Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Algerian President’s visit to China underscores the importance of strengthening diplomatic ties, fostering mutually beneficial partnerships, and addressing global and regional issues of shared importance. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune of Algeria is scheduled to embark on a significant five-day state visit to China on Monday, China Daily reported. During this visit, President Tebboune will reportedly hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, with a focus on shaping the future trajectory of bilateral relations and discussing global and regional issues of shared importance, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin. This visit marks President Tebboune’s first official trip to China since assuming…

Chinese representative at the ASEAN summit and senior diplomat Wang Yi met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov without achieving any breakthroughs till now. On the sidelines of the 42nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, the Chinese representative at the ASEAN summit and senior diplomat Wang Yi met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Wang, director of the Foreign Affairs Commission Office of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, represented China at the summit after Beijing announced that Foreign…

Dr.Fayssal Mikdad, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, discussed with the Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Shri V. Muraleedharan, the existing cooperation and ways of developing it in accordance with the aspirations of the two friendly peoples. This came Thursday during a meeting brought together Mikdad and V. Muraleedharan. Mikdad voiced Syria’s appreciation for India’s principled stance refusing the terrorism and supporting the Syrian people in all harsh conditions they have experienced. Minister Mikdad reiterated that Syria is looking forward for restoring the great role of India in the multi-polar world which is based on respecting the sovereignty…

Raisi lands in Zimbabwe, the last destination of his African tour. President Ibrahim Raisi received a red carpet welcome in Zimbabwe on Thursday, marking the final destination of his Africa tour. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa greeted Raisi as “my brother” upon his arrival at Robert Mugabe International Airport in the capital city, Harare. “When you see him, you see me. When you see me, you see him,” Mnangagwa proclaimed to a crowd of midst a crowd waving Zimbabwean and Iranian flags. Hundreds of Zimbabweans, including women and school children, gathered to welcome the Iranian president. “When we went to war…

The Ministry of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners announce that the occupation “released” the prisoner from Gaza City after his detention back in July 2002. 45-year-old Palestinian prisoner Khaled Juhini al-Sawarka took back his freedom from the Israeli occupation after they took away 21 years of his life in prison. The Ministry of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners announced on Thursday that the occupation “released” the prisoner from Gaza City. Al-Sawarka was detained from Deir Al-Balah in Gaza on July 14, 2002, and was sentenced to 21 years at the time. Just last week, Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons sent, through Al Mayadeen, a message to…

The Turkish leader noted that he sent his official representative, chief adviser Arif Cagatay Kilic to Brussels to hold talks on European integration Turkey intends to expedite negotiations on its accession to the European Union as a full member, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced to reporters of the presidential corps upon his return from Vilnius, where he took part in the NATO summit. “There is a positive atmosphere in the European Union regarding the revival of our European integration process. We will speed up negotiations on renewing relations as part of the customs union, which will have a positive effect…

“I would like to express my gratitude to our partners for their efforts to search for ways to settle the Ukrainian crisis peacefully,” the top diplomat said Peace has always been a priority for Russia over combat, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Lenta.ru online daily commenting on peace initiatives regarding Ukraine. Asked whether ceasefire peaceful initiatives proposed by China, Indonesia, Vatican and Africa were premature Lavrov replied in the negative. “I would like to express my gratitude to our partners for their efforts to search for ways to settle the Ukrainian crisis peacefully,” he said.…

One of the suspects was accused of breaking into a mosque in the West Bank and desecrating copies of the Koran Two Israeli settlers have been indicted on charges linked to terrorism following allegations that they vandalized Palestinian property in separate incidents. The cases come after Israeli security officials vowed to crack down on “nationalist terrorism” by settlers in the West Bank. One of the defendants, who was not identified by name but is reportedly in his early 30s, was accused of attacking a mosque in the Palestinian village of Orif alongside “a large number [of] rioters,” according to an indictment cited by Reuters. …

The Pentagon seems to be eager to unload cluster bombs due to their ban in many countries, according to a former Pentagon analyst and Air Force Lieutenant Colonel. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced today that Ukraine was counting on the delivery of cluster munitions from the United States. “This decision will help us to save us … We really counted on it,” Zelenskyy said at the NATO summit in Vilnius. Cluster bombs are prohibited under the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), an international convention that, through a categorical prohibition and a framework for action, tackles the humanitarian repercussions and unacceptable harm…

According to the agency, it was a Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile North Korea has test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday. According to the agency, it was a Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that covered a distance of 1,001 kilometers (over 620 miles). Source: tass