Author: Steven Sahiounie

CAIRO: Funding activity flourished in the Middle East and North Africa region, driven largely by Saudi and Egyptian startups.

Concentrated supply chain has prompted Saudi Arabia, under its Vision 2030 initiative, to heavily invest in developing local semiconductor manufacturing capabilities

This figure underscores the Kingdom’s significant role in global remittance flows and is a testament to the economic dynamics influencing the region

China has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the European Union’s imposition of provisional additional tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs) made in the Asian country.

France today condemned the Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza City which resulted in the killing of at least 100 Palestinian civilians. “For several weeks, school buildings have been repeatedly targeted, with an intolerable number of civilian victims,” the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs said. “Israel must respect international humanitarian law,” it added. Israel has proceeded with its genocidal offensive on the war-torn Strip in complete disregard of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered Israel in a legally binding decision to halt its military offensive in Rafah, which may violate its obligations under the Genocide…

Syria condemned a massacre committed by Israeli occupation entity against Tabeen school housing displaced people in central Gaza Strip, resulting in the martyrdom of more than 100 Palestinians, including children, women and elderly, and the injury of tens. The Israeli occupation has been continuing to commit crimes of genocide against the defenseless Palestinian people for more than ten months amidst a state of international inability and paralysis to take any action to stop the Israeli killing machine due to the Western protection for this criminal entity, Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. Syria reiterates that the…

The Palestinian group has released a statement condemning Israel’s killing of more than 100 people in Gaza City in attacks on a school-turned-shelter for the displaced. “The massacre perpetrated in the Gaza Strip by the hands of the Neo-Nazis in the center of Gaza City constitutes a horrific crime and represents a grave escalation in the unprecedented series of crimes and massacres in the history of wars”, the statement reads. In response to Israel’s claims that the school was being used as a Hamas command centre, the group said that these justifications are false and “excuses to target civilians, schools,…

Israel’s military has issued another statement defending its attack on Gaza City’s al-Tabin school, claiming without evidence it served as an “active compound” of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. In the latest statement, the military said it had intelligence indicating there were 20 Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters, including senior commanders, operating from the school. It also said that the civilian casualty toll given by Gaza’s media office – now at over 100 killed – is “exaggerated”. As we’ve been reporting, dead and critically wounded victims, including women and children, are pouring into Al-Ahli Arab Hospital with severe shrapnel…

In a devastating early morning attack, over 100 civilians have been killed and dozens more injured following an Israeli airstrike on the al-Tabin School in the Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City.  The school, which was housing displaced families, was hit by Israeli warplanes while residents were performing the dawn prayers. Local sources report that the airstrike occurred during the early hours of the morning, targeting the al-Tabin school as its occupants gathered for their morning prayers.  The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in 39,699 documented Palestinian fatalities, mostly women and children, in…

US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris addressed her stance on a Gaza ceasefire last night, after pro-Palestine protesters broke into her speech with chants of “free, free Palestine”. Speaking to the protesters in Arizona, Harris said: “I have been clear: now is the time to get a ceasefire deal and get the hostage deal done.” She added: “The president and I are working around the clock every day to get that ceasefire deal done and bring the hostages home. So, I respect your voices, but we are here to now talk about this race in 2024.” This was Harris’s second…