Author: Steven Sahiounie

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has a shocking accusation against the US. On August 12, while in exile in India, she told the Economic Times, “I could have remained in power if I had surrendered the sovereignty of Saint Martin Island and allowed America to hold sway over the Bay of Bengal. I beseech to the people of my land, ‘Please do not be manipulated by radicals’.” Hasina resigned on August 5 after weeks of violent street protests by students angry at a law which awards government civil service jobs. The protests began…

The next regular meeting between prime ministers of Russia and China will be held in China in 2025, according to the joint communique of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and China’s Prime Minister Li Qiang in conclusion of the 29th meeting held in Moscow. The document was posted on the website of the Russian government. “The parties agree to hold the thirtieth regular meeting of prime ministers of Russia and China in 2025,” the communique indicates. “The specific timeframe, venue and format will be agreed further via diplomatic channels,” the document reads. The mechanism of regular meetings between prime ministers…

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi may visit the Kursk nuclear power plant (NPP) in southwestern Russia early next week, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the Vienna-based international organizations Mikhail Ulyanov said. “The IAEA director general has publicly stated his intentions to visit the Kursk NPP next week. I presume that the visit is more likely to take place early next week rather than in the weekend,” the Russian diplomat wrote on Telegram. Earlier, the Russian foreign ministry’s official spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said Grossi’s visit to the Kursk nuclear power plant in late August was in the…

Palestinian news sources in the Gaza Strip reported that 11 Palestinians, including children, have been killed, while several others were injured following an airstrike by the Israeli occupation forces on a residential house in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. The attack was part of a series of airstrikes on various areas of the Strip which resulted in further casualties. In Jabalia’s Tal al-Zaatar, several Palestinians, including women and children, were also either killed or injured in an Israeli occupation airstrike on an apartment. In the central region of the Strip, Israeli occupation warplanes conducted four airstrikes on various locations east of Deir al-Balah, near…

Ukraine was preparing an attack on the Kursk Region “secretly and without any feedback,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said. “First of all, Ukraine was preparing its military operation in the Kursk Region secretly and without any feedback,” Scholz stated at a joint press conference with Moldovan President Maia Sandu in Chisinau. He noted that Germany is closely monitoring the events. Scholz assured that his country will continue to support Ukraine and will remain its major proponent in Europe. He added that only the United States, as the world’s biggest power, is able to do more. “In this regard, it…

Prime Minister and Mohammad Mustafa discussed today with the Representative and Director of the World Food Program in Palestine, Antoine Renard, enhancing relief efforts and joint coordination They also discussed the need to exert more efforts to bring aid into the Gaza Strip through more crossings and deliver it to all areas of the Strip and the importance of purchasing aid provided from the local market in the West Bank, with the aim of activating and reviving the Palestinian economy. Mustafa was informed by Renard, during a meeting held at the Prime Ministry headquarters in the city of Ramallah in the…

Germany’s chancellor has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call that he should conclude a deal on a ceasefire and the release of hostages held by Hamas, a German government spokesperson said on Sunday.Many military objectives in the fight against Hamas have been achieved while civilian casualties and human suffering in Gaza are enormous, Olaf Scholz told Netanyahu, according to a German government statement.“An end to the war in Gaza would be a decisive step toward a regional de-escalation,” the spokesperson said. Source: arab News

German authorities have seized almost 250,000 euros ($279,000) in cash in a nationwide operation targeting cryptocurrency ATMs, the country’s financial regulator BaFin said in a statement on Tuesday.

Factories in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern Najran region have achieved a remarkable milestone by exporting industrial and mineral products to over 25 countries.

A cooperation agreement has been signed between a Saudi business group and a regional entertainment body to develop the industry in the Kingdom and across the Gulf.