Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing - April 12, 2023

ANKARA 

Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Tuesday it is important for society and Kyiv’s partners not to lose “a sense of the path” they have to walk in order to achieve victory against Russia.

The US State Department condemned airstrikes by Myanmar’s military targeting a ceremony organized by opponents of army rule that was attended by at least 150 people, including many children.

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke by phone Tuesday, according to a statement by the White House. Sullivan and the crown prince discussed a number of global and regional matters including the ongoing diplomacy related to the war in Yemen, said the statement.

The president and board of directors of a charitable foundation named after former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau resigned Tuesday following controversy over a donation with alleged ties to China.

A Serbian official accused authorities in Kosovo on Tuesday of trying to provoke Serbs in the country by shooting a member of the local community.

Greece’s parliament voted Tuesday to prevent the extreme right Greeks-National Party from running in general elections on May 21, local media reported.

Italy declared a six-month state of emergency Tuesday to help it deal with a surge in the number of migrants arriving in the country via the Mediterranean Sea, local media reported.

Russia said Tuesday that the latest UN Security Council meeting was reduced to “demagogy” aimed at discrediting it and other countries resisting Western “neo-colonial ambitions.”

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released a report Tuesday covering nationwide incidents of civil rights complaints by Muslim Americans in 2022 which revealed a 23% decrease.

A South African opposition party urged India on Tuesday to arrest and prosecute the Dalai Lama for child abuse.

About half of American families have been affected by a gun-related incident while one in five said they have personally been threatened with a gun, according to a recent survey.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken appointed Matthew Miller as the new State Department spokesperson Tuesday.

The US is taking the unauthorized disclosure of a cache of apparent classified intelligence documents "very seriously," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday as he pledged to identify the leaker.

Turkish Coast Guard units rescued 79 irregular migrants in two separate incidents, the Coast Guard Command said in a statement Tuesday.

At least 26 people have been killed in attacks in North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo by suspected Ugandan rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a security monitor said Tuesday.