Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) condemned the Israeli occupation forces’ targeting of journalists covering yesterday’s protests on the Gaza border fence with Israel. Journalist Ashraf Abu Amra was injured in the hand when he was hit by a gas bomb while covering the protests east of Khan Younis, which required him to undergo surgery to save his arm while a number of other journalists also suffocated with the toxic gas fired in their direction. The PJS called on international human rights organizations to put pressure on Israel to stop attacks against journalists and to prosecute it for its ongoing crimes.…

The social media company handed over the ex-president’s data on foot of a search warrant linked to the election interference case X, the social media network formerly known as Twitter, provided access to at least 32 of Donald Trump’s private messages as part of an investigation into the former US president’s alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to recently unsealed court filings. Separate court documents from August previously stated that federal prosecutors had received “some volume” of Trump’s private messages. The exact number – 32 – was revealed on Friday as part of a court filing submitted…

The Ukrainian leader says he intends to make sure that “European unity” works Kiev will respond if EU countries decide to impose unilateral restrictions on Ukrainian grain in contravention of decisions made in Brussels, President Vladimir Zelensky has said. On Friday, the European Commission opted not to extend a ban on deliveries of Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed, and sunflower seeds to Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovakia. The curbs, which were introduced in May, expired on September 15. While the Bulgarian authorities supported the move, the other four EU member states said they would now introduce restrictions at national level…

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman departed Oman on Saturday after a special visit during which he met Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tarek, the Saudi Press Agency reported. During their private audience, the crown prince conveyed the greetings of King Salman to Sultan Haitham, who also conveyed his greetings to the Saudi leader. The two also reviewed the fraternal relations between the two brotherly countries.  During their meeting, the two leaders held talks during which the fraternal relations between the two brotherly countries were reviewed. The crown prince was in India earlier in the week where he attended the G20…

“There is no need even to explain that this is simple fraud and deception, which is all about dragging normal countries into a totally unrealistic, Russophobic, ultimatum-based contrivance,” the Russian foreign minister stressed The West is resorting to outright deception in its efforts to entice the countries of the global majority to back Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s so-called “peace formula,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. “Lately, they [the Western countries] have started trying to drag the countries of the global majority toward supporting this formula,” the top Russian diplomat said at a roundtable discussion on a potential…

According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it is Turkish priority “to hold trilateral talks as planned earlier” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that he had offered to Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia to hold a top-level four-party meeting on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. “Yes, it is our priority to hold trilateral talks as planned earlier. Yet we also suggested meeting in a four-party format as well. Meaning, myself, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, [Azerbaijani President] Ilham Aliyev and [Armenian Prime Minister Nikol] Pashinyan. I said, let’s get together and discuss the steps that need to be taken. As of now,…

Several residential buildings have been damaged Ukrainian forces have shelled a village in the Kursk Region, a civilian man died from a shrapnel wound, Governor Roman Starovoit said on his Telegram channel. “Today, the village of Plekhovo of the Sudzha District came under shelling from Ukraine. A 30-year-old man died instantaneously from a shrapnel wound. <…> Several residential buildings have been damaged,” the regional governor wrote. Starovoit added that all owners whose property was damaged would be offered help in rebuilding it. Source: TASS

This week, Lampedusa’s migration center, originally designed for fewer than 400 people, was overwhelmed as approximately 8,500 individuals arrived between Monday and Wednesday, exceeding the entire local population. EU leader Ursula von der Leyen is scheduled to visit the Italian island of Lampedusa alongside Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni this weekend following a surge in migrant arrivals. Meloni has urged Brussels to provide assistance in response to the recent landing of around 8,500 individuals over three days this week on Lampedusa, located just 90 miles (145 kilometers) off Tunisia’s coast. An EU official confirmed von der Leyen’s upcoming visit to AFP but did not…

Alrosa has a share of about 30% in the global diamond market, and more than 90% of diamonds are cut in India, so “it is quite difficult to imagine the exclusion of Russian diamonds from the global industry,” Boris Krasnozhenov, head of the securities markets analytics department at Alfa Bank, said MOSCOW, September 16. /TASS/. It will be quite difficult to exclude Russian diamonds from the global industry, Boris Krasnozhenov, head of the securities markets analytics department at Alfa Bank, told TASS. The relevant sanctions from the EU and G7 countries will require resources to develop a system for global…

The nomination for the Sokhranovka gas pumping station has been rejected MOSCOW, September 16. /TASS/. Gazprom supplies gas for Europe through Ukraine in the volume of 41.5 mln cubic meters (mcm) per day via the Sudzha gas pumping station in Russia’s Kursk Region, a Gazprom representative told reporters, adding that the request for pumping through Sokhranovka had been rejected by the Ukrainian side. “Gazprom supplies Russian gas for transit through Ukrainian territory in the volume confirmed by the Ukrainian side via the Sudzha gas pumping station – 41.5 mln cubic meters as of September 16. The nomination for the Sokhranovka…