Author: Steven Sahiounie

On May 31, five members of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC) in Lebanon were killed in a blast that was blamed on Israel. The blast occurred at the entrance of a base belonging to the front in the town of Qousaya in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, near the border with Syria. Anwar Raja, a PFLP-GC official, said that the deadly blast was caused by an Israeli strike. He revealed that ten fighters were wounded, of which two were in critical condition. Another official of the front, Abu Wael Issam, said his group…

Syria has condemned in the strongest terms the drone attack launched by the Ukrainian regime on Moscow, affirming its confidence in the ability of the friends in Russia to curb such criminal attacks and defend the sanctity and integrity of Russian lands. “The Syrian Arab Republic condemns in the strongest terms the drone attack launched by the Ukrainian regime against Moscow, which constitutes a major escalation in the Atlantic aggression against the Russian Federation, and represents a serious threat to international security and stability,” a source at the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said in a statement to SANA. The source…

Alexander Lukashevich noted that “in its current shape, the OSCE is losing its way, becoming its own antipode, where confrontation dominates instead of a dialogue” Russia cannot leave the OSCE “at the mercy” of the West and will not allow the organization to be turned into a Russophobic platform, Russian Permanent Representative to the organization Alexander Lukashevich told TASS Wednesday “I believe that we simply have no right to leave [the organization] at the mercy of this predatory Western gang. We are also talking about post-Soviet territory, where the OSCE operates as well,” the diplomat said. Lukashevich pointed to Russia’s…

The North Korean leader reportedly weighs 140kg and suffers from insomnia North Korean leader Kim Jong-un weighs 140kg and suffers from insomnia, dermatitis, and nicotine addiction, South Korea’s top intelligence chief claimed on Wednesday. With little information crossing the border, Kim’s health is a topic of gossip and speculation in the south. National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director Kim Kyou-hyun told a parliamentary committee that based on medications purchased abroad for North Korean officials, “Chairman Kim is suffering from significant sleep disorders,” lawmaker Yoo Sang-bum of the ruling People Power Party told the Yonhap News Agency after the closed-door briefing. The NIC chief…

Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh and his Egyptian counterpart, Moustafa Madbouly, chaired today an expanded session of discussions between the two governments at the headquarters of the Egyptian cabinet in the New Administrative Capital. The session touched upon many issues stemming from the consensus that was reached between the ministers of the two countries earlier, in addition to opening prospects for cooperation in many fields, especially increasing trade exchange and cooperation in the sectors of health, agriculture, education, culture, electricity linkages, and others. The talks concluded with the signing of a protocol for political consultations between the foreign ministries of the…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says, while in Mozambique, that the comments of the UK Foreign Minister incite Kiev to commit acts of terrorism against Russia. The statement made by the UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly can be considered, by Moscow, to be a direct incitement of Ukraine to attack Russia. “Yesterday, or the day before yesterday, I think, the UK foreign secretary said on TV and on social media that the UK does not encourage strikes on Russian territory, but the Ukrainian authorities, the Ukrainian armed forces know better how they want to ensure their territorial integrity. [This is]…

The Sudanese army says it has suspended its participation in US-Saudi-brokered ceasefire talks with the RSF. The African Union (AU) considered on Wednesday that the suspension of talks between Sudan’s warring parties should not discourage further attempts at mediation, AFP reported. The Sudanese army on Wednesday suspended its participation in US-Saudi-brokered ceasefire talks in Jeddah, accusing the RSF of failing to honor their commitments. “In difficult negotiations, it is a classic phenomenon that one party suspends or threatens to suspend” its participation, Mohamed El Hacen Lebatt, chief of staff to the AU Commission president and the bloc’s spokesperson for the Sudan crisis…

Politico says Erdogan was scheduled to attend the summit, which is considered a demonstration of support against Russia. Re-elected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan backed out at the last minute and will not head to Moldova on Thursday for the so-called European Political Community (EPC), Politico reported on Wednesday, citing three sources familiar with the preparations. According to the newspaper, the EPC is a new initiative formed in the aftermath of the Ukraine war that aims to bring together European politicians outside the European Union. It pointed out that Erdogan was scheduled to attend the summit, which is considered a demonstration of…

The XRP price has gained by 1% today, bucking the market-wide fall to reach $0.505788 in the past 24 hours. This price represents an 11% gain in the past week, with traders and analysts increasingly expecting a positive decision in Ripple’s long-running case against the SEC. Indeed, XRP has impressively risen by 48% since January 1 on the back of growing expectations of a positive outcome for Ripple, which has enjoyed a number of positive developments in its case in the past few weeks. And with one particular analyst predicting a breakout for XRP in June, it may not be…

The price of Ethereum has declined by 1.5% in the past 24 hours, with its fall to $1,869 coming as the wider cryptocurrency market drops by roughly the same percentage today. ETH is now 3% up in the past week and only 1% up in the last 30 days, although the biggest altcoin has risen by 56% since the beginning of the year. Encouragingly, ETH has also risen by 5% since last Thursday, when it declined to a two-week low of $1,775. This suggests it may be gradually building momentum, and with the altcoin still arguably very undervalued, it could…