Author: Steven Sahiounie

According to the agency, Ukrainian soldiers fired cluster munitions Four Izvestiya and RIA Novosti reporters were injured in a Ukrainian cluster munitions strike at the Zaporozhye Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday, adding that RIA Novosti reporter Rostislav Zhuravlyov died during evacuation. “At about 12:00 on July 22, 2023, Ukrainian forces carried out an artillery strike at a group of Izvestia and RIA Novosti reporters preparing their reports about Ukrainian cluster munition shellings of Zaporozhye Region settlements. A cluster munitions strike caused various injuries to four reporters,” the Ministry said. The Defense Ministry noted that RIA Novosti reporter Rostislav…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Ariel Sharon, deceased former Israeli Prime Minister, said he was not concerned about Arab countries, or the Palestinians destroying Israel. He said his only fear was that the relationship between Israel and America would change, and the lack of US support for Israel would be the end of the country. US President Joe Biden has denounced the proposed Israeli bill which, according to Biden, threatens stripping Israel from their coveted status as a democracy. Thousands of Israeli citizens are protesting judicial reforms proposed by the extremist government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Street protests…

According to Viacheslav Volodin, the Ukrainian president hopes in this way to be able to stay in power longer Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is carrying out “polonization” of Ukraine in hopes that this would allow him to stay in power for longer, Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on his Telegram channel. “Zelensky is carrying out a process of polonization [capture of Ukraine by Poland – TASS] of his country, hoping that, in return, his masters [Washington and Brussels – TASS] will allow him to stay in power for longer,” he said. To that extent, a law was adopted that…

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) says DPRK launched multiple cruise missiles toward the Sea of Japan around 4:00 am local time. DPRK launched multiple cruise missiles toward the Sea of Japan in the early hours of Saturday, as per South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). Both South Korea and the United States are currently analyzing the launches, which occurred around 4:00 am local time, to gather information about the missiles and other pertinent details. This recent launch took place just three days after DPRK fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan. Prior to that, on July 12, DPRK had carried…

A citizen died and twenty-four others were injured in a fire that broke out at Ibn Rushd Hospital in Abasid neighborhood of Damascus. “At about 2:30 a.m. a fire broke out in a room in the vicinity of the patient sections of Ibn Rushd Hospital for Psycholigcal Disorders in Damascus, immediately, the hospital cadres, ambulance and emergency system, the fire brigade and the civil defense rushed, and the fire was extinguished within less than half an hour and prevented it from spreading to the neighborhood,” Health Ministry said in a statement on Telegram. The ministry added that the fire claimed…

The UAE foreign ministry says it handed the Swedish charge d’affaires an official note of protest against the repeated violation of Islamic sanctities. The United Arab Emirates summoned the top Swedish diplomat in the country on Friday to protest the newest attack on the Quran in Stockholm, the UAE Foreign Ministry confirmed. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Charge d’Affaires at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden to the UAE, and handed her an official note of protest against the repeated attacks and abuses on copies of the Holy Quran committed by extremists in the Kingdom of Sweden,” it…

A letter claims that the presence and movement of the tankers were observed by the UN group of experts. The Group of Seven (G7) nations, the European Union, and three other countries called, in a letter, on China to expel oil tankers from its waters that appear to be allegedly taking fuel to the DPRK in defiance of UN sanctions, AFP reported on Friday. “We have concerns regarding the continuing presence of multiple oil tankers… that use your territorial waters in Sansha Bay as refuge to facilitate their trade of sanctioned petroleum products to the DPRK,” the letter seen by AFP read. Ambassadors from…

Moscow’s deputy permanent representative to the UN reiterates that Russia’s decision to withdraw from the grain deal was a result of unaddressed concerns. Russia’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, has declared that Russia is open to rejoining the grain deal facilitated by the UN and Turkey but under certain conditions. Polyansky emphasized that Russia’s decision to withdraw from the deal, which aimed to unblock agricultural exports, was not unexpected since their concerns had remained unaddressed. The top Russian diplomat underscored the significance of the grain deal for global food supplies and emphasized that Russia would only consider rejoining…

The Israeli occupation forces today detained at least five young Palestinians during raids at their family homes in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian security sources told WAFA that the soldiers detained three teenagers during raids at and searching their family homes in the village of Ibayyat, east of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. The sources also said soldiers broke into homes in the northern West Bank town of Yabad, southwest of Jenin, searched them and detained two young Palestinians. Confrontations broke out during the raid between residents and the soldiers. No injuries were reported. Soldiers raided several towns…

According to Sergei Aksenov, the work of all specialized services is organized Drones attempted to attack infrastructure facilities in Crimea’s Krasnogvardeysky District, Head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov announced Saturday. “The enemy attempted a drone raid at infrastructure facilities in the Krasnogvardeysky District of the Republic of Crimea. Ministry of Emergency Situations employees are currently at the scene for elimination of potential aftermath. All relevant agencies are working on the incident,” Aksyonov said on his Telegram channel. Source: Tass