Author: Steven Sahiounie

Presidential Spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh today reiterated his call for immediate ceasefire in the war-torn Gaza Strip. Abu Rudeineh, who also serves as a member of the Fatah Executive Committee, made his call during a meeting with Russian Presidential Special Envoy for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov, attended by Palestine’s ambassador to Mauritania, Mohammad al-Asad. During the meeting, Abu Rudeineh conveyed to Bogdanov President Mahmoud Abbas’s keenness to further develop bilateral Palestinian-Russian relations and briefed him on the situation in the occupied Palestinian Territory, with special focus on the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which…

China’s $18.6trln economy grew more slowly than expected in the second quarter, and cautious households are building up savings and paying off debts

Israeli forces today detained Jerusalem’s former Grand Mufti and main preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, from his home in Jerusalem, according to WAFA correspondent. Israeli forces detained Sheikh Ekrema Sabri after raiding his home in the al-Sawana neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem. The preacher was led to the Al-Moskobiya interrogation and detention center in Jerusalem. Source: WAFA

The BoE lowered its benchmark rate to 5.0% on Thursday, from a 16-year high of 5.25%, offering a bit more relief to households and businesses who are emerging from the inflationary shocks

Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has conveyed his condolences to Khaled Meshaal, the acting head of Hamas’ political bureau, over the assassination of its former chief Ismail Haniyeh, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on X on Friday. Haniyeh’s sons, Abdusselam and Hammam, were also present at the meeting in Doha, the ministry added. Following a funeral in Tehran, Haniyeh’s body arrived in Doha on Thursday, where he was buried on Friday. The Palestinian resistance group and Iran announced Haniyeh’s assassination in an Israeli attack in Tehran early Wednesday, a day after he attended the inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.…

The prospect that the U.S. central bank would start reducing borrowing costs in September has been a solid bet for weeks

Both sides emphasized that the FTA between the two sides would establish a solid groundwork for expanding trade and investment relations and fostering cooperation

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator On August 30, at 8:00 pm. local time, Israel struck a four-story residential building in the southern section of Beirut, Lebanon. The airstrike assassinated Fuad Shukr, killed three civilians, and injured 174 others. Shukr was a senior military commander in the Lebanese resistance organization, Hezbollah, and was a founding member of its military wing. Shukr is accredited with obtaining the bulk of the group’s more advanced weapons, which experts have said are on parity with those of Israel. Israeli military planners had accused Shukr of a missile strike on July 27 that killed 12…

Doha: The Ministry of Finance revealed yesterday that the total value of tenders and auctions in government agencies in the State of Qatar reached QR5.5bn during the second quarter of 2024.

The financial sanction is the result of the findings of an examination conducted by the CBUAE