Author: Steven Sahiounie

The disaster occurred Friday evening near the city of Balasore in northern Odisha Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences over the death of people in the railway incident in Odisha in his telegram for Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and President of India Droupadi Murmu. “Please accept our deep condolences over the tragic aftermath of the train collision in Odisha. We share the grief of those who lost their relatives and close ones in this catastrophe and we hope for speedy recovery to everyone injured,” says the telegram, published on the Kremlin’s website. The disaster occurred Friday evening…

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A Palestinian child Sunday suffered from bruises after he was assaulted by Israeli settlers in the area of Masafer Yatta, south of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, local sources said. Osama Makhamra, an activist, said that a group of settlers brutally beat up Ameen Dawoud, 6, in the aforementioned area shortly after they assaulted his family and siblings while they were grazing their livestock. Israeli settlers continue to harass and assault Palestinian shepherds, damages their crops and water wells in Masafer Yatta. Source: WAFA

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Hospitals in Balasore, the site of the deadly collision, are overwhelmed with patients At least 294 people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured in an accident involving three trains in the Indian state of Odisha, the Hindustan Times daily reported on Sunday. Earlier reports put the death toll at 288, saying that more than 800 people were injured. Hospitals in Balasore, the site of the deadly collision, are overwhelmed with patients. Medics from other Indian states keep arriving in the region. The condition of about a hundred patients is assessed as critical. The restoration work at the accident site is…

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“Exactly as much as it is necessary for the supreme commander-in-chief to exercise overall leadership,” the Kremlin spokesman said Russian President Vladimir Putin devotes as much time to meetings on the progress of the special military operation as he needs as supreme commander-in-chief, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with the Moscow.Kremlin.Putin program. “Exactly as much as it is necessary for the supreme commander-in-chief to exercise overall leadership,” the Kremlin spokesman said, answering a related question. A fragment of the program was posted on its host Pavel Zarubin’s Telegram channel on Sunday. Source: Tass

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The online air raid warning map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation shows that an air raid alert had been declared throughout Ukraine. Data from the online air raid warning map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation showed on Sunday that air raid warnings have been issued in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, as well as nine regions of the country, as per Sputnik. According to the map, the alarm in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions was sounded at 00:14 (21:14 GMT). At 1:01, another alarm was announced in the Poltava region, half an hour later in the Dnipro…

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DPRK Kim Jong Un’s sister describes the UN’s condemnation of the DPRK’s satellite launch as another reminder the council was acting as a “political appendage” to “gangster-like” Washington. DPRK Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong criticized the UN Security Council for holding a “most unfair” meeting over Pyongyang’s recent satellite launch, as per state media reports. DPRK’s new Chollima-1 rocket lost thrust and crashed into the sea on Wednesday. Simultaneously, Pyongyang assured that the military satellite is due for launch again this month, considering the launch a “legitimate, self-defensive countermeasure” against increasing threats from the US and its allies, which Pyongyang…

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Since July 2018, Yasar Guler has assumed the role of Chief of the General Staff. On the occasion of the unveiling of the new ministerial cabinet, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appointed General Yasar Guler as the country’s defense minister. Since July 2018, Yasar Guler has assumed the role of Chief of the General Staff. His appointment comes shortly after Erdogan was sworn in as the country’s president for a third term, making him Turkey’s longest-ever serving leader. The new cabinet also includes Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek who previously also held this post, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who occupied the…

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Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad, arrived in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on an official visit in response to an invitation by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the brotherly Republic of Iraq, Fuad Hussein. Mikdad will hold talks with Iraqi senior officials to enhance bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries and discuss ways of developing them. Source: SANA

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Inflation will wipe out the effect of a recent increase in the defense budget in real terms, the newspaper claims The share of US spending on defense may drop below 3% for the first time since the Cold War era, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing the latest debt ceiling agreement as a major reason for the decline. The deal reached by the White House and Republicans last week boosts defense spending to around $885 billion next year, an 11% increase on the $800 billion allocated in the current budget. In 2025, the country’s military spending is expected to see…

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Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has recently experienced a moderate price jump of 5% within the past week. However, this price movement is coinciding with a significant amount of profit-taking transactions among traders. While some might view this as a bearish signal, it could actually indicate that Ethereum is gearing up for a push toward the $2,000 mark. Typically, for a sustained uptrend in any asset, we expect a considerable number of traders to be “hodling” or holding their positions. This action reflects confidence in the asset’s potential for further growth. At the moment, Ethereum’s ratio of profit-taking…

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