Author: Steven Sahiounie

Fears grew on Friday of a cholera outbreak in the flood-ravaged city of Derna in eastern Libya as rescue workers struggled to cope with thousands of corpses washing up from the sea or decaying under rubble. UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said Libya needed equipment to find people trapped in sludge and damaged buildings, primary health care to prevent disease. “Priority areas are shelter, food, key primary medical care because of the worry of cholera, the worry of lack of clean water,” he said.Swathss of Derna were obliterated by flooding on Sunday night that brought down whole buildings while families…

President Mahmoud Abbas said today the Palestinian people are determined to continue their legitimate struggle to realize their rights, foremost of which is the right to achieve an independent State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital. Addressing the Group of 77 and China Summit held in the Cuban capital Havana, the President said, “The Palestinian people, with the support of the Group of 77 and China, which we had the honor of chairing in 2019, are determined to overcome the historical injustice that has stifled their development and hindered their aspirations for a century. As we speak, Israel’s…

Dozens of Palestinians were injured this morning after an Israeli army raid of the northern West Bank town of Beita, south of Nablus, according to medical and local sources. The Palestinian Red Crescent said its crews treated more than 60 cases in Beita following confrontations with the raiding Israeli forces, two of them from falling and one from burns, while the rest were treated for inhaling the toxic tear gas that prompted the evacuation of two families from their homes due to the gas. Residents told WAFA that the Israeli occupation forces stormed Beita at one o’clock in the morning,…

The Russian President reiterated Moscow’s readiness for talks with Ukraine and called on the Kiev authorities to “stop dancing to the tune of others” As many as 300,000 volunteers have signed contracts with the Russian army since the beginning of this year, so Russia doesn’t need to recruit foreign mercenaries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday during his meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. He reiterated Moscow’s readiness for talks with Ukraine and called on the Kiev authorities to “stop dancing to the tune of others.” Below are Putin’s key remarks. About talks with UkraineMoscow has “never refused to…

The Russian leader noted that Washington considered the use of such munitions as a crime, but at the same time “it feels free to do it, and this is the main problem of today’s international relations” Cluster munitions are used in the widest possible way in the zone of the special military operation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said while answering journalists’ questions during a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Asked whether the Ukrainian side was now using cluster munitions on the battlefield, Putin replied: “They are being used, and in the widest possible way.” “But I have already commented…

The Group 77 and China Summit activities started Friday in the Cuban capital of Havana with the participation of Syria and more than 133 other states. Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel stressed in the opening session of the summit the necessity of boosting the economic growth and achieving social justice across the globe in addition to giving all population worldwide the opportunity to prosper. President Canel denounced the continuation of the unjust US sanctions being imposed on his country since decades, calling for lifting them. He touched upon several challenges being faced by peoples due to unjust international standards, adding that…

Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Haydar Ali Ahmad, demanded the immediate, complete and unconditional lifting of the unilateral coercive measures imposed on the Syrian people. This position of the diplomat was expressed in a statement he delivered before the Human Rights Council, which dedicated its session to an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur in charge of studying the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights. “We thank Alena Douhan,UN Special Rapporteur, for her report on her visit to Syria, and welcome her objective analysis and professional…

The North Korean leader’s train arrived at the Artyom railway station, 45 kilometers from Vladivostok North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in in Russia’s Primorye region, a TASS correspondent reported. The North Korean leader’s train arrived at the Artyom railway station, 45 kilometers from Vladivostok. Russia’s Natural Resources Minister Alexander Kozlov, and the Governor of the Primorye region Oleg Kozhemyako met him at the platform. Schoolchildren from school No 7 in the settlement of Artemovsky greeted the North Korean leader with flowers. Mathematics teacher Evgenia Shelupaiko told reporters that these are the children and grandchildren of power engineers…

It is noted that Russia’s Amur Region will attract the largest volume of investments after the EEF of $1.8 bln MOSCOW, September 15. /TASS/. Some 373 agreements worth 3.8 trillion rubles ($39.5 bln) were concluded at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev told a press conference. “Some 373 agreements worth 3.8 trillion rubles were signed. We don’t say that <…> projects worth 3.8 trillion rubles will be implemented <…> we usually have the yield of around 70%,” he said. Russia’s Amur Region will attract the largest…

The Russian leader would inform Lukashenko about completion of the budget drafting process in detail SOCHI, September 15. /TASS/. The situation in the Russian economy is stable and sound, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko. “You and I continue contacts, consultations on our relations and on cooperation, first of all in the economy. All is stable here, developing soundly,” Putin said, adding that he would inform Lukashenko about completion of the budget drafting process in detail. “Here everything is stable, sound,” the Russian president noted. The state of the Russian economy influences cooperation…