Author: Steven Sahiounie

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The late US President John F. Kennedy is not alive today to voice his opinion on the Israeli war on Gaza, but we know he would stand with the Palestinians, not the Israeli government.While yet a young senator, Kennedy in July 1957 delivered a famous speech where he voiced his opposition to then President Eisenhower’s military and political support for French colonialism, and called on the US administration to support the fight for freedom and independence in Algeria. The situation in Gaza, the Occupied West Bank, and Occupied East Jerusalem today is very similar…

Five people were killed by the Ukrainian shelling of the settlement of Rakitnoye in the Belgorod Region, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on his Telegram channel, adding that 12 people, including 3 children, were injured. “The Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a brutal terrorist strike at the settlement of Rakitnoye in the middle of the night. To our great grief, the enemy strike took lives of 5 civilians. […] 12 people, including 3 minors, were injured in the shelling,” Gladkov said. The governor specified that 4 people are in severe condition; all injured people currently receive medical aid in hospitals. In…

The Paris prosecutor’s office will make a statement on the detention of Telegram messenger founder Pavel Durov on Monday, August 26, a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office told TASS. “A press statement will be issued tomorrow,” he said when asked to clarify the causes for Durov’s detention and his current status. The LCI television channel reported earlier that Durov had been arrested at Le Bourget Airport late on August 24. He has been placed in custody and may soon be brought to court, the TF1 television channel said. According to TF1, Durov might be charged with terrorism, drug trafficking, fraud,…

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi stressed in a meeting with Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Brown on Sunday that the current regional situation demands decisive action from the international community and all active parties to exert all efforts to defuse regional tension. During the meeting, El-Sisi emphasized the need to halt the escalation that threatens the security and stability of the entire region, warning of the risks of opening a new front of conflict in Lebanon and underscoring the need to preserve Lebanon’s stability and sovereignty. Early on Sunday, Hezbollah carried out a large-scale attack with rockets and drones on Israeli…

US businessman Elon Musk believes that people in Europe will soon be executed for liking a joke social media post. “POV: It’s 2030 in Europe and you’re being executed for liking a meme,” he said on his X page, commenting on Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov’s detention in France. Previously, the LCI TV channel reported that Durov was detained in France. According to the media outlet, Durov was detained at Le Bourget Airport after arriving from Azerbaijan. The TF1 TV channel reported that Durov was put into custody and will be delivered to a court soon. Reportedly, Durov may be charged…

Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty and his Japanese counterpart Yuko Kamikawa agreed in a meeting on Sunday on the necessity to prevent the escalation of tensions on the Lebanese front to avoid a regional war, according to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement. The meeting came amid the regional escalation witnessed in the past few hours on the Lebanese front between Hezbollah and Israel, the statement said. It is the second meeting in 48 hours between Kamikawa and Abdelatty, who is currently in Japan to attend the Ministerial Meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), held upon a request from the Japanese top diplomat. …

Blasting the West, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova questioned whether international human rights groups will pressure France after its authorities detained Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov like they did when Russia proposed regulations for the platform’s operations. Earlier, French media reported that the Russian-born entrepreneur was arrested at Paris-Le Bourget Airport on Saturday, claiming his detention comes as part of a preliminary police investigation. Durov is set to appear in court on Sunday evening. French authorities had allegedly issued a warrant for Durov’s arrest, citing concerns that insufficient content moderation on Telegram enables widespread criminal use of the platform. Meanwhile, the Russian embassy in…

Telegram founder Pavel Durov was detained in France because of his refusal to “censor the truth” by the order of governments and intelligence agencies, US journalist Tucker Carlson believes. “It was a western country, a Biden administration ally and enthusiastic NATO member, that locked him away. Pavel Durov sits in a French jail tonight, a living warning to any platform owner who refuses to censor the truth at the behest of governments and intel agencies. Darkness is descending fast on the formerly free world,” Carlson said on his X page. Previously, the LCI TV channel reported that Durov was detained…

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been detained in France, the LCI news channel reported. According to the media outlet, Durov was detained at Le Bourget Airport. He was accompanied by his girlfriend and a bodyguard. The Paris police prefecture has not yet confirmed the information about Durov’s detention for TASS. Source: TASS

The International Criminal Court should issue arrest warrants and prosecute all Israeli officials involved in the war crimes being committed against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said. Speaking with Sputnik, Al-Maliki said no Israeli official should be spared by the ICC, regardless of their position and status, whether they are government officials, lawmakers, or soldiers, as they have all contributed to the war crimes being committed in Gaza since October. “I’m not really sparing anyone. I believe that all of them are. All of them are responsible, and the ICC should really issue arrest warrants against all of…