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The official representative of the department, Maria Zakharova, said that “hypocrisy prevails in the activities of Western structures, the division into good and bad, their own and others’ journalists” Russia still has not heard any reaction from international organizations regarding the assassination of journalist Darya Dugina as well as other ‘atrocities’ committed against media representatives, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday. “A year after Dugina’s tragic death, we still haven’t heard a word from relevant international organizations and human rights institutions on this issue as well as about many other deliberate atrocities against media representatives, whose point…

Five people were slightly injured by shards of glass A Ukrainian drone crashed into the rooftop of a railway station in the central Russian city of Kursk, injuring five people and setting off a fire, Kursk Region Governor Roman Starovoit said. “Ukrainian drone attack in Kursk. According to preliminary information, it crashed into the roof of the railway station building, setting off a fire on the rooftop. Five people were slightly injured by shards of glass,” he said on Telegram. The details of the incident are being verified, according to the official. First responders are at the scene. The railway station…

The much-awaited summit will mark the most impacting meeting the organization has held so far. South Africa’s Johannesburg will be hosting BRICS leaders this week as the bloc eyes placing a number of world-impacting projects in motion as part of plans to steer the global political scene from Western centuries-long hegemony. “The traditional global governing system has become dysfunctional, deficient and missing in action,” Chen Xiaodong, the Chinese ambassador to the capital Pretoria, told reporters on Friday, adding that the group is “increasingly becoming a staunch force in defending international justice.” Chinese President Xi Jinping, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi,…

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology signed on Friday a cooperation agreement on digitization and electronic manufacturing with the Republic of India, reported the Saudi Arabian Press Agency (SPA) The agreement seeks to enhance Saudi-Indian cooperation in the fields of digital infrastructure, e-health, and e-learning, and to strengthen the two countries’ partnership in digital research and innovation and the use of emerging technologies. Through the agreement, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia looks forward to bolstering its role as a regional hub for technology and innovation and an attractive destination for investment. The agreement aims at building robust strategic partnerships…

Moscow rejected the British government’s plea to reverse course on double taxation agreements with “unfriendly states” Russia will not reinstate suspended tax treaties with Western countries until sanctions on Moscow are lifted, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree suspending certain provisions of tax treaties with the United States, several EU countries, and other so-called “unfriendly states” earlier this month. On Friday, the British government urged Russia to reverse its decision, stating that the issue was of the “utmost seriousness” and claiming that the “UK-Russia Convention does not permit this unilateral action.” In its statement, directed at the “unfriendly states” and the UK…

Supplies of sanctioned crude have surged due to hefty discounts, according to Kpler  Exports of US-sanctioned Iranian oil to China surged to a 10-year high in August, Bloomberg reported this week, citing data from commodity intelligence company Kpler. Shipments from Iran are expected to reach 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) this month, the highest since 2013 as rising global prices make the discounted crude more attractive, the outlet said. China imported an average of 917,000 bpd of oil from Iran between January and July this year, Kpler’s estimates showed. As the world’s top crude importer, China has been…

According to the RFI radio station, the meeting with Mohamed Bazoum was attended, among others, by former Nigerian President Abdulsalami Abubakar, who led the delegation Members of the Economic Community of West African States’ delegation to Niamey have met with ousted Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum, the RFI radio station said. According to the newscast, the meeting with Bazoum was attended, among others, by former Nigerian President General Abdulsalami Abubakar, who led the ECOWAS delegation, and the head of the rebel government, Ali Lamine Zaine. The RFI notes that there were no serious discussions at the meeting and that ECOWAS delegates…

Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas, affirmed today that all forms of Israeli settlement activity are illegal according to the resolutions of the international legitimacy. Commenting on far-right and racist Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s plan to legalize 155 unauthorized outposts in the occupied West Bank, Abu Rudeineh said, “Attempts by Israeli occupation authorities and their extremist ministers to confer legitimacy upon any settlement established on the lands of the State of Palestine will not succeed. UN Security Council Resolution 2334 confirms that all settlements are illegal and violate international law, including those in East Jerusalem.” Abu…

Rampaging Israeli settlers attacked passing Palestinian vehicles this evening near the northern entrance of Al-Bireh city, in the middle of the occupied West Bank, causing damage to some of them but no injuries, according to local sources. Dozens of army-guarded settlers gathered near the military checkpoint at the northern entrance to the city, as well as near the village of Beitin to the northeast of the city, and pelted Palestinian vehicles with stones, resulting in damage to several vehicles. No injuries were reported. The latest attack is yet another example of the ongoing suffering faced by Palestinians living under Israeli…

Rafidain Bank in Iraq issued a warning on Saturday to electronic card holders against dealing with unknown parties outside the bank and loans. Transfer site “Al-Sumaria” issued a statement from the bank’s media office, pointing to the spread of fake pages and fake electronic links recently, claiming cooperation with the bank and asking customers to enter to submit requests for personal advances and loans. The statement stressed that the bank does not deal with any entity or institution that promotes advances and loans, and that the promotion of loan operations is carried out only through the bank’s branches. Source: Sputnik