Author: Steven Sahiounie

The train traffic was halted along the Simferopol-Sevastopol route Eight railway cars derailed in the Simferopol district of Crimea, Nikolay Lukashenko, Crimean transport minister, said in a video posted on the Telegram channel of the regional Vesti Crimea television channel on Thursday. Crimean Head Sergey Aksyonov said earlier on Thursday that several railway cars with grain derailed in the Simferopol district. The train traffic was halted along the Simferopol-Sevastopol route. The republic’s authorities are taking measures to organize passenger carriages by bus. The Crimean railways specified that the freight train’s cars derailed due to the interference of unauthorized individuals. “As…

The Belarusian leader said that the project to resolve the situation around Ukraine, developed during talks between representatives of Moscow and Kiev in early 2022 in Belarus and then in Turkey, “was absolutely disadvantageous to Russia,” but “Russia agreed” to work on it elarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that a new document is needed as the basis for talks on the Ukrainian settlement, the BelTA news agency reported. “[Russia and Ukraine should] take not that document (which was worked out during the Russia-Ukraine talks in Belarus in 2022 – TASS). A new one. In order to stop the war,” the…

Meanwhile, Kyodo’s sources in the Japanese government excluded the possibility of Zelensky’s in-person visit to Hiroshima The office of the Ukrainian president does not rule out the possibility that the Ukrainian leader may attend the Hiroshima G7 summit in person, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Igor Zhovkva told Kyodo News on Thursday. “Everything will depend on the situation on the battlefield. The final decision will be made after a careful analysis of the situation on the battlefield,” the Japanese news agency quoted him as saying. That said, the official stressed that Zelensky would participate in the summit in some…

“The statements of the representatives of the administration are outrageous. Instead of calmly and without politicizing fixing the successful completion of the consultations in Istanbul, local officials again rushed to criticize the Russian Federation in every possible way,” Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said Statements by US authorities on the grain deal are blatant lies and Washington intentionally forgets about the “package” nature of these agreements, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said on Wednesday. “The statements of the representatives of the administration are outrageous. Instead of calmly and without politicizing fixing the successful completion of the…

Jake Sullivan, the White House’s national security adviser said that the US president wouldn’t be making a statement at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park US President Joe Biden won’t apologize for the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Jake Sullivan, the White House’s national security adviser said on Wednesday. Responding to a journalist’s question as to whether Biden intends to issue an apology for the US dropping atomic bombs on the Japanese cities, Sullivan said that the US president wouldn’t be making a statement at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. During a briefing aboard the presidential plane heading to…

The Chinese envoy’s visit follows a previous call in April between Zelensky and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and a push for peace by Beijing. The meeting between Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and China’s special representative for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, in Kiev, has not come to fruition so far amid an effort to bring the war in Ukraine to an end. According to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s statement, Kuleba “emphasized that Ukraine does not accept any proposals that would involve the loss of its territories or the freezing of the conflict”. China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed that Li, after convening…

The occupation settlers’ storming of Al-Aqsa mosque comes ahead of the provocative Flag March scheduled to take place Thursday afternoon in occupied Al-Quds. Groups of Israeli occupation settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Al-Quds early Thursday, ahead of the provocative Flag March scheduled to be held later in the day. Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in occupied Al-Quds confirmed that more than 200 Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque within one hour in the early morning hours of Thursday. The storming came at a time when the occupation forces tightened their measures in Al-Quds in preparations for the Flag March, and prevented Palestinians…

The US President noted he will be in constant communication with his team while away to attend the G7 summit that will be held in Hiroshima, Japan, from May 19-21.  US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he is confident an agreement with congressional leaders will be reached regarding the US debt ceiling being raised and that the US government will not default on its financial obligations. “We are confident that we’ll get the agreement on the budget, that America will not default,” Biden said. “We’re going to come together because there’s no alternative to doing the right thing for the…

Maria Zakharova went on to say that Moscow’s primary views of the deal have not changed Moscow confirms that the grain deal has been extended for two more months, providing an opportunity to help ensure global food security, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said earlier that the grain deal had been extended for another 60 days. “We confirm the Turkish president’s announcement of a two-month extension of the Black Sea initiative, which is an opportunity to help ensure global food security not in words but in deeds, to help first and foremost…

Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Dr. Fayssal Mikdad affirmed that the Arabs welcome the Syrian role and that there are no differences over issues related to Syria. Mikdad said , in a press statement following the preparatory meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Jeddah “We work together with our Arab brothers, and all Arabs welcome the Syrian role and there are no differences over issues related to Syria,’. “All the projects and laws presented during the meeting reflected our views to overcome the crisis and respect the role played by Syria at the regional and international levels” Mikdad added. Mikdad said,…