Author: Steven Sahiounie

Telephone conversations between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin could take place in the near future, but there is no specific date for the negotiations yet, a source in Erdogan’s administration told Sputnik, adding that the leaders will discuss the grain deal. Last Monday, Putin and Erdogan met in the Russian city of Sochi to discuss the situation around the grain deal and other issues. “Mr. President [Erdogan] intends to discuss with the respected Russian leader the results of his negotiations on the grain deal with Western leaders at the G20 summit in India to move…

The body of a second pilot was found after an AeroGulf helicopter crashed into the sea off the coast of Umm Al-Quwain emirate during a training mission on Thursday evening, UAE’s General Aviation Authority said on Monday.The search teams found the body of the first pilot and parts of the wrecked aircraft on Friday. One of the pilots of the Bell 212 helicopter is Egyptian and the other is South African, the aviation regulator said.“Investigations are still underway,” the authority said. Source: Arab News

The US leader says his recent meeting with China’s premier was “not confrontational” US President Joe Biden has said that he does not want to “contain China,” and revealed that he had a meeting with Beijing’s second-highest official at the G20 summit. “I don’t want to contain China,” Biden told reporters at a news conference in Hanoi, Vietnam on Sunday. “I just want to make sure that we have a relationship with China that is on the up and up squared away, everybody knows what it’s all about.” The US president revealed that he had spoken with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of…

The Brazilian leader says the Russian president will not be detained under his watch Brazil will ignore the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant on Vladimir Putin, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said. He added that the Russian president can visit his country without fear of detention. “I believe that Putin can easily [go] to Brazil,” Lula told Indian website Firstpost on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi. “What I can say to you is that if I’m president of Brazil, and he comes to Brazil, there’s no way he will be arrested.” In March 2023, The Hague-based…

The Israeli occupation forces today detained at least 20 Palestinians in raids across the occupied territories, most of them from the Hebron area in the south of the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and other sources. The sources said 11 were detained from different areas in the Hebron governorates, four of them from the city of Hebron, one each from Dura, Sair, and Beit Ummar, and two each from Beit Kahel and Surif. Almost all of them are students at the University of Hebron. Three were also rounded up at their homes in the Jerusalem district, one of…

During the last 48 hours, Apple’s market capitalization has experienced a decline exceeding 6%, translating to an approximate loss of $200 billion (£160 billion). Apple’s shares have experienced a second consecutive day of decline in response to reports indicating that Chinese government employees have been prohibited from using iPhones. In the past two days, the tech company’s stock market value has dropped by over 6%, equivalent to nearly $200 billion (£160 billion). China stands as Apple’s third-largest market, contributing 18% of its total revenue last year. Additionally, the majority of Apple’s products are manufactured by its primary supplier, Foxconn, in China.…

As many as 2,499,114 voters voted for the incumbent Moscow Mayor Incumbent Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin garnered 76.39% of the vote in the Russian capital, with 100% of results protocols from polling stations counted, according to the Russian Central Election Commission. As many as 2,499,114 voters voted for Sobyanin. Leonid Zyuganov, a candidate for the post of Moscow mayor from the Communist Party, took 8.11% of the vote, running ahead of LDPR’s Boris Chernyshov with 5.61% and Vladislav Davankov from the New People Party with 5.34%. Dmitry Gusev (A Just Russia – Patriots – For the Truth) got 3.93%. Chairwoman…

An attempt of the Kiev regime to make a terrorist attack by fixed-wing type unmanned aerial vehicles against installations on the territory of the Russian Federation was prevented at about 01:20 a.m. Moscow time, the Russian Defense Ministry said Russian air defense systems destroyed two Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod Region, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters. “An attempt of the Kiev regime to make a terrorist attack by fixed-wing type unmanned aerial vehicles against installations on the territory of the Russian Federation was prevented at about 01:20 a.m. Moscow time (22:20 p.m. GMT). Air defense systems on duty destroyed…

Chinese Embassy in Damascus held a reception ceremony on occasion of the 74th anniversary of founding the People’s Republic of China at Dama Rose Hotel in Damascus. Delivering a speech, Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Dr. Fayssal Mikdad said that the Syrian-Chinese relations are historic and always moving forward. He underlined Syria’s support for China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and also for initiatives launched to achieve development, peace and global civilization, especially the Belt and Road Initiative. Mikdad hailed China’s stance towards Syria, which has been exposed to different challenges and difficulties due to the Western sanctions, noting that China did…

The Russian President signs a decree on a temporary measure meant to meet debt obligations under Eurobonds to locals and international creditors. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on a temporary measure meant to meet debt obligations under Eurobonds to locals and foreign creditors on Saturday. The decree detailed that Russia “has the right to send to a non-bank credit institution” an application to open a special type “I” account in the name of a foreign depository in rubles so as to fulfill obligations “under the sovereign bonds of the Russian Federation denominated in foreign currency” to residents and…