Author: Steven Sahiounie

A majority of Democrats have revealed they are concerned about the current president’s ability to successfully complete his duties due to his old age. According to a poll published on Saturday, a majority of Democrats have revealed they are concerned about the current president’s ability to successfully complete his duties given his old age. The Newsweek survey by Redfield and Wilton Strategies indicated that 75% of voters for Biden were “concerned” by the fact that he was 80 years old.  The divide among 1,500 potential voters was bigger on whether his age meant he should not run for reelection in 2024, with…

RIYADH: Oman’s general budget recorded a surplus of 656 Omani million rials ($1.7 billion) at the end of the first half of 2023, compared to a surplus of 784 million rials achieved over the same period in 2022. According to the Fiscal Performance Bulletin issued by the Ministry of Finance, the public revenue amounted to 6.34 billion rials, down by 6 percent when compared to the 6.72 billion rials registered over the same period in 2022. View Post However, the Ministry of Finance by the end of the first half of 2023 repaid more than 507 million rials to the…

RIYADH: Qatar is set to boost the country’s insurance sector by launching a new license to develop policy comparison websites. This license is part of the Qatar Central Bank’s initiative to regulate and license these websites to create a more transparent system for insurance providers. According to the Qatar News Agency, the apex bank stated that the new license aligns with the financial sector development strategy that aims to boost the country’s economic growth. Launched in March, the Qatar Fintech Strategy aims to enhance diversification and innovation in the country’s financial sector in line with the National Vision 2030’s objectives. …

President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday has arrived in Egypt’s coastal resort city of New El-Alamein on an official visit at the invitation of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to participate the Egyptian-Jordanian-Palestinian tripartite summit. Palestine’s ambassador to Egypt, Diab al-Louh, said that the tripartite summit, which brings together Presidents Mahmoud Abbas and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and the Jordanian monarch, King Abdullah II, in the city of El-Alamein, will discuss the various issues at the Arab, regional and international levels in order to unify their positions on how to deal with the political, regional and international movements. The three leaders will also discuss the…

At least six Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli occupation forces last night and this morning across the occupied West Bank, according to local and Palestinian security sources. In Ramallah province, the occupying Israeli army stormed the town of Shukba and arrested two Palestinian young men. A third Palestinian, an 18-year-old teenager, was arrested in the village of al-Mughayir, northeast of Ramallah. In Jenin province, north of the West Bank, an Israeli army force stormed the town of Kafr Ra’I where they arrested a Palestinian young man after raiding and searching his family home. Meantime, confrontations erupted between Israeli occupation…

The current Vice President, Lai Ching-te, of Taiwan, lands in the US in transit to Paraguay as US and China relations decline and tensions increase. On route to Paraguay, Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s vice president and presidential candidate, arrived in New York, US, for a layover. “Happy to arrive at the Big Apple, icon of liberty, democracy & opportunities. It’s very nice of [Taiwan’s representative to US Hsiao] Bikhim and [American Institute in Taiwan] AIT’s Ingrid Larson to greet me with a warm welcome at JFK airport,” said Lai. Moreover, the post noted that Lai is “Looking forward to seeing friends…

Syria strongly condemned imposing new sanctions and restrictions on the friendly Republic of Belarus by Western powers and denounced the hostile statements of Western officials in an attempt to interfere in domestic affairs of Belarus. ‘The measures that Western powers used to impose on every sovereign country, which did not respond to their aims, not only violate the UN Charter, international law, and the principles of sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of states, but also undermine the stability and development of these states, including Belarus’, Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ministry said in a statement. The ministry affirmed that…

Earlier the ECOWAS parliament planned to send a delegation to Niger for talks with rebels The parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has so far been unable to come to terms over the invasion into Niger amid serious disagreements in its ranks, Al Jazeera reported late on Saturday. Earlier, Reuters reported that the ECOWAS parliament planned to send a delegation to Niger for talks with rebels. In late July, a group of military rebels in Niger announced the removal of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum. They then established the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), headed by General…

So far, the fire has killed 89 people as testimonies and official statements show that authorities failed to warn residents of the preventable catastrophe. Vilma Reed first became aware of the impending fire approaching Lahaina when she spotted it just a few meters away from her residence. Much like numerous others who fled the rapidly advancing flames responsible for claiming the lives of at least 89 individuals on Maui, the Hawaiian island, she received no official alert or evacuation directive from US authorities. “You know when we found that there was a fire? When it was across the street from…

China underlines that it would sternly respond to Taiwanese Vice President William Lai making a stop in the United States on his way to Paraguay. China pledged to take “resolute and forceful measures” over the trip made by Taiwanese Vice President William Lai to the United States over the weekend. Lai went Saturday on a trip to the United States over the weekend in a move that further stoked tensions with China, whose officials expressed their dismay with the trip taking place. The trip includes transit stops in New York and San Francisco en route to and from Paraguay, where Lai is…