Iran protests to Poland over planned summit
Reuters, Dubai
Iran’s foreign ministry summoned a senior Polish diplomat on Sunday to protest Poland’s jointly hosting a global summit with the United States focused on the Middle East, particularly Iran, state news agency IRNA reported.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the summit-to be held in Warsaw on Feb. 13-14 — would focus on stability and security in the Middle East, including on the “important element of making sure that Iran is not a destabilizing influence”.
Chavit says PH franchise of Miss Universe
already with him
AP, Manila
Former Ilocos Sur Governor Chavit Singson broke his silence amid speculations that he has allegedly been in talks with the Miss Universe Organization (MUO) about possibly acquiring the Philippine franchise of the pageant.
Speaking to Philippine Star columnist Wilson Lee Flores, Singson said, “The franchise is already with me, but it has not yet been announced.”
Italian ex-militant Battisti detained in Bolivia
AFP, Brasilia
Cesare Battisti, an Italian sought by Rome for four murders attributed to a far-left group in the 1970s, has been detained in Bolivia and will be extradited to Brazil, a senior aide to Brazil’s new president said Sunday.
Battisti was detained late Saturday in Bolivia “and will be soon brought to Brazil, from where he will probably be sent to Italy to serve a life sentence,” tweeted Filipe G. Martins, a senior aide on international affairs to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
Hezbollah cross-border tunnels found: Israel
AFP, Jerusalem
Israel has uncovered all cross-border attack tunnels dug by Hezbollah from Lebanon and now plans to bring its operation to find and destroy them to an end, a military spokesman said Sunday.
“We have found yet another Hezbollah cross-border attack tunnel from Lebanon to Israel,” Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus told reporters of the operation that began on
December 4.
