Author: Steven Sahiounie

China supports Iran in defending its “sovereignty, security and national dignity,” Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi told Iran’s acting foreign minister in a phone call on Sunday, according to a statement by China’s foreign ministry.In the phone call, Wang repeated Beijing’s denunciation of the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31, saying the strike had violated Iran’s sovereignty and threatened regional stability.Iran and the Palestinian group Hamas have accused Israel of carrying out strike that killed Haniyeh.Israel has not claimed or denied responsibility for the killing, which has fueled concern that the war between Israel and Hamas…

Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris has urged the European Union to reconsider its partnership agreement with Israel due to the ongoing human atrocities against civilians in Gaza and elsewhere across occupied Palestine. The Irish leader’s call comes against the backdrop of the deadly Israeli massacre carried out yesterday against displaced families at the Al-Tabi’in School in Gaza City, which resulted in hundreds of innocent civilians killed and injured. “We have all been horrified by the many undoubted war crimes that have been committed in Gaza. There can be no impunity. Those responsible must be held to account,” he affirmed. The…

The Bank of Russia does not aim to stop lending, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia Alexey Zabotkin said

Gazprom supplies gas for Europe through Ukraine in the volume of 39.3 mln cubic meters (mcm) per day via the Sudzha gas pumping station in Russia’s Kursk Region

Italy’s doubling of a “flat” tax on the overseas income of wealthy new residents will curb its tax shelter appeal that risked becoming excessive

RIYADH: Qatar’s construction sector is experiencing robust growth, with the nation documenting a 36 percent month-on-month rise in building permits in July. 

RIYADH: Saudi utility giant ACWA Power has restructured debt and ownership in its Turkish affiliate, converting outstanding loans into equity following an agreement with major lenders and minority shareholders. 

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s non-oil activities saw a 2.2 percent increase in June compared to the previous month, signaling ongoing growth in the Kingdom’s efforts to diversify its economy.  

Brazil has been ramping up purchases of soil enhancers in recent months due to increasingly erratic weather 

In a diplomatic exchange, Iran’s acting Foreign Minister, Ali Bagheri Kani, engaged in a phone conversation with Belgian Foreign Minister Haja Lahbib on Saturday night to discuss the ongoing conflict and Israeli genocide in Gaza. During the call, Bagheri Kani condemned over ten months of aggressive and terrorist actions by Israel in Gaza. He highlighted the recent targeting of a school in Gaza, where innocent people were killed while praying, and pointed to further incidents, including an attack on a residential area in Beirut and the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. These actions, Bagheri Kani argued, have…