Author: Steven Sahiounie

The much-anticipated Durham report has strongly slammed the FBI for its groundless investigation into alleged ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign. The FBI lacked “analytical rigor” to investigate Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and was reliant on tips provided by Trump’s political rivals to fuel the probe, US Special Counsel John Durham concluded in his much-awaited report. In a 306-page report, special counsel John Durham determined that the FBI had not held “actual evidence” of collaboration between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia before launching the investigation. Durham – who was designated by then-Attorney General William Barr in 2019 -…

The DPRK slammed Tokyo’s plans to open the first Asia-based liaison office for the US-led military bloc North Korea’s Foreign Ministry has claimed NATO is seeking to increase its influence in Asia, citing growing “military collusion” with Japan, which hosted a delegation from the military alliance last month to discuss ways to step up cooperation. In comments carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Monday, an official with the Foreign Ministry’s Japan Research Center, Kim Seol-hwa, said Washington is gradually pushing NATO into Asia through partnerships with regional powers. “It is an open secret that the United States… has…

An armed teenager has been shot dead after being confronted by officers responding to an active shooter incident in New Mexico An 18-year-old gunman has killed at least three people and wounded six others, including two police officers, in America’s latest mass shooting. The incident in northwestern New Mexico ended when the lone suspect was shot dead by responding officers, police said. The killings occurred on Monday in the city of Farmington, home to about 46,000, in the Four Corners region where the state borders of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado meet. Police gave no details on the shooter…

Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin noted that these states do not want to take risks Some Central Asian countries are signaling that they could join Western sanctions on Russia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said on Tuesday. He made the statement at the third Central Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club in Tomsk. “Even as we share the view that unilateral economic restrictions are unacceptable and illegitimate, some Central Asian countries nevertheless do not want to take risks and indicate they are prepared to comply with Western restrictive measures,” the deputy minister said. According to Galuzin, Russia does…

Denis Pushilin pointed out that the situation on the flanks is not easy, as active combat operations continue due to Ukraine’s redeployment of reserves The situation in Artyomovsk (Ukrainian name: Bakhmut) remains tense, but Russian forces continue to advance after redeploying reinforcements, Acting Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin said on Tuesday. “As for Artyomovsk, we see that the situation remains tense. However, there are fewer and fewer high-rises controlled by the Ukrainian units,” he said during a Soloviev Live TV broadcast. Pushilin pointed out that the situation on the flanks is not easy, as active combat operations continue due…

Since being flown from Kabul to the UK in August 2021, Afghan refugee families are once again forced to uproot their lives in Yorkshire and relocate away. Afghan refugee families, who were forced by the Home Office to uproot their lives in London and relocate 200 miles away earlier this year, have been issued with eviction notices in the name of Suella Braverman. Since being flown from Kabul to the UK in August 2021, some of the families have been forced to relocate four times, often leaving behind employment and educational institutions. Originally, they were invited to the UK as…

Following the raid, Jenin Brigade announces that it targeted occupation forces with heavy gunfire. Jenin Brigade announced that it targeted Israeli occupation forces that stormed the vicinity of the Jenin camp with heavy gunfire. The Brigade said in a statement today, Tuesday, that its fighters targeted the IOF vehicles with a number of explosive devices in the vicinity of the camp. Israeli occupation forces had stormed the vicinity of the camp and surrounded a house, which led to the outbreak of confrontations. The Ministry of Health reported three injuries among the Palestinians by Israeli occupation gunfire, including one in the…

A month into Sudan’s brutal war, around 1,000 people have been killed and more than 700,000 people have been internally displaced. One month since Sudan’s conflict erupted, residents of the capital, Khartoum, have endured desperate food shortages, power blackouts, communications outages, and increasing inflation. Violence also renewed in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state, leaving hundreds killed and the health system in “total collapse”, medics said. Fighting continued on Monday, with loud explosions heard across Khartoum and thick smoke in the sky while warplanes drew anti-aircraft fire, according to witnesses. “The situation is becoming worse by the day,”…

Confrontations erupt between Palestinian Resistance fighters and Israeli occupation forces after the latter stormed the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, south of Areeha. The Israeli occupation forces launched on Tuesday a series of raids in the occupied West Bank, including the town of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya, the Dheisheh camp in Beit Lahm, and the Aqabat Jaber camp in Areeha, where they arrested six members of one family. Confrontations erupted between Palestinian Resistance fighters and Israeli occupation forces after the latter stormed the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, south of Areeha, east of the West Bank, and besieged a house, injuring a citizen…

The cost-of-living crisis has impacted the finances of more than a third of households, a survey shows More than a third of Italian families have seen their living standards drop over the past year due to rising inflation, the National Consumer Union (UNC) reported this week. The UNC said that 35.1% of Italian households experienced worsening financial conditions last year, compared to 30.5% in 2021. They attributed the results to soaring bills driven by spikes in the prices of energy and goods and services. “These are alarming but much expected results,” UNC President Massimiliano Donna said. Prices for electricity, which is…