Author: Steven Sahiounie

Saudi banks recorded a 21 percent annual surge in credit card loans in the second quarter of 2024, reaching SR30.04 billion ($8.01 billion)

Telegram’s cryptocurrency Toncoin has fallen in price by nearly 19% following the arrest of the platform’s founder and CEO Pavel Durov

Substantive talks on the fiscal framework for 2025 have yet to begin amid the ongoing war in Gaza, according to a report

The Telegram messenger app’s global popularity has surged following the arrest of the platform’s founder and CEO, Pavel Durov, TechCrunch has reported

The surge has been attributed to capital pouring into Bitcoin and Ethereum from institutional investors

The termination of Russian gas transit through Ukraine will seriously hit consumers in the EU, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Wednesday.

The funds are to come from interest garnered by Russian assets immobilized in the West, a move that Moscow calls illegal

Beijing hopes that China and the United States will cooperate for the benefit of the entire world, instead of conflicting with each other, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said during the meeting with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. “Amid the unstable and entangled international situation, the countries must unite and cooperate, instead of dividing and countering each other,” the Chinese leader said, according to CCTV. Being two major powers, China and the US must bear their responsibility before history, before their nations and the world, Xi Jinping said. According to the Chinese leader, China and the United States must become “stable…

European Union foreign ministers have voiced grave concern over the humanitarian situation in Gaza, calling for an immediate ceasefire that would end the Israeli war on the territory. Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin described the Israeli aggression on the region as essentially a war against the Palestinians, condemning the civilian casualties as unacceptable to conscience. Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström emphasized that the immense suffering of Gaza’s civilian population must come to an end. Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib labeled the Israeli actions in Gaza as “a tragedy and a humanitarian disaster,” and warned of the potential escalation of violence…

Russia will not hold any negotiations with the Kiev regime following Ukraine’s terrorist attack on the Kursk Region, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has told a news briefing. “In June this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin, I think we can even say, in a gesture of good will, put forward quite realistic proposals. They were aimed at a long-term and fair settlement. However, the criminal terrorist regime of [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky, instead of seriously considering them – it seems to me, to put it mildly, the most generous proposals by the Russian side – carried out a bloody…