The ship of the Spanish NGO ProActiva Open Arms has been seized by the prosecutor of Catania, since yesterday docked in the port of Pozzallo (Ragusa), in which the landing of 218 migrants took place. It is the first port in Italy at the center of the investigation for the refusal of the ship to deliver migrants to the Libyan patrol boats intervened at the rescue site or in Malta. The detention was carried out on investigations by the Ragusa mobile team and by the Rome Central Operations Service (SCO). Source agi
French schools are to replace the words “mother” and “father” with “parent 1” and “parent 2” under a controversial same sex amendment to a law passed this week. Source: Telegraph
Poland’s foreign ministry on Friday (Feb 15) summoned Israel’s ambassador over reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implicated Poles in the Holocaust. Source: Channel News Asia
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised a “strong response” to a car bombing in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed at least 42 paramilitary personnel, with New Delhi calling for “the complete isolation of Pakistan” for harbouring the armed group behind the devastating attack. Source: Al Jazeera
