Author: Steven Sahiounie

In July, the Israeli occupation authorities and forces demolished, confiscated, or forced people to demolish 54 structures in East Jerusalem and Area C of the West Bank, including 20 homes, citing the lack of Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible to obtain, and killed 10 Palestinians, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory. As a result of the demolitions, 66 Palestinians, including 34 children, were displaced, and the livelihoods of more than 795 others were affected, it said in its Protection of Civilians report covering the period between…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa thanks Russia for the grain supplies, reaffirming that the war in Ukraine has negatively affected the African continent and must come to an end. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa voiced African countries’ gratitude during the Russian- African summit after Russia announced its free grain supplies offer. Ramaphosa reaffirmed that African delegations had not headed to St. Petersburg to request free grain supplies, but rather Ramaphosa told Putin, “We feel that we have a right to call for peace – the ongoing conflict also negatively affects us.” Moscow’s decision, however, was welcomed and greatly appreciated. The…

President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to arrive in Cairo today where he will chair tomorrow a meeting for the heads of the Palestinian factions, according to Palestine’s ambassador to Egypt Diab al-Louh. He said the President, during this two-day visit, will also meet with his Egyptian counterpart Abdul Fattah al-Sisi during which they will discuss the latest political developments and efforts to revive the peace process, as well as Egypt’s efforts to end the intra-Palestinian division. The meeting of the heads of the factions is expected to discuss national unity and ending the 17-year-long division. Source; WAFA

ABC reported citing its sources, the military aid will be provided from the US Defense Department reserves Washington provides $345 million worth of military aid to Taiwan, US President Joe Biden said in a statement published Friday. “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, […] I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State […] to direct the drawdown of up to $345 million in defense articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training, to provide assistance to Taiwan,” the statement reads. ABC reported…

It is reported that Russia honors the memory of prominent African fighters for freedom and national leaders Some manifestations of colonialism persist, and the policy is still being practiced by former colonial powers, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a plenary meeting of the Russia-Africa Summit on Friday. “Unfortunately, some manifestations of colonialism persist and are still being practiced by former colonial powers, in particular in the economic, information and humanitarian spheres,” the Russian leader lamented. Meanwhile, “the era of hegemony of one or several countries is receding into the past,” Putin said. “However, not without resistance on the part…

Scores of Palestinians in the Arab towns of Jisr az-Zarqa and Fureidis in 1948-occupied Palestine demonstrated this evening in condemnation of the failure of the Israeli police to put an end to crime in the Arab-majority communities in the country. During the protests, demonstrators raised banners holding the Israeli Police responsible for criminality in the Arab sector and even collaboration with criminal gangs. They also raised pictures of victims of domestic crimes that took place over the last few months. Since the beginning of this year, 125 Palestinians have been killed in criminal incidents inside 1948-occupied Palestine , in an unprecedented increase…

The U.S. has expressed its concerns by the far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s provocative visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Thursday morning. “We absolutely are concerned by today’s visit to Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem,” Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, Vedant Patel, told reporters, reaffirming the U.S. position in support of the historic status quo of holy sites. “We underline Jordan’s special role in Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem,” Patel added. “Any unilateral action or rhetoric that deviates or jeopardizes the status quo is completely unacceptable.” Türkiye, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar…

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulates the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on its victory in the Korean War 70 years ago. Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kim Jong Un, on the momentous occasion of the 70th anniversary of “the victory of the Korean people” in the Korean War of 1950-1953, the Kremlin said on Thursday. In the congratulatory message, President Putin addressed Kim and expressed his heartfelt felicitations on the milestone anniversary of the Patriotic War of Liberation, highlighting the historical significance of the shared combat brotherhood between the two…

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dismissed the possibility when asked by journalists White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has vigorously denied suggestions that US President Joe Biden could pardon his son, Hunter Biden, who faces charges of tax evasion and illegal gun possession. “From [a] presidential perspective, is there any possibility that the president would end up pardoning his son?” Jean-Pierre was asked by a journalist during her daily briefing on Thursday. “No,” she replied. The reporter then tried to extract a more detailed answer, to which Jean-Pierre reiterated: “I just said no. I just answered.” The White House official declined to say if…

In his greeting message, the Russian foreign minister noted that this summit is called to specify priority areas of Russian-African cooperation and give it an extra impetus for years to come Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his counterparts from 31 African countries participating in the second Russia-Africa summit and economic-and-humanitarian forum discussed ways of strengthening mutually beneficial partnership as well as broaching international problems, the Russian foreign ministry said on Friday. “A wide range of problems of the invigoration of the process of forming a new, polycentric world order were the focus of the meeting, where top diplomats from…