Author: Steven Sahiounie

Wang Wenbin urged all foreign diplomatic missions and organizations in China to respect Chinese laws China reminds foreign missions and offices of international organizations based in the country of the need to comply with international diplomatic treaties, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday. Commenting on billboards in support of Ukraine exhibited outside some foreign embassies in Beijing, the Chinese diplomat said, “China is calling on all embassies and representative offices of all international organizations to comply with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and carry out activities in line with international agreements.” Wang’s comment came in response…

Sanctions package ‘nearly ready’ and ‘imposing this huge measure at the moment won’t work’, newspaper quotes diplomat from EU country European Union countries are unlikely to agree on including a ban on pipeline gas from Russia into its 11th package of anti-Russian sanctions, the European edition of the Politico newspaper said on Tuesday. “From what I hear, it is very unlikely this will pass,” the newspaper quoted a diplomat from an EU country as saying. “There is too much resistance from the countries dependent on the remaining gas.” He added that the 11th sanctions package “is almost done” and “inserting this huge…

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noted that the agreement is “a story not about one country or group of peoples pursuing their interests while others are waiting for their turn” Moscow will not change its position regarding the compliance with all conditions of the grain deal, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, has told the Zvezda television channel. “Undoubtedly, the decisions that are to be made will be clarified and so on,” she said, adding that the agreement’s implementation is contingent on the safeguarding of Russia’s interests, and the decision-making process will be based on…

Israeli occupation navy boats targeted Palestinians fishermen’s boats while sailing in the sea of the northern Gaza Strip. WAFA correspondent said that the occupation navy soldiers targeted with bullets and tear gas canisters the fishermen’s boats, which were sailing in the sea of the town of Beit Lahiya and the Al-Waha area and forced them to leave the sea by force. Since October 2000, human right centers in Gaza have documented several Israeli violations, including killing and confiscation of boats, against fishermen who were allowed, in accordance with international guaranteed Palestinian- Israeli agreements, to fish in within 4 to 6…

Dozens of fanatic Israeli settlers Wednesday morning broke into the compounds of al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy protection from the Israeli police, Islamic Waqf confirmed. The Waqf said that settlers, divded into groups, raided the holy Islamic Mosque from al-Maghariba gate and took provocative tours in its compounds. It added that the extremist settlers performed Talmudic rituals in the eastern part of the Mosque. This comes at a time as Israeli forces intensify measures against Palestinians coming from Jerusalem to enter the Mosque, inspecting their IDs and briefly detaining them. Settlers are expected to go on a flag march on Thursday,…

Six Palestinians were early Wednesday injured by Israeli gunfire during an Israeli forces and settlers raid to the site of Joseph’s Tomb, east of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Palestinian Red Crescent Emergency and Ambulance Department in Nablus, told WAFA that a Palestinian was shot with a live bullet in the back and taken to the hospital, while five others were hit with rubber bullets and were treated locally. He added that another Palestinian man was injured in the hand after a gas bomb hit him, while a woman was hit with…

The investigative journalist cites information reported in secret by members of the US intelligence community. Pulitzer Prize-winning US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh revealed on Wednesday that Eastern European allies, spearheaded by Poland, are secretly urging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to end the Ukraine conflict, even by resigning himself, which the Ukrainian leader is refusing to do. “This group is led by Poland, whose leadership no longer fears the Russian army because its performance in Ukraine has left the glow of its success at Stalingrad during the Second World War in tatters. It has been quietly urging Zelensky to find a way to…

Last week, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Erdogan’s chief rival in the presidential elections race accused Russia of manufacturing and spreading “deep fakes” ahead of the general elections. On Tuesday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the current Turkish president, and running candidate, assured that he would maintain the same foreign policy towards Russia and other countries if he wins the presidential race in the second round. “To this day we have adhered to the policy of ’embracing’ with all countries – with Russia, the US, China, with all Western countries — we have maintained constant ties. As the President of Turkey, I cannot afford to…

Foreign and Expatriates Minister Dr. Fayssal Mikdad met his Lebanese counterpart, Abdallah Bou Habib on sidelines of meetings preparatory for Arab Summit in Jeddah. Dr. Mikdad also met his Tunisian counterpart Nabil Ammar on sidelines of meetings preparatory for the Summit. Dr. Mikdad also met his Omani counterpart Badr bin Hamad al-Busaidi on the sidelines of the preparatory meetings for the Arab summit in Jeddah. Foreign Minister, Dr. Fayssal Mikdad, met his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi on sidelines of preparatory meetings for the Arab summit Source: SANA

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that contacts about the grain deal are still ongoing, but that there are a number of questions still open in this regard. This came in Peskov’s press briefing today, Tuesday, where he continued: “In general, contacts are still going on, and they have been all the time. However, there are still open questions, and there are a large number of them related to the Russian part of the deal. Now a decision has to be taken on The future of this deal, and whether the West will move forward on the ammonia supply issue.” “When…