Author: Steven Sahiounie

Kim warned that “very unlucky things will wait for the US” as Pyongyang intends to work on manufacturing and testing “the most overwhelming” nuclear deterrent. Kim Yo Jong, Deputy Department Director of the Worker’s Party of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, condemned a session of the UN Security Council (UNSC) that discussed Pyongyang’s missile launch on July 12 of the UN Security Council (UNSC) dedicated to Pyongyang’s July 12 missile launch. “I express strong displeasure over and scathingly condemn the unfair and prejudiced behavior of the UNSC, which again called into question the DPRK’s exercise of its just right…

Although Erdogan is optimistic that the grain deal may be extended, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says that Russia has made no statement on the matter yet. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan voiced optimism Friday about the possibility of extending the agreement that permits Ukraine to export grain and alleviate a worldwide food crisis. Erdogan told reporters, “We are preparing to welcome Putin in August and we agree on the extension of the Black Sea grain corridor.” The Turkish President stated that he had talked with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the key agreement, which is slated to expire on Monday,…

Palestinian residents of Umm Safa village, northwest of Ramallah, along with the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission and many popular resistance activists, managed today to remove the Israeli settlement outpost erected by settlers on the village lands two weeks ago. The commission stated in a statement that popular and mass activities began from the first moment settlers established the outpost on the village land, which as a result claimed the life of a Palestinian youth after an Israeli soldier shot him directly during confrontations that erupted there in protest of the outpost. In the meantime, activists managed in the past…

By: Ahmed Abdu-Almalik Al-Ansi, Yemeni journalist and translator Angry protests in the southern governorates condemning the collapse of the currency and the deterioration of living conditions. The southern governorates witnessed angry public protests and blocked roads against the collapse of the currency, deteriorating living conditions and the disruption of public services. Local sources said angry demonstrations took place in Aden, Hadramawt and Abyan governorates to protest against the catastrophic deterioration of the local currency in front of foreign exchange, the lack of services, and primarily electricity. Demonstrators had burned tyres and blocked streets in rejection of the policy of starvation…

By: Sami Bedouin, Palestinian writer and blogger The ever first “suicide bomber” here in Palestine is highly appreciated by almost everyone and looked at as a “divine God”. I didn’t meet him personally, but as a child I was repeatedly told of his story that is filled with heroism and horror, with appreciation and owe. No one knows exactly the history of this “elusive” man and whether he was raised in a poor or rich family, or where he came from; a city, a village or a refugee camp or even whether he was abused as a child or not,…

“This, of course, will influence, as the Russian leadership has repeatedly said, our development of appropriate decisions,” Maria Zakharova added Moscow has no illusions that Ankara can move away from its obligation within NATO regarding Sweden’s accession to the alliance, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on the Rossiya-24 TV channel. “Turkey is a member of NATO and votes, makes decisions, takes initiatives on the NATO agenda. We should not forget about this, so I urge you to remember this. Turkey is a NATO member, which also has NATO infrastructure on its territory, so there should not be any…

A Palestinian youth was shot and injured in the foot with an explosive “Tutu” live bullet during confrontations with Israeli forces in the village of Kober, north of Ramallah, according to local sources. Sources told WAFA that Israeli forces stormed the said town after residents fended off a settlers’ attack against the town. Settlers reportedly raided the town and raised the Israeli flag over the hilltop of the al-Batin area as a prelude to taking over the area, however, they were fended off by the residents and forced to leave. Israeli forces stormed the town shortly after and attacked the…

It remains unknown whether the fire station in the Donbass’s Nikitrovsky district was intentionally targeted in the attack on civilian areas.   Following a shelling of the Donbass city of Gorlovka on Wednesday that left one firefighter dead, Ukrainian forces are being accused of war crimes but it remains unknown whether the fire station in the city’s Nikitrovsky district was intentionally targeted in the attack on civilian areas. Two fire engines were destroyed during the shelling which comes a week after local authorities claimed that at least nine medical facilities, among them a hospital, were damaged by Ukrainian shelling, and…

Russian Defense Ministry announced that 13 breaches were recorded in al-Tanf region in Syria by the US-led coalition’s fighter jets during the past 24 hours, which posed a direct threat to civil flights. Deputy commander of the Russian Coordination Center in Hmeimeim, Oleg Gurinov, said in a press statement that the US-led coalition violated the airspace in al-Tanf region (on the Syrian-Jordanian border), through which international airlines pass, as ten violations of the Syrian airspace were recorded by two F-15 fighter jets, three pairs of F-16 fighters, and two pairs of Rafale fighter jets. “On July 12th, the international coalition…

Maria Zakharova recalled that the US decision to supply cluster munitions to the Kiev government shocked the entire international community late last week Russia will give a proportionate response to the potential use of cluster munitions by the armed forces of Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, has said. “Russia is aware of dangers that cluster munitions pose to the civilian population. That is why it has never used them during the special military operation. However, if the armed forces of Ukraine decide to use munitions of this kind, [Russia] will be forced to give a proportionate…