Author: Steven Sahiounie

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…

Israel made a costly “strategic mistake” by assassinating Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week, Iran’s interim foreign minister has said. “The act that the Zionists carried out in Tehran was a strategic mistake because it will cost them gravely,” said Ali Bagheri Kani, speaking one day after attending an extraordinary session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in the Saudi city of Jeddah. Haniyeh, the chief of Hamas political bureau, and one of his bodyguards were assassinated in the Iranian capital last week. Following the assassination, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) stated that Haniyeh was martyred by…

Various aspects of struggle against terrorism have become the topic of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with permanent members of the Security Council. Putin announced plans for discussing these issues at the beginning of the in-person meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence near Moscow. “On today’s agenda of the meeting with permanent members of the Security Council there is a very important issue concerning certain aspects of the struggle against terrorism,” Putin said and passed the floor to FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov to make a report. The meeting was attended by Deputy Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev, Security Council Secretary Sergey…

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday called for an end to the fighting in Gaza, saying France was lending its “full support” to mediation efforts in the war between Israel and Hamas.“The war in Gaza must stop,” Macron wrote on X. “This must be clear to everyone.”An end of hostilities was “crucial for the people of Gaza, for the hostages, and for the stability of the region, which is at stake today.” On Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Israel had agreed to resume Gaza ceasefire talks on August 15 at the request of US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators.US,…

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