Author: Steven Sahiounie

Since 2015, Israel has failed to release the bodies of over 130 Palestinians, in what international human rights organizations refer to as “collective punishment” of the families. The family of Palestinian resistance figure Sheikh Khader Adnan has blasted Israeli authorities for refusing to return his remains days after his death and refusing to indicate whether they intend to do so. “It’s collective punishment,” the director of the Palestinian human rights organization Adalah, Hassan Jabareen, told the New York Times (NYT). “These are the bodies of people who live under Israeli occupation,” he continued. Prisoner-turned-martyr Khader Adnan died on May 2 at age 44 following an 87-day hunger…

Israeli occupation forces today and last night detained at least nine Palestinians, including three children, during military raids across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, according to local sources. In Jericho, east of the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military stormed the town of Al-Auja, during which three Palestinian children were arrested, after raiding and searching their family homes by the Israeli occupation army. The three were identified as Ahmad Abu Jamus, 14, Mutaz Rumanin, 14, and Seif Maghasleh, 15. In Jerusalem, Israeli occupation police detained a Palestinian man while he was working in his land and seized equipment belonging…

Zakhar Prilepin is in as good spirits, Yelizaveta Kondakova added Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin, who survived an assassination attempt on Saturday, has been brought out of drug-induced sleep, his spokesperson Yelizaveta Kondakova told reporters on Sunday. “He is in as good spirits as can be given the situation. He’s well. He passed along his thanks to his family,” she said. Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleg Nikitin confirmed this information. “As for Zakhar’s condition: he has been brought out of drug-induced sleep and is conscious; doctors say that he is stable,” he wrote on Telegram. On Saturday morning, an…

One unmanned aerial vehicle lost control and fell in a tree line about 5 km away from the city, Mikhail Razvozhaev said Air defense and electronic warfare systems repelled a drone attack against Sevastopol at night, Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev said on his Telegram channel. “One unmanned aerial vehicle lost control and fell in a tree line about 5 km [away from the city]; fragments were found by the staff of the Interior Ministry and the Emergencies Ministry. The second drown was downed over sea in Cape Chersonesos area, and third one over sea from the northern breakwater side,” the…

The Palestinian Ministry of Education warns that the violations are impacting children and teachers as it urged relevant institutions and UN agencies to take up responsibility in pressuring the IOF to stop demolishing schools. A donor-funded Palestinian primary school has been demolished by the IOF in the occupied West Bank, shattering the Palestinian children’s right to education. According to witnesses and local officials, the town of Beit Ta’mir was raided by the IOF on Sunday and the Challenge 5 School was taken down, adding that dozens in the IOF cleared the area by storming and condoning it off as a bulldozer flattened…

Iraqi Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ahmad Al-Sahhaf announces Syria has been offically granted a return to the Arab League. Despite opposition from Western countries, Arab foreign ministers announced on Sunday Syria’s return to the Arab League during an emergency meeting that took place in the Egyptian capital ahead of the Arab League Summit in Saudi Arabia on May 19. Iraqi Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ahmad Al-Sahhaf announced that Syria has been brought back to the Arab League. The Iraqi official added that Iraq’s dialogue diplomacy and efforts greatly aided Syria’s return to the Arab League. For his part, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stated…

According to senior macro expert Mike McGlone from Bloomberg Intelligence, the emergence of a recession could be the biggest challenge that Bitcoin has faced since its arrival in the late 2010s. With predictions of July to be a starting point of decline in economic activity, the crypto community is concerned about how it will impact the digital currency market. The question of how the markets will respond as the United States heads toward a recession is on everyone’s mind. Bloomberg Economics’ model forecasts that a recession may commence in July, which creates uncertainty about the future of BTC and other…

Although China outlawed crypto trading in 2021, major exchanges continue to court Chinese customers. For example, a document submitted as part of FTX’s bankruptcy filings in November reveals that Chinese users accounted for 8% of the exchange’s customers. Moreover, Chinese crypto firms have found a way to reinvent themselves as internationally-minded businesses. Hong Kong Open to Virtual Assets While mainland China may have taken a hard line on crypto, Chinese firms like Huobi have found a safe haven in Hong Kong. There, the government’s more crypto-friendly policies and progressive regulation have helped the city emerge as one of Asia’s dominant…

Some crypto community members are accusing Ripple, the company behind XRP, of falsely proclaiming that its native token XRP is decentralized and permissionless. Justin Bons, founder of Cyber Capital, claims to have found a “smoking gun” that proves Ripple has de facto control over the entire network. Bons pointed out that XRP’s consensus algorithm, Unique Node Lists (UNLs), is based on a list of trusted nodes that centralized parties, including the Ripple Foundation release. Nodes not on these lists are untrusted and do not participate in consensus. However, the researcher noted that while UNLs can be modified by users, a…

The ongoing debate about the centralization of XRP and XRPL has reignited, with CyberCapital founder and CIO Justin Bons claiming that Ripple executives are falsely promoting XRP as a decentralized and permissionless network. Bons asserts that XRP’s consensus relies on Unique Node Lists (UNLs), which are lists of trusted nodes published by centralized parties, including XRPL Foundation. If a node is not on this list, it is deemed untrusted and cannot participate in the consensus. Moreover, users must receive permission from trusted third parties chosen by XRPL Foundation, meaning that XRP is not trustless and contradicts basic principles of a…