Author: Steven Sahiounie

The flames destroyed hundreds of buildings in a matter of hours At least 36 people have died as wildfires ravaged the Hawaiian island of Maui on Wednesday, local authorities said. More than 10,000 people were evacuated, as some desperate tourists jumped into the ocean to escape the devastation. Multiple brush fires began burning on the island on Tuesday, spreading rapidly as they were fanned by winds from Hurricane Dora hundreds of miles to the south. Within a matter of hours, the fires had advanced across western Maui, with one destroying the historic oceanside town of Lahaina and forcing those trapped…

A poll shows that the Conservative Party will only hold 90 seats in next year’s parliamentary elections, dealing the UK ruling party a major blow In a recent poll conducted by Find Out Now and Electoral Calculus, the UK Conservative Party is poised for a significant defeat in the upcoming election. The poll predicts that they are likely to secure only 90 seats out of the total 650 in the UK House of Commons. In stark contrast, the Labour Party is projected to achieve an impressive victory, with the poll indicating that they could secure a landslide win, securing 461…

KCNA provided no explanation on the reasons for the move, however, it’s been reported that Pyongyang’s Defense Minister will fill in his position in the meantime. Korean Central News Agency KCNA said on Thursday that DPRK leader Kim Jong Un had fired the military’s top general and ordered increased preparations for the potential of war, an increase in weapon manufacturing, and an extension of military exercises. Kim delivered the remarks at the Workers’ Party of Korea’s (WPK) 8th Central Military Commission’s 7th Enlarged Meeting. Without going into any detail, KCNA said that Pak Su Il, the head of the General Staff, was fired by Kim during…

Following the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, Ecuadorian National Electoral Council head Diana Atamaint, says the presidential election date will not change. A state of emergency has been announced by Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso, on Thursday, for 60 days after the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio earlier on Wednesday. Villavicencio was shot dead during a rally in Quito, Equador, according to Lasso, who declared the state of emergency and then added that “From now on, the armed forces are mobilized throughout the country to guarantee the security of citizens, the tranquility of the country and free and democratic elections.”…

The Israeli occupation arrests of Palestinians in occupied Al-Quds in 2023 account for 47% of total arrests across the entire occupied territories. The Israeli occupation entity has ramped up its Judaization plans in occupied Al-Quds, having issued 877 forced-expulsion orders since the beginning of 2023 against Palestinians residing in the city, the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies revealed on Wednesday. According to the Center, most residents targeted by the decisions live in the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Holy Mosque, the Old City, and their surrounding areas. Arrests against Palestinian residents of occupied Al-Quds have escalated within the same period as well…

“The EU is blackmailing our key partners, including those from the Central Asian countries, with ‘secondary’ measures. There is no other term for this than ‘sanctions terrorism,'” Mikhail Galuzin said he EU obsessively attempts to sow discord in Russia’s relations with other CIS countries, but Moscow is confident in its neighbors and that the EU’s efforts will not affect cooperation with them, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said in an interview with TASS. “In Brussels, they are obsessed with trying to sow discord in Russia’s relations with its allies and neighbors. The 11th package [of sanctions] adopted by the…

Less than two weeks before the election, an Ecuadorian presidential candidate is killed amid a rise in violent and organized crime in a South American nation. Just days before an election whose main topic is the country’s fall into violence and crime, Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot and killed as he exited a campaign event in Quito. Social media videos depict Villavicencio, a former journalist who was outspoken about the alleged connections between organized crime and politics, encircled by supporters and being accompanied by security guards to a waiting vehicle when gunshots ring out, and people begin to…

The move will usher in a parliamentary election that will exclude the country’s most popular politician Imran Khan who is currently jailed for over 200 charges. Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi ordered the dissolution of the country’s parliament late on Wednesday, which will allow the caretaker government to usher in elections as its ex-Prermier Iran Khan remains imprisoned. A statement from the office of Pakistan’s President said he had disbanded parliament following the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who was quoted saying, “This country cannot progress until we have national unity.” The decision came three days ahead of the Parliament’s…

One was downed in the Kaluga Region and the other near the Central Ring Road federal highway, Sergey Sobyanin said The Russian Air Defense Forces shot down two military strike drones that targeted the Russian capital of Moscow at around 4:00 p.m., Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on Thursday. “In the early hours of Thursday, at about 4:00 a.m., the Air Defense forces shot down two military strike drones that were en route to Moscow. One was downed in the Kaluga Region and the other near the Central Ring Road [federal highway],” Sobyanin said. Source: Tass

Mikhail Galuzin also added that Kiev’s Western sponsors should stop “pumping up the Ukrainian military with weapons” A peaceful settlement in Ukraine is possible only if Kiev stops hostilities and terrorist attacks, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin told TASS on Thursday. “On our behalf, we continue maintaining our principled stance that a comprehensive, sustainable and just settlement is possible only if the Kiev regime stops the hostilities and terrorist attacks, while its Western sponsors stop pumping up the Ukrainian military with weapons,” Galuzin said in an interview with TASS. According to the Russian diplomat, “the original foundations of Ukraine’s…