 11th Asian Alliance Conference for "Comfort Women." (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)