Author: Steven Sahiounie

Rice prices surge to a 15-year high due to India’s export restrictions and the adverse weather which is impacting agriculture in Thailand. Rice prices have soared to their highest levels in almost 15 years following export restrictions imposed by India, the world’s largest rice exporter, RT reported.  This price surge, coupled with adverse weather conditions in Southeast Asia, is posing a potential threat to crop production and food security, and raising concerns about the international supply of rice. The price surge was triggered by India’s announcement in late July to limit shipments of non-basmati white rice. This decision aimed to curb rising…

The Global Times says China is on its path toward stable economic recovery as the country emerges from economic woes and re-establishes itself on the global arena as the United States tries to undermine its economic recovery. The Global Times says China is on its path toward stable economic recovery as the country emerges from economic woes and re-establishes itself on the global arena as the United States tries to undermine its economic recovery. The United States on Thursday announced that it was restricting US investments in numerous high-tech industries in China in a bid to tighten the noose around…

Armenia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Mher Margaryan asked the organization to provide the possibility to participate in the Security Council’s meeting to the Armenian delegation Yerevan has addressed the UN asking to hold an emergency meeting of the Security Council for discussing the humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “On August 11, the Republic of Armenia turned to the UN Security Council asking to convene an emergency meeting due to deterioration of humanitarian situation as a result of a forced full blockage of civilian population of Nagorno-Karabakh,” the statement…

Though the UN operation has averted the immediate threat of an environmental disaster, a second step is still required to clean and scrap the vessel. The United Nations claimed on Friday that it had finished the removal of around one million barrels of oil from a deteriorating tanker stranded off the coast of Yemen. “It is a major moment of having averted a potentially catastrophic disaster,” Achim Steiner, administrator of the UN’s Development Programme, which oversaw efforts to salvage the oil, said via Reuters. For years, UN officials and activist organizations have warned that the deteriorating Safer vessel off Yemen’s Red Sea coast…

In a tweet on Saturday, Mohammad Reza Farzin wrote that all of Iran’s currency resources seized in South Korea were released and they will be used for purchasing non-sanctioned goods. “I seize this opportunity to thank the currency diplomacy team of the country due to their success in unfreezing Iran’s assets. Undoubtedly, what has been obtained is beyond the available analysis and of course, this trend will continue,” the CBI governor wrote, FARS news agency reported. It is necessary to emphasize that, unfortunately, nearly $7 billion of country’s foreign exchange resources had been deposited in South Korean banks in the form of…

Iran’s natural gas exports in 2022 registered a two-percent decline compared to the same period last year, OPEC added. Iran ranked among the world’s top 20 natural gas exporters. The country exported 18.8 billion cubic meters of this product in 2022. Iran had exported over 18.4 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2021. With the export of 195 billion cubic meters of gas, the United States was the largest exporter of natural gas in the world in 2022 due to the Ukraine war. Before the start of the war in Ukraine, the Russian Federation was the largest exporter of natural gas in…

US Attorney General Merrick Garland has named David Weiss a special counsel, giving him more investigative autonomy The lead prosecutor handling the criminal investigation of US President Joe Biden’s son has been given special counsel status. The appointment potentially brings extra investigatory powers to the ongoing probe, after a federal judge rejected a plea deal that would have enabled Hunter Biden to avoid jail time on tax and gun charges. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the decision to appoint David Weiss, US attorney for the district of Delaware, as special counsel on Friday. Weiss said in a court filing earlier in the day…

Damascus,SANA- “Made in Syria” exhibition for clothing, textiles and production supplies of Autumn and Winter 2023, kicked off Thursday with the participation of 85 national companies on Damascus Fairgrounds. The exhibition is organized by the Syrian Exporters Association, the chambers of industry and commerce in cooperation with the Syrian Exporters Association for clothing and textile. Minister of Industry, Abdul Qader Jokhadar said that the exhibition includes industrialists from various Syrian governorates, especially Aleppo, who is participating in national products of men’s, women’s and children’s clothing, in addition to leather industries, as a dedication to the slogan “Made in Syria.” The…

Palmyra, SANA- Al-Biyarat al-Gharbiyah in Tadmou (Palmyra) countryside has witnessed a bumper harvest of wheat and barley crops. The quantities harvested by farmers and handed over to grain silos and the General Organization for Seed Multiplication reached up 11,542 tons of wheat and 23 tons of barley, according to the head of the Department of Agriculture of Palmyra, Ahmed Yusuf. Yusuf said that during the next season’s plan ,legume crops will be introduced to improve the chemical properties of the soil and encourage farmers to grow these important crops for the region. Shaza Qreima Source: Sana News

Iran denounced a deadly attack by the Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorist group on Syrian soldiers as a complementary move to the Israeli regime’s violation of Syria’s territorial integrity. In a statement released on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a bus carrying Syrian troops in eastern Syria, offering Iran’s condolences to the Syrian army, nation and government. He blamed the soaring terrorist attacks in Syria in recent months on the “continuation of intelligence, security and logistical support for the terrorists” that are provided with the purpose of undermining stability, calm and security in Syria.…