Author: Steven Sahiounie

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan receives UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan in Istanbul. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Saturday with United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan in Istanbul. Erdogan received his UAE counterpart at the Ataturk International Airport. UAE media said the trip was aimed at bolstering strategic relations and enhancing bilateral economic ties. The UAE President is discussing with his Turkish counterpart the “strengthening of strategic relations and advancing the comprehensive economic partnership that brings the two countries together.” Turkish media said bin Zayed was visiting Turkey to congratulate Erdogan on his election victory and attend the…

Last month, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said preparations for Tebboune’s visit are underway.  Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper reported on Saturday, citing an official Algerian source, that the Algerian head of State Abdelmadjid Tebboune is scheduled to visit Russia from June 14-16. “President Tebboune will arrive in Moscow next Wednesday, where he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss relations between the two countries before signing the document on deepening the strategic partnership,” the source was quoted as saying by the newspaper. The source added that the document aims to complement the strategic partnership agreement inked between Russia and Algeria in 2001. Last…

The Governor of Florida and the former Vice President defended Donald Trump after his indictment. In their first remarks since former Donald Trump’s federal indictment, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former Vice President Mike Pence rushed to defend their rival. This demonstrated the tightrope that other candidates running for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination will pass through during the primary season. The former president gained political momentum and raised over $4 million during the first 24 hours after news of his Manhattan indictment. During the North Carolina Republican Party convention on Friday, DeSantis wondered if there is “a different standard…

Canadian media suggest the talks are centered on Ottawa’s support for Kiev and Canada’s role in reconstructing Ukraine. The CBC television reported that in an unannounced one-day visit, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau landed in Kiev on Saturday and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail suggested that the discussions centered on Ottawa’s support for Kiev and Canada’s role in reconstructing Ukraine. According to CBC, Trudeau is accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. It is noteworthy that this is Trudeau’s second unannounced visit to Ukraine since the start of the Ukraine war in February 2022. He last visited…

Brussels kept the data secret over concerns it could damage the Western alliance with Kiev, sources told the newspaper De Tijd The CIA notified its Belgian equivalent, the ADIV, about Ukraine’s possible involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines shortly before the incident occurred last September, well-informed sources have told the newspaper De Tijd. The data on the undersea explosions, which crippled a key component of Europe’s energy infrastructure, was provided on a strictly confidential basis by US foreign intelligence, the Belgian outlet wrote in its report on Saturday. The people who spoke to the paper noted…

According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, these accusations are “direct evidence that they are not going to take Russia’s position into account at all” The West’s accusations of Russia are an attempt to cover up its lack of desire to listen to Moscow’s concerns, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Peskov made the statement in an interview with Pavel Zarubin for the “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin.” program, a fragment of which the journalist posted to his Telegram channel. “There are accusations from Washington, from European capitals that Russia is aggressive and so on. This is just an attempt to camouflage their unwillingness to listen…

The president of France has called his Iranian counterpart, saying Paris is eager for cooperation with Tehran, an Iranian official said Saturday. Mohammad Jamshidi, the Iranian president’s deputy chief of staff for political affairs, announced in a post on his Twitter account that Emmanuel Macron has called President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday and had a conversation for 90 minutes. The French president has made it clear that he seeks interaction with the Islamic Republic of Iran, Jamshidi said. He also noted that the two presidents talked about the promotion of relations between Iran and France, the negotiations on the removal…

Anatoly Antonov noted that this is evidenced by the assistance provided by Washington to Kyiv The US administration has no intention to search for a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine and keeps sending weapons to the Kiev government, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said on Saturday, commenting on another package of US military aid. “The United States goes on pumping its wards with new batches of lethal weapons. The allocation of such impressive financial resources for these purposes proves one thing: Washington does not intend to look for ways to a diplomatic settlement of the…

FM Amir-Abdollahian also congratulates Syria on its restoration of diplomatic ties with Arab countries commending it as “positive” and “constructive”.  Iranian and Syrian foreign ministers have stressed in a phone call the need to implement bilateral agreements pitched during President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Syria. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Faisal Mekdad pointed out the positive outcomes of the visit and expressed their respective states’ determination to implement the recently inked deals. Amir-Abdollahian also congratulated Syria on its restoration of diplomatic ties with Arab countries which he commended as “positive” and “constructive”.  Back in early May, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi met with…

The WSJ exclusive report says a yacht rented by a Warsaw-based firm was responsible for carrying the crew that planted the explosive device. Germany is investigating Poland’s involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline carried out in September 2022, which destroyed one of the largest infrastructures in the world and potentially Europe’s largest source of energy. An exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal on Saturday revealed that Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office is looking into evidence that might indicate that Poland was the operation’s base to organize the attack on the pipelines. Germany’s Criminal Police Office found that a Warsaw-based…