Author: Steven Sahiounie

The nation’s wealthiest tycoons have reportedly seen their fortunes grow by $16 billion this year The collective net worth of Russia’s richest people has soared by $16 billion since the beginning of the year, despite the unprecedented sanctions pressure placed on the nation’s business elite, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. Vladimir Potanin, the owner of mining giant Norilsk Nickel, leads the Russian segment of the rating once again, with his fortune estimated at $29 billion, the index showed. Potanin was ranked as the world’s 44th richest person. Leonid Mikhelson, a co-owner of Russia’s second-largest natural gas producer Novatek, and Vladimir…

The country has intensified efforts to deepen exploration and production of petroleum Ankara will soon make a major announcement on the discovery of new oil reserves, Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Sunday, as quoted by Anadolu Agency. The minister said new resources have been identified near an existing oilfield in the Gabar Mountain area of Türkiye’s southeast Sirnak Province, but gave no details on the size of the discovery. “Operations on drilling and evaluation of the well are nearing completion,” Donmez said. “The first estimates of the data are positive, but we are waiting for the final results.” He added…

The cost-of-living crisis is forcing people to work beyond the age of 70, new data suggests An increasing number of older people in the UK are being forced to postpone retirement and continue working as a result of the cost-of-living crisis, new research has suggested. The number of individuals aged over 70 who are still working jumped by 61% last year compared to a decade ago, according to Rest Less, an online community that offers advice to older workers. The data released ahead of International Workers’ Day suggests that more than 446,600 people over 70 had yet to retire last…

Gerald Darmanin said that 406 police officers and gendarmes had suffered injuries At least 540 people were arrested in cities across France during May Day demonstrations protesting against the government’s pension reform plans, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Tuesday. “As many as 540 people were detained across France during protests, with 300 of the arrestees detained in the capital,” France’s top cop told BFM TV. He added that 406 police officers and gendarmes had suffered injuries. “The number of injured among protesters exceeded 60, with 32 demonstrators sustaining injuries during protests in Paris,” the minister noted. Another round…

Hundreds of Palestinians marched in several West Bank cities in protest against the death of Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan while in prison and clashes broke out in several locations, according to various sources. In Ramallah, hundreds rallied at the city center to express their anger at the death of Adnan, 44, who died after being on hunger strike for 86 days in protest against his detention without charge. The participants in the rally raised pictures of Adnan and the Palestinian flag, demanding justice for the Palestinian freedom fighters incarcerated in Israel, and holding the Israeli government, particularly its racist…

The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) today held Israel, the occupying power, fully responsible for the death of the Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan, who died while incarcerated in the Israeli occupation prisons after 86 days of hunger strike in protest against his detention without charge or trial. The OIC also condemned in a statement “the Israeli occupation’s systematic policy of medical negligence, arbitrary measures, inhumane treatment of Palestinian prisoners, and deprivation of their basic rights guaranteed by the relevant international conventions and covenants.” It also affirmed its support for the Palestinian prisoners and called, at the…

The Islamic Jihad prisoners announce that they will not be accepting condolences on the Martyrdom of Khader Adnan and call for holding the killers accountable. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons told Al Mayadeen on Tuesday that they will not accept condolences for the Martyrdom of Sheikh Khader Adnan, stressing that they are now in an open battle against the enemy. The prisoners said they will resort to escalating measures, and called for punishing “the killers of the martyr Khader Adnan.” The PIJ prisoners added that anyone who wants to help the prisoners must “work for their release, because…

The Resistance in Nablus and Tulkarm conducted shooting operations in response to the occupation’s intentional medical negligence against Sheikh Khader Adnan, which resulted in his martyrdom. Israeli media highlighted the occupation’s fear of escalation across the occupied West Bank and Gaza following the martyrdom of prisoner Khader Adnan on day 87 of his hunger strike for freedom. In response to the medical homicide committed by the occupation, the Resistance in Nablus and Tulkarm conducted shooting operations, while Gaza retaliated by launching three rockets, according to Israeli media. In turn, the Waad Association for Prisoners reported that “severe tension prevails in…

Palestinian Resistance Prisoner turned martyr, Sheikh Khader Adnan, wrote his will on day 58 of his hunger strike, stressing that “victory is near” and asking Palestinians not to despair. “Pray that God accepts me as an honest martyr in His service.” With these words, Resistance commander Sheikh Khader Adnan sealed his will when he wrote it on the 58th day of his hunger strike. Today, on his 87th day on strike, Adnan rises as a martyred prisoner after the Israeli occupation committed homicide through systematic medical negligence practiced against him. He asked his family, children, wife, and the people of Palestine not…

“Israel” commits once more the crime of medical homicide. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) announced on Tuesday the martyrdom of one of its senior members, Khader Adnan, inside Israeli occupation prisons. “In our long march towards Al-Quds, we will lose many brave men, leaders, and fighters along the way, and Commander Khader Adnan was one of those who paved a wide path for all those who seek freedom in Palestine and the world,” the PIJ said in a statement. The statement further pointed out that “the martyrdom of Commander Khader Adnan will be exemplary for the many generations of brave…