Author: Steven Sahiounie

The country aims to boost annual LNG output levels to at least 100 million tons by 2030 The annual volume of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production in Russia is expected to keep growing to reach 47.3 million tons in 2024 in line with the country’s energy development program. According to official documents, fuel output will jump by 40% next year. By the end of 2023, production volume is projected to reach 33 million tons. According to state statistics service Rosstat, LNG production in Russia increased by 8.1% last year, amounting to 32.5 million tons. Between January and August this year,…

Tokyo has added used vehicles to its automobile ban in line with G7 sanctions Japan’s decision to include used vehicles in its ban on car exports to Russia will cost the country nearly $2 billion, Reuters reported on Monday, citing trade data and market participants. The ban on sales of all but subcompact vehicles to Russia came into effect in early August, having cut off a lucrative sales channel for secondhand Toyotas, Hondas, and Nissans for a network of brokers and smaller ports. Tokyo had originally barred exports of luxury vehicles to the sanctions-hit country in April 2022. A further…

Two Palestinian youths Tuesday were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets, while dozens were suffocated, during confrontations with the occupation forces in the village of Jalud, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. Settlement resistance activist Fouad Hassan told WAFA that dozens of settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Esh Kodesh attacked the homes of citizens in the village, which led confrontations with the occupation forces that resulted in injuring two youths with a rubber bullet, while another was left with a broken hand as dozens suffocated due to inhaling toxic gas fired at them. Hassan pointed out that the…

Nebenzya underscored that Russia, which abstained during the vote on the corresponding resolution, prepared by the US and Ecuador, is perfectly aware about the “scale and urgency of security problems standing before Haiti” A number of Russia’s questions regarding the armed mission to Haiti remain unanswered, and Moscow expects detailed information, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said during the Security Council meeting Tuesday. “We have no principal objections against this initiative in itself. At the same time, one must understand that sending armed forces to another country, even on that country’s request is an extreme measure that…

The official spokesman for the presidency Nabil Abu Rudeineh Tuesday warned of the continuation of incursions by extremist settlers into Jerusalem and the Islamic and Christian holy sites under Israeli occupation forces protection. Abu Rudeineh said that these provocations by the Israeli occupation authorities and the settlers are a dangerous approach aimed at detonating the situation, which will lead to dangerous repercussions whose results no one can predict. He added that through these policies, the Israeli occupation authorities are trying to create new realities in East Jerusalem, while noting that the occupation must know very well that East Jerusalem, with its sanctities,…

Israeli occupation forces Tuesday shot and detained a Palestinian child at the entrance to Al-Fawwar camp, south of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. WAFA correspondent said that the occupation forces fired bullets at Waseem Mohammad Nassar, 15, at the entrance to Al-Fawwar, injuring him in the leg, before detaining him. Source: WAFA

Also, it is noted that the 55th Mechanized Infantry Brigade and the 228th Mechanized Infantry Regiment performed very well in the Krasny Liman area The Ukrainian army’s attempts to break through the defenses in the Zaporozhye Region in the areas of Verbovoye and Rabotino have failed, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said during a conference call with the senior staff of the Russian Armed Forces. “The enemy’s attempts to break through our defenses in the areas of Verbovoye and Rabotino in the Zaporozhye Region have failed. The 70th Mechanized Infantry Regiment and the 56th Airborne Assault Regiment, as well as…

In cables to Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman condemned the terror attack on the Turkish capital, Ankara. On Sunday a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at the entrance of the country’s interior ministry injuring two policemen. Turkiye on Monday said it had carried out attacks on suspected Kurdish military targets in Iraq. The Saudi leaders said that the Kingdom stands with Turkiye and its people, and wished the injured a speedy recovery. Source: Arab News

Syria appoints its first ambassador to Tunisia since the two countries severed diplomatic relations in mid-2011. The state-run Syrian news agency SANA reported that Mohamed Mohamed has been appointed as Syria’s first ambassador to Tunisia since the two countries severed diplomatic ties in mid-2011. Ambassador Mohamed Mohamed swore the legal oath before Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as the ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Republic of Tunisia. The agency noted that al-Assad wished the ambassador success in his mission. Syria and Tunisia announced last April that they would reopen their embassies, after nearly a decade of Tunisia severing ties with Damascus.…

A long-shot candidate from Texas tried to have the former president barred from seeking re-election over stance on “insurrection” The US Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by a Texas Republican to prevent former President Donald Trump from seeking office again in 2024 over his alleged role in the January 6, 2021 riot on Capitol Hill. The case was dismissed without any comment by the court on Monday. It had been brought by Texas-based tax consultant John Anthony Castro, who claimed in a Florida court that the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment – which prohibits those who have “engaged in insurrection or…