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Turkey granted protection and citizenship to Ahmad Nazari Shirehjini, an Iranian national who is alleged to be part of an organized crime syndicate that is involved in various schemes, from fraud to money laundering. Shirehjini works with Mehmet Ağar, a
Migrant child has lunch at the Casa de Paso "Divina Providencia" in Cucuta. / David Ramos/ACI Prensa.Lima, Peru, May 26, 2022 / 16:00 pm (CNA).The Church has asked the governments of Colombia and Venezuela to resume their "truncated binational relations" in order to respond effectively to the challenges involved in serving migrants.The call to restore diplomatic relations was made during a May 24 press conference in the Diocese of Cúcuta, where a meeting of the National Secretariat for Social Pastoral Ministry was held with the border dioceses of Tibú, Ocaña, Cúcuta, Nueva Pamplona, Arauca, and Riohacha, as well as Jesuit Refugee Service, in order to address the situation of Venezuelan emigration.Reading from a statement, Father Rafael Castillo Torres, director of the National Secretariat for Social Pastoral Ministry in Colombia, said that "there have been not a few signs of concern … that challenge our humanitarian and pastoral action."Among these are "human tr...
They both carved out sterling reputations as military and political leaders over years of public service. But both also saw their legacies tarnished by their actions in the long, bloody war in Iraq.