Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs today condemned Papua New Guinea’s opening of an embassy in Jerusalem, describing it as a violation of international law. Foreign Ministry spokesman Sinan al-Majali said in a statement that opening the embassy in Jerusalem is unacceptable and condemned, and a blatant and grave violation of international law and United Nations resolutions. He stressed that any measures or decisions aimed at changing the status of Jerusalem or its legal status are invalid, illegitimate, and without legal effect, indicating that the only way to achieve a just and comprehensive peace is through the…

The Arab League Council, which met in Cairo at the level of Arab foreign ministers, called for supporting Palestine’s efforts to obtain full membership in the United Nations, calling on the member states of the Security Council to accept this membership, and calling on the states that have not yet recognized the state of Palestine to recognize it and to adopt and support the right of the State of Palestine to join international organizations and conventions, with the aim of strengthening its legal and international standing to achieve its independence and sovereignty over its occupied land. In its decisions issued…

This decision stems from the wish to give the AU members a greater say on global issues The G20 member-countries have agreed to grant the status of a permanent member to the African Union, the Bloomberg news agency quotes sources as saying. This decision is expected to be announced on September 9-10 during the G20 summit in India. The AU will have the same status as the European Union, the agency says. This decision stems from the wish to give the AU members a greater say on global issues. On June 18, Times of India, citing official sources, reported that Indian Prime…

No damage or casualties were preliminarily reported from the site where the fragments hit the ground, Sergey Sobyanin said A drone was shot down by the air defense system in the Moscow Region’s Ramensky district, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on Thursday. “This night, air defense forces thwarted a drone attack on Moscow. No damage or casualties were preliminarily reported from the site where the fragments hit the ground,” he wrote on his official Telegram channel. Apart from that, two drones were shot down in Russia’s southern city of Rostov-on-Don on Thursday night. According to the Rostov region governor, Vasily Golubev,…

According to Director of the UN Information Center in Moscow Vladimir Kuznetsov, now this figure stands at about 3% MOSCOW, September 6. /TASS/. The situation with food security may worsen by 2030, when 8% of the world population may face hunger, up from the current 3%, Director of the UN Information Center in Moscow Vladimir Kuznetsov said during a round table of the Ecumene Discussion Club dedicated to food security issues. “The global organization (the United Nations — TASS) forecasts that unfortunately, the situation will worsen by 2030, when about 8% of the population might face hunger, whereas now this figure stands at about 3%,” he said. According to Kuznetsov, the world “is at a turning point” in achieving…

Consumer prices increased by 0.11% MOSCOW, September 6. /TASS/. Annual inflation in Russia from August 29 to September 4 accelerated to 5.19% against 5.03% a week earlier, the Ministry of Economic Development said on Wednesday. “In the week of August 29 to September 4, 2023, consumer prices increased by 0.11%. Inflation was 5.19% year-on-year. Price growth in the food category climbed (0.12%), while deflation was restrained by fruit and vegetable goods (1.3%) and a continuous rise in prices for other food products (0.24%)ю Non-food costs increased by 0.41%, mainly to sustained price increases in electrical and domestic appliances, as well…

BAGHDAD: Iraqi oil flows to Turkiye are not expected to resume before October, when Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will likely visit Baghdad, sources said, after the trip originally scheduled for August was postponed. Turkiye halted Iraqi northern oil export flows on March 25 after an arbitration ruling by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) ordered Ankara to pay Baghdad damages of $1.5 billion for unauthorized exports by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) between 2014 and 2018. In April, Iraq petitioned a US federal court to enforce the ICC arbitration award. A lack of progress on resolving this litigation was one…

DUBAI: Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. said on Wednesday it had reached a final investment decision to develop the Habshan carbon capture project. The carbon capture, utilization and storage project will have the capacity to capture and permanently store 1.5 million tons of carbon dioxide a year, ADNOC said in a statement. ADNOC brought forward its net zero carbon emissions target by five years to 2045 in July as the UAE prepares to host a major UN climate conference in December. The Habshan project will triple the state oil giant’s carbon capture capacity to 2.3 million tons per year. The…

NEW DELHI: Oil prices reversed course on Wednesday after rising over 1 percent in the previous session, as investors shrugged off jitters arising from supply cuts from Saudi Arabia and Russia and a firm dollar capped the upside, according to Reuters. Brent crude futures were down by 9 cents to $89.95 a barrel at 9:57 a.m. Saudi time. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures traded at $86.60 a barrel, also down 9 cents. Against a basket of currencies, the dollar was at 104.69, not far off the six-month high of 104.90 touched overnight. A stronger dollar can weigh on oil…

RIYADH: Saudi Aramco raised the October official selling prices for the flagship Arab light crude it sells to Asia to plus $3.60 a barrel versus the Oman/Dubai average, the oil company announced on Wednesday. The top oil exporter set its Arab Light OSP to Northwest Europe at $5.70 a barrel against ICE Brent for October and to the US at $7.45 versus ASCI. Saudi Arabia and Russia on Tuesday extended their voluntary oil cuts to the end of the year, the former to the tune of 1 million barrels per day and the latter by 300,000 bpd. These are on top…