German leaders called for de-escalation and urged restraint on Sunday following Iran’s overnight attack on Israel, amid fears Tehran’s move could spark a wider conflagration in the Middle East. Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned while on a visit to China against any further escalation. “Things must not continue in this way,” Scholz said in Chongqing. “We […]
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German leaders urge restraint following Iranian attack on Israel
German leaders called for de-escalation and urged restraint on Sunday following Iran’s overnight attack on Israel, amid fears Tehran’s move could spark a wider conflagration in the Middle East. Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned while on a visit to China against any further escalation. “Things must not continue in this way,” Scholz said in Chongqing. “We […]
German leaders urge restraint following Iranian attack on Israel
Berlin – German leaders called for de-escalation and urged restraint on Sunday following Iran’s overnight attack on Israel. Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned while on a visit to China against any further escalation. “Things must not continue in this way,” Scholz said in Chongqing. “We will do everything we can to avoid further escalation.” Scholz termed […]
Spain’s Sánchez urges restraint following Iranian attack on Israel
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called on all international leaders to show responsibility and restraint following the Iranian attack on Israel. Madrid had “always condemned all forms of violence against the safety and wellbeing of innocent civilians and will continue to do so,” he said in a post on X. Madrid has been a […]
Russia and Germany urge restraint as Iranian threat puts Middle East on edge
(Reuters) -Russia and Germany on Thursday urged countries in the Middle East to show restraint and Israel said it was preparing to “meet all its security needs” in a region on edge over an Iranian threat to strike Israel. The German airline Lufthansa, one of only two Western carriers flying to Tehran, extended a suspension […]
UN body urges restraint after Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant hit
Russia and Ukraine must avoid actions that “jeopardise nuclear safety”, a UN watchdog has said, after a drone attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant. Russia said Ukraine was behind the attack, which it said injured three people. Ukraine has denied involvement. The giant Russian-held nuclear plant, with six reactors, is on the frontline of the […]
Mom of special needs boy says DCF is investigating alleged inappropriate restraint at Boston school
One day after a Boston school mother said her three-year-old special needs son was inappropriately restrained to a chair by school staffers, another mother told Boston 25 News she received a call from the school referencing a similar incident involving her son Friday. Betsy Colon, the mother of a 9-year-old special needs student at the […]
Minnesota Dems Push to Repeal School Ban on Restraint That Killed George Floyd
Nearly four years after George Floyd suffocated to death while being pinned face down to the pavement by a police officer, Minnesota Democrats are fast-tracking legislation that would undo a less-than-year-old ban prohibiting school-based cops from using that same type of restraint on students. As early as Monday, the state’s House of Representatives is slated […]
Biden sends Iran a signal of deterrence, and restraint, with first retaliatory strikes
ERBIL, Iraq — The dozens of airstrikes launched by the United States late Friday are by far its biggest attacks against Iran-backed militants in the Middle East during this current round of conflict. However the strikes in Iraq and Syria, an initial retaliation for the killing of three American soldiers, did not go as far as […]
Fargo school district reviews restraint policies following civil rights examination
Feb. 3—FARGO — A review of Fargo Public Schools’ use of physical restraint on students with disabilities has yielded a long list of correctional steps under an agreement with the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Education. The department aimed to determine whether the use of restraint and seclusion denied students with disabilities […]
Saudi Arabia calls for restraint after air strikes on Yemen
CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia called for restraint and “avoiding escalation” in light of the air strikes launched by the United States and Britain against sites linked to the Houthi movement in Yemen, the kingdom’s foreign ministry said on Friday. Saudi Arabia, which has in recent months engaged in peace talks with Yemen’s Houthis, was […]