Author: Steven Sahiounie

A new Saudi-US mediated 72-hour ceasfire is announced in Sudan. Sudan’s rival sides agreed to a fresh 72-hour ceasefire beginning Sunday, according to Saudi and US mediators, as hostilities erupted in Khartoum, killing scores. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America announce the agreement of representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces on a ceasefire throughout Sudan for 72 hours,” a Saudi Foreign Ministry statement said late Saturday. This comes after a citizens’ group said airstrikes killed or injured more than two dozen civilians in Khartoum on Saturday, as medics reported hundreds of injured…

Groups of Israeli settlers guarded by Israeli police broke into the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem this morning, according to witnesses. Scores of Israeli settlers entered the compound through the Moroccan Gate in groups and performed rituals there under the protection of Israeli police officers, local sources said. During the presence of the Israeli settlers inside the holy site, Israeli police imposed restrictions on the entry of Palestinian Muslims into the holy site, including bodily searching some of them and retaining their identity cards. Since 2003, the Israeli occupation authorities have been allowing settlers into the…

Confrontations erupted last night as Israeli occupation forces stormed the cities of Jenin and Tulkarm in the north of the occupied West Bank, according to local sources. No injuries were reported. In Jenin, an Israeli army force stormed the city and the surroundings of the adjacent Jenin refugee camp, provoking confrontations with local residents. The Israeli occupying army fired live shots and stun grenades, but there were no reports of casualties. An Israeli army force also stormed the nearby town of Arraba, where a Palestinian young man was arrested after Israeli soldiers raided and searched his home. In Tulkarm, confrontations…

According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, most of the world’s GDP is generated in the rest of the world, and not in the West  Russia will continue developing relations with Arab states and Arabian Gulf states in particular, including in energy area, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview for RT. “Russia will continue its cooperation with many states of the Arab world – first and foremost, Persian Gulf states – in the efforts on ensuring fair prices for energy, mainly oil. I am talking about the OPEC+ format. And we are,…

Responsible Statecraft, the US think tank, believes it serves as a political gain for Moscow to influence European public opinion, considering its proximity to Ukraine and the unavoidable human, environmental, and economic costs. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko reiterated that he wouldn’t think twice about using these weapons if his country was attacked. The fact that Belarus confirmed the presence of Russian nuclear weapons on its land has headlines in the West on code red. “I think it is unlikely that anyone would want to fight a country that has such weapons. These are weapons of deterrence. … God forbid I have to…

Kim Jong Un attends the summit to discuss the country’s defense tactics and economy. According to official media, DPRK launched an important political summit with leader Kim Jong Un in attendance to discuss strengthening the country’s economy and evaluating security measures in light of the US provocative step of sending nuclear submarines to South Korea. The US deployed the nuclear-powered guided missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN 727) in Busan, South Korea, on Friday, further aggravating tensions in the Korean peninsula. This marks the first stop in 6 years of a submarine of the SSGN class in South Korea, according to the country’s…

Sources told The Telegraph that many countries, mostly France, are insisting on the next secretary-general being from an EU nation. According to The Telegraph, Emmanuel Macron is trying to block Ben Wallace from becoming the next NATO secretary-general due to Brexit. The UK Defense Secretary has been mentioned as a possible successor to Jens Stoltenberg when his mandate expires this September. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is the front-runner to succeed him. Incumbent NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg was supposed to resign on October 1, 2022, but in March of the same year, the leaders of NATO member states decided to extend his mandate until September 30, 2023. The Telegraph reported…

The Iranian President believes that with dialogue among the countries of the region, difficulties can be overcome. The Iranian President has informed the visiting Saudi Foreign Minister that the enemies of Muslims, spearheaded by the Israeli regime, are the only ones that stand against the development of cooperation between Iran and Saudi Arabia. “Only the enemies of Muslims and the Zionist regime at the top of their list are against the development of bilateral and regional cooperation between Iran and Saudi Arabia,” he said. On Saturday night in Tehran, President Ebrahim Raisi welcomed Faisal Bin Farhan, the Saudi Arabian Foreign…

The US President says Ukraine is obligated to “meet the standards” before joining the alliance. According to US President Joe Biden, Ukraine is obligated to “meet the same standards” in order to join the NATO alliance, and the US will not be making any special arrangements for the country. The White House press pool reported that when asked if the US would simplify the process, the President responded, “No. Because they’ve got to meet the same standards.” NATO officials hope to conduct the first session of a NATO-Ukraine Council with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Vilnius, Lithuania, next month, according to alliance…

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claim to have shot down a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) fighter plane. A citizens’ group said airstrikes killed or injured more than two dozen civilians in Khartoum on Saturday, as medics reported hundreds of injured leaving Sudan’s western Darfur area amid the growing violence of a two-month conflict. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claimed to have shot down a fighter plane from the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). A military source, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press, told AFP that a plane did go down but blamed it on…