Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Israeli military claims it is working with the World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to get 1.3 million polio vaccines into Gaza after the highly contagious virus was found in the enclave. This comes after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the only real solution against the virus, along with other humanitarian concerns in Gaza, is an immediate ceasefire. The army had announced in July that it was giving vaccines to its soldiers operating in the enclave, claiming a large number of vaccines had already been brought in. Source: AlJazeera

Over the last few years, the Israeli government has deducted approximately 6.93 billion shekels from Palestinian tax revenues and has refused to return these funds, exacerbating the financial difficulties faced by the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to the latest statistics of the Palestinian Ministry of Finance. Under interim peace agreements dating back to the early 1990s, Israel collects taxes and customs on behalf of the Palestinian Authority and transfers them to the latter on a monthly basis. Since the onset of the Israeli aggression on Gaza in October 2023, Israeli authorities have deducted nearly 2.55 billion shekels from the tax…

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that he is preparing the republic’s citizens for his stepping down. “All think as follows: ’30 years is a lot, with only a few people working [as president] for 30 years’. And people have become used to him and no one else. This is wrong. I’m preparing people to it [stepping down], I want no disappointment or failure,” Lukashenko said in an interview for the News of the Week program on the Rossiya-1 TV channel. “Not long ago we adjusted the constitution [of Belarus] to changes. But we do not want changes as a…

Türkiye’s Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli on Sunday said several ongoing forest fires in the country, including those in Izmir’s Yamanlar and Urla districts, have been brought under control. At a press briefing in Izmir’s Karsiyaka district, Yumakli said efforts were ongoing against eight active fires over the past day. “As we announced earlier, the fire in Izmir Yamanlar, which posed a risk to the city, has been successfully contained. Our teams managed to confine the burning areas to a valley on the upper part of the region. I am pleased to inform you that the fire in Izmir…

Youth unemployment in China ticked up to 17.1 percent in July, official figures showed, the highest level this year as the world’s second-largest economy faces mounting headwinds.

A US judge on Friday temporarily blocked the launch of a new sports streaming service backed by three media giants, Walt Disney, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery, which aims to capture younger sports fans who do not watch games on TV.

Boeing’s new boss said Friday he was looking to “reset” relations with a key union representing tens of thousands of its workers, amid negotiations for a new labor contract.

American oilfield servicing giant SLB (formerly Schlumberger) is expanding in Russia despite its main rivals having pulled out of the country following the start of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, the Financial Times has reported, citing customs filings and employment listings.

Kazakhstan will not “blindly follow” anti-Russian sanctions, especially when they affect the economic interests of its businesses, Serik Zhumangarin, the country’s deputy prime minister and the minister of trade and integration, told Bloomberg on Friday.

The Muslim World League (MWL) on Saturday called for an end to the grave humanitarian crisis going on in the Palestinian territories as it denounced the recent attack perpetrated by Jewish settlers on the village Jit in the occupied West Bank. One young Palestinian was killed and another critically injured by “armed colonists” who attacked the western part of the village, setting several vehicles and homes ablaze, according to earlier reports. In a statement issued by Muslim World League Secretariat General late Saturday, the league criticized the serious ongoing violations committed by settlers, protected by the occupation forces, against the…