Author: Steven Sahiounie

United Nations expresses willingness to continue working with parties involved in the Grain Deal. On Friday, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, issued a warning, stressing the critical importance of avoiding any possibility of the Ukrainian conflict spilling over due to a military incident in the Black Sea. She emphasized that all necessary measures must be taken to prevent potentially catastrophic consequences. “We strongly urge restraint from any further rhetoric or action that could deteriorate the already dangerous situation. Any risk of conflict spillover as a result of a military incident in the Black Sea whether intentional…

BRICS continues to expand, as more countries as seeking for a say in international issues that the West-dominated system has denied them. Anil Sooklal, BRICS’ ambassador from South Africa, revealed on Wednesday that twenty-two nations have formally applied to join the BRICS organization, and another twenty-two have informally expressed interest in joining the bloc. Countries such as Saudi Arabia and Iran have formally asked to become BRICS members, Sooklal further said, noting that others have also expressed an interest in joining BRICS, including Argentina, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Egypt, Bahrain and Indonesia. BRICS countries are de-dollarizing trade, as China and Brazil struck a deal…

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity warns of potential suspension of operations at a hospital in Khartoum after their team was violently attacked by militants while transporting medical supplies. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity warned of suspending their work at one of the last two remaining hospitals in south Khartoum after being viciously attacked in Khartoum on Friday. Militants had reportedly threatened and assaulted 18 MSF employees while they were transporting medical supplies to Khartoum’s Turkish Hospital which is located in the southern region of Khartoum that is under the control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). During the attack, MSF…

“Now there is no maritime humanitarian corridor; there are already zones of increased military danger,” Sergey Vershinin said Russia wants ships in the Black Sea to be inspected to make sure they are not being used to carry weapons, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin told a briefing on Friday. Speaking about the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense that Moscow will consider all ships that go to Ukrainian ports along the Black Sea as carriers of military cargo, Vershinin said: “What is meant there is that we must make sure of this, we must check if a ship is…

The president also expects that the project will be implemented with high quality Russian President Vladimir Putin expects that the Arctic LNG 2 liquefied natural gas project will be implemented with high quality and without delays. “The first project was implemented successfully and is functioning. There are all grounds to believe now that the Arctic LNG 2 will also be implemented in time and with required quality,” the Russian leader said. The Arctic LNG 2 is the second LNG project of the Russian gas producer Novatek. It provides for construction of three LNG trains with the capacity of 6.6 mln…

The Russian leader stresses that if Polish units enter Lvov or some other territories in Ukraine, they will be staying put there to remain on the ground “for good” Plans may be in the works to use an intended Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian joint military unit as an occupation force in western Ukrainian territories, and any Polish forces entering Lvov are certain to remain there, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a working meeting of the Security Council. “I cannot but comment on what has just been said [by Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin] and on the press reports that…

China’s Defense Ministry says the drills will help bolster military relations to counter mutual challenges and threats in the region. The joint exercises between China and Russia, dubbed Northern Interaction 2023, reflect important understandings between the leaders of both countries, China’s Defense Ministry said on Friday. “These drills have made it possible to implement in practice an important consensus reached by the leaders of both countries,” the Ministry said in a statement. It noted that these interactions confirm once again the high level of trust and friendly relations between the Chinese and Russian armies. The statement added that the naval drills…

The Turkish President says talks with his Russian counterpart on the initiative are expected to take place during the former’s planned visit to Turkey in August. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he expects to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin soon over the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which will also include Moscow’s issues with the deal. “We maintain relations with Russia … Together with the negotiations, we hope to bring this issue [of the grain deal] to a certain point with Putin in the very near future,” Erdogan told reporters on Friday. The Turkish leader stated that he…

A young Palestinian was killed by Isreali occupation forces as they stormed the village of Um Safa, northwest of Ramallah, in the West Bank. Two serious injuries, shot by the occupation in the head and abdomen, were rushed to Istishari Hospital in the village of Umm Safa, before the doctors announced the death of one of them, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. On Thursday, a Palestinian was killed, and scores were injured in Nablus in the West Bank during a raid by Israeli occupation forces. Source: SANA

Vadim Pristaiko was also dismissed from the position of Ukraine’s permanent representative to the International Maritime Organization Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has dismissed the country’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Vadim Pristaiko, after he described Zelensky’s response to UK Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace as “a little bit of sarcasm.” “To dismiss Vadim Pristaiko from the position of Ukraine’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and from the position of Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization,” said a presidential decree posted on the presidential website on Friday. The…