Author: Steven Sahiounie

He reiterated that Grossi held three talks in Russia last year – in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad A new visit of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi to Moscow is possible, but there are no concrete arrangements for now, Russian Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov told TASS on Sunday. “Of course, it is possible. A new visit is possible, but so far we have not discussed it in practical terms,” he said. According to Ulyanov, the date of a possible visit is not being discussed currently. He reiterated that Grossi held three…

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said the country can be a major partner for the BRICS group of countries. “Iran, with its unique geopolitical location and its remarkable economic capacities, can be an important partner for BRICS. We will not miss any opportunity to secure our national interests,” Amirabdollahian said in a Persian-language post published on his Instagram page on Sunday. He also said the era of unilateralism is coming to an end, and that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the BRICS group of countries will play major roles in the future as a new world order is emerging.…

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian congratulated Hakan Fidan for being appointed as Turkey’s top diplomat. “I sincerely congratulate my brother Hakan Fidan on his appointment as Foreign Minister of the Republic of Turkey,” Amirabdollahian said in a post on Twitter. “We have met and held talks on many occasions. He is a wise and professional diplomat,” he added. Referring to the outgoing foreign minister of Turkey, Amirabdollahian said, “And God bless my brother Mevlut Cavusoglu.” Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was sworn into his third presidential term on Saturday, changed almost all of his cabinet members except for the…

“One of the falling UAV’s smashed windows of three private houses and two cars in the city of Dzhankoi”, the governor said Crimea’s air defenses shot down five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) overnight to Sunday, while four more were jammed by electronic warfare systems, region’s head Sergey Aksyonov wrote on his Telegram channel. “Last night, air defense forces shot down five enemy UAVs, another four were jammed and forced to land by electronic warfare systems. One of the falling UAV’s smashed windows of three private houses and two cars in the city of Dzhankoi. An unexploded UAV was found…

In an unprecedented move, Israeli occupation forces this evening deployed military armored vehicles in lands located behind the segregation barrier near the village of Aqaba and the town of Qaffin, north of Tulkarem, in the northern occupied West Bank, according to a local official. Head of Aqaba village council, Taysir Amarneh, told WAFA that artillery and armored vehicles were positioned and heavily-armed soldiers were deployed in lands located only 50 meters behind the barrier. The official noted that these lands belong to the village residents and are planted with olive trees. Source: WAFA

The agenda revolved around issues including the Ukraine conflict and transnational crime, the agency’s sources said Senior intelligence officials from two dozen countries have held a secretive meeting in Singapore to discuss topics including the Ukraine conflict in an informal environment, Reuters reported on Sunday, citing sources. According to five unidentified people interviewed by the agency, the talks took place on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum, and were facilitated by the Singapore government. Similar meetings are said to have been held for several years, but went unreported until now. While the exact list of countries in attendance…

“I am grieved to say but most probably, they have killed them (prisoners – TASS). But is they are alive, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Shebekino checkpoint. I guarantee security,” he said Governor of Russia’s Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Sunday he is ready to meet with Ukrainian saboteurs at the Shebekino checkpoint for the sake of saving Russian prisoners of war, if they are still alive. “I am grieved to say but most probably, they have killed them (prisoners – TASS). But is they are alive, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Shebekino…

Representatives of Sudan’s regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are still in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah despite the earlier collapse of ceasefire talks Sudan’s warring generals are urged by Saudi Arabia and the US to resume talks as fighting enters its eighth week. Meanwhile, Representatives of Sudan’s regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are still in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah despite the earlier collapse of ceasefire talks, as per the Saudi Foreign Ministry. A five-day extension of a fragile US- and Saudi-brokered truce technically expired Saturday evening amid mounting fear that violence will escalate.…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said today that the Israeli government is taking advantage of the double international standards and the absence of an international will to apply international law to the situation in occupied Palestine. “Israel is coexisting with international reactions to its violations and crimes, realizing that these reactions are not accompanied by pressure, practical measures, sanctions or any form of accountability,” said the Foreign Ministry in a press statement. It said the UN Security Council’s failure to exercise its duties towards the Palestinian people and their suffering undermines the credibility of the United Nations and…

Türkiye has yet to ratify Stockholm’s entry into the bloc NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenbeg on Sunday called on Türkiye to drop its concerns over Sweden’s bid to join the military alliance, telling President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Stockholm has met all of Ankara’s security demands. “Sweden has taken significant concrete steps to meet Turkey’s concerns,” Stoltenberg told reporters on Sunday following a meeting with newly re-elected president Erdogan and senior Turkish government officials in Istanbul. “Sweden has fulfilled its obligations.” NATO hopes to admit Sweden to the alliance in advance of its summit in Vilnius, Lithuania on July 11 and 12.…