Author: Steven Sahiounie

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Jeddah to discuss strengthening bilateral relations. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Jeddah on Tuesday. Maduro arrived in the capital on Monday and was received by the Deputy Governor of Makkah, Prince Badr bin Sultan, then met Bin Salman on Tuesday morning, the Saudi Press Agency reported. SPA reported that “during the meeting, they reviewed the bilateral relations between the two friendly countries, prospects for cooperation and opportunities to enhance it in various fields, and exchanged views on a number of issues…

Dmitry Peskov also called it unmistakable that one of the goals of this act of sabotage was to deprive Crimea of water Ukraine has committed sabotage at the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), and this could have grave consequences for the region’s residents as well as the environment, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “The president receives reports through the Defense Ministry and other services on what is happening around the Kakhovka HPP. Here we can already say unequivocally that this is deliberate sabotage by the Ukrainian side,” the Kremlin spokesman told reporters. According to Peskov, “this sabotage has the potential…

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and French Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Emmanuel Bonne discuss, during a phone call, paths to establish a framework that can be used as a basis for future negotiations. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and the French Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Emmanuel Bonne agreed, during phone call on Monday, to “create conditions to begin the political settlement process” for the war in Ukraine, Bloomberg reported. The Chinese Foreign Ministry noted that during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Beijing last April, he and Chinese President Xi Jinping have achieved a series of strategic consensus with the…

The illegal demolition process by Israeli occupation forces in Palestine continues to target Palestinian houses. Israeli occupation authorities forced five families from occupied Al-Quds today, Tuesday, to demolish two buildings consisting of 5 housing units in the Wadi Qaddum neighborhood in Silwan, occupied Al-Quds. The families of Burqan, Al-Tawil, and Nassar, proceeded to demolish the two buildings after they received a demolition notice from the occupation, in addition to paying a heavy fine of 200,000 shekels, forcing them to demolish them themselves, according to Palestinian media. Yesterday, the families emptied the houses of their contents, in preparation for the demolition…

Slovenia got 153 votes, while Belarus received 38 votes Belarus did not secure the required number of votes during the UN General Assembly poll to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the period of 2024-2025 as the seat in the global organization went to Slovenia. Slovenia got 153 votes, while Belarus received 38 votes. In order to win a seat, a country has to carry at least two-thirds of the vote from all the members of the General Assembly (193 in total). Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea and Sierra Leone were also elected as UN…

Oil prices fell, in trading today, Tuesday, with investors exercising caution in light of assessing the vision of supply and demand after the decision of the “OPEC +” group. And by 09:25 Moscow time, US West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell by 0.87%, to $71.52 a barrel. While Brent crude futures fell by 0.77% to $76.12 a barrel, according to Bloomberg agency data. The decline came after a rise in the prices of black gold yesterday, after the decision of the “OPEC +” group to make additional cuts starting from next year, Russia’s extension of voluntary cuts, and Saudi Arabia’s…

The World Bank drew its forecasts for the performance of the Russian economy for the years 2023 and 2024, and the bank expects the Russian economy to grow next year by 1.2%, after a decline of 0.2% in the current year. According to the International Organization’s report on global economic prospects, Russia’s gross domestic product is expected to decline in real terms in 2023 by 0.2%, and in 2024 to grow by 1.2%. For 2025, the World Bank expects Russia’s GDP to grow by 0.8%. The World Bank’s expectations for the dynamism of the Russian economy are in line with…

Several Palestinians suffocated during confrontations that broke out today in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank, according to local activist Mohammed Awad. The activist said confrontations broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces stationed at the military checkpoint at the entrance of the aforementioned town, during which the latter fired tear gas canisters at the town residents, causing several people to suffocate. They were all treated at the scene. Source: WAFA

Israeli occupation forces today detained 14 Palestinians during military raids across the occupied territories, according to various sources. In the north of the West Bank, Israeli forces conducted a military raid in the town of Tamoun, in the district of Tubas, that resulted in the detention of a 20 years old Palestinian youth. Another military raid was conducted in the district of Tulkarm where two Palestinians were detained. Israeli forces detained two Palestinians in the town of Qabatiya, south of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. In the Nablus district, Israeli forces detained five Palestinians from different neighborhoods and refugee camps. In…

Slide gate valves on the plant’s dam collapsed as a result of the shelling, triggering an uncontrolled discharge of water The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant continues to collapse at the moment, water is being discharged uncontrollably, Novaya Kakhovka Mayor Vladimir Leontyev said on Tuesday. “At the moment the Kakhovka HPP <…> continues to collapse, water is being discharged uncontrollably,” he said during a Channel One TV broadcast. Ukrainian forces shelled the Kakhovka HPP in the early morning hours on Tuesday, presumably using missiles fired from an Olkha multiple launch rocket system (MLRS). Slide gate valves on the plant’s dam collapsed…