Author: Steven Sahiounie

G7 foreign ministers met by videoconference Sunday to discuss the Middle East and expressed “strong concern” over the threat of escalation, Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said. “Together with our partners, we have expressed strong concern about recent events that threaten to determine a regionalization of the crisis, starting from Lebanon,” said Tajani in a statement. “We call on the parties involved to desist from any initiative that could hinder the path of dialogue and moderation and favor a new escalation,” said the statement issued by the foreign ministry of Italy, which holds the G7 presidency this year. The foreign…

France’s Emmanuel Macron and Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Sunday said a military escalation in the Middle East must be avoided “at all costs” during a telephone call, the French presidency said.Fears that the almost 10-month-old Gaza war could become a regional conflict have spiked as Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah have vowed to avenge deadly strikes on Beirut and Tehran blamed on Israel.Macron and King Abdullah “expressed their utmost concern” and “underlined the need to avoid a regional military escalation at all costs,” according to the Elysee’s readout of their call.“They called on all the parties to end…

Foreign Minister of Jordan Ayman Safadi visited Iran on Sunday amid heightened regional tensions following the Israeli assassination of the Hamas chief in Tehran and the Islamic Republic’s pledge of retaliation. Safadi became the first Jordanian foreign minister to visit Iran in nine years. The top Jordanian diplomat met with Caretaker Foreign Minister of Iran Ali Baqeri on Sunday. The two officials discussed the latest regional and international developments as well as the relations between Tehran and Amman. Safadi and Baqeri had held two telephone conversations over the past two days, as the Arab country seems concerned about the extent of…

Slovakia and Hungary requested the European Commission to hold emergency consultation with Kiev over its sanctions on oil major Lukoil

The Treasury Department on Friday announced an extension for transactions with the platform and several subsidiaries

S&P Global Ratings has lowered Ukraine’s credit rating to ‘selective default’ after Kiev missed an international bond payment earlier this week as it seeks a major debt restructuring. 

Austria’s ruling coalition has reportedly agreed to completely eliminate the country’s Russian gas supply by 2027, media outlet Kurier reported on Saturday, citing a draft document.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has significantly cut its investment in Apple, offloading nearly half of its holding since the start of the year, according to a quarterly earnings report released on Saturday.

On the occasion of “Islamic Human Rights and Human Dignity Day,” the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Kanaani, called for more effective support from Islamic nations and governments for the rights of millions of Palestinians. In a statement released on August 4, Kanaani emphasized the significance of this day, highlighting the principles and values upheld by Islam regarding human rights and dignity. “In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful, “Kanaani began the statement with a verse from the Holy Quran: “O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made…

Iran’s Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Bagheri held talks with Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf and balsts the terrorist move by the Zionist regime to martyr Ismail Haniyeh the head of the political office of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas warning that The Islamic Republic of Iran warning it will definitely use its legitimate and inherent right to decisively and effectively punish the criminal Zionists. . Iran’s Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Bagheri held talks with Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf and exchanged views on the fallout of the terrorist move by the Zionist regime to martyr Ismail…