Author: Steven Sahiounie

Israeli forces last night shot and detained a Palestinian youth near the military checkpoint of Huwara, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. Ahmad Jibril, head of ambulance and emergency at the Red Crescent, said that an Israeli army force shot a Palestinian youth, injuring him with several bullets. He added that the soldiers assaulted medical staff and prevented them from reaching out to help the injured youth, who was later detained by them. Local sources said that the forces seized the vehicle the injured youth was riding. Source: WAFA

Trump allies quickly jump to the defense to claim that prosecutors were criminalizing free speech, a  similar response was seen in the case of special counsel Jack Smith’s federal election charges. Former US president Donald Trump, alongside 18 of his allies, is facing a racketeering indictment which lists 161 “overt acts” allegedly committed as part of a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election – 12 of those are tweets from Trump’s own Twitter account. Trump allies quickly jumped to the defense to claim that prosecutors were criminalizing free speech, a similar response was seen in the case of special counsel Jack Smith’s federal election…

US President Joe Biden plans to visit Hawaii soon, assuring that his visit will not disrupt ongoing wildfire recovery efforts. In a speech delivered in Milwaukee on Tuesday, US President Joe Biden announced his intention to visit Hawaii soon while ensuring that his presence would not hinder the ongoing recovery efforts from the devastating wildfires. “I don’t want to get in the way… I want to go make sure we got everything they need. Want to be sure we don’t disrupt the ongoing recovery efforts,” Biden said Biden also highlighted his conversation with Hawaiian Governor Josh Green regarding federal support…

The contact group of the Arab League underlines the need for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Syria over a decade after they came into the country. The only solution to the Syrian crisis is political, the participants in the meeting of the Arab League contact group held in Cairo affirmed in their final statement at the conclusion of their meeting, which included Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, as well as the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Lebanon, along with the Secretary-General of the Arab League. The participants emphasized in the statement the need to provide…

Mir cards are currently accepted in Cuba, Venezuela, Abkhazia, Armenia, Belarus, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, South Korea and South Ossetia PATRIOT PARK /Moscow region/, August 15. /TASS/. Laos plans to provide Russian tourists with the possibility of using Mir cards in the country, Director General at the Industry and Commerce Institute of Laos’ Ministry of Industry and Commerce Keomorakoth Sidlakone told TASS on the sidelines of the 11th Moscow Conference on International Security. “Yes, it does,” he said when asked whether the country plans to provide Russian tourists with the possibility of using Mir cards. Mir cards are currently accepted…

According to Azerbaijan State Customs Committee, based on the results of seven months, Russia ranked third among Azerbaijan’s trading partners after Italy and Turkey BAKU, August 15. /TASS/. Trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Russia amounted to $2.445 billion in January-July 2023, which is a 30.6% increase in comparison with the same period last year, Azerbaijan State Customs Committee (SCC) reported. According to the SCC, in January-July, the export of Azerbaijani products to Russia amounted to $711.534 mln (up 50.6% year-on-year), and imports of goods from Russia reached $1.734 billion (up of 23.8% year-on-year). According to the SCC, based on the…

The United States, which lost $5.9 trillion in 2022, tops the list of wealth declines GENEVA, August 15. /TASS/. The total private wealth of the United States decreased by $5.9 trillion in 2022, while Russia ended the year with an increase of $600 billion. The number of dollar millionaires in Russia increased from 351,000 to 408,000 last year, according to a report by the Swiss bank UBS. Globally, “total net private wealth fell by $11.3 trillion (-2.4%) to $ 454.4 trillion at the end of 2022,” the report states. “Much of this decline comes from the appreciation of the US…

The BRICS group of emerging-market nations will discuss deep-ening the use of local currencies in trade between member states at a summit in South Africa next week, the nation’s ambassador to the bloc said. The talks will focus on issues including the establishment of a common payments system, while a technical committee is likely to be formed to start considering a potential joint currency, Anil Sooklal said in an interview at Bloomberg’s Johannesburg office on Monday. There are no plans to discuss replacing the US dollar as the world’s de facto global currency, he said at a conference at the…

Homs, SANA- Minister of Industry, Abdul Qader Jokhadar underlined the importance of continuing the production process in textile factories in Homs province to meet the demand of local market of textile yarns. While inspecting the production process at Al-Waleed Spinning Company, Jokhadar noted that nearly 4700 tons of raw cotton have been secured to be distributed to public sector facilities and securing cotton threads for industrialists. The minister’s tour also included a number of engineering, food and chemical industrial facilities in Homs. Jokhadar noted the progress of work in the yeast factory to ensure the material for bakeries in Syria,…

The parties also noted that cooperation in the field of standardization and conformity assessment of oil and gas equipment could become a new promising area MOSCOW, August 15. /TASS/. Russia and South Africa are negotiating a number of joint projects in the energy sector, including the construction of a gas power plant in that African country. The Russian Energy Ministry announced this following a meeting held by Deputy Energy Minister Sergey Mochalnikov and South African Ambassador to Russia Mzuvukile Jeff Maqetuka. “Our countries are interested in developing mutually beneficial energy cooperation. Today, we are working with our South African partners…