Author: Steven Sahiounie

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, said that the global economic system is in a weak position because of the world’s central banks’ attempts to fight inflation. Among the consequences, Georgieva mentioned primarily financial instability and slowing economic growth, but at the same time stressed that the world is not currently threatened by a repeat of the financial crisis that occurred in 2008. She added, “Currently, the financial system, banking and non-banking, is much cleaner, but this does not mean that weaknesses do not exist. We have warned over the past year that interest rates should not…

Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah meets with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, and the leaders discussed the latest developments in occupied Palestine. Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah received on Saturday Hamas the chief of Hamas’s Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, and his deputy, Saleh Al-Arouri, both of whom were heading a Hamas delegation. Sayyed Nasrallah discussed with the Hamas delegation the latest developments in occupied Palestine and the incidents that were taking place in Al-Aqsa Mosque, as well as the uptick in resistance in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah’s media relations office said in a statement. The parties…

Media reported that Indian refineries boosted diesel and jet fuel supplies to the European Union after Russian oil imports into the country hit record levels in the last fiscal year. This came according to what Reuters reported yesterday, citing preliminary ship tracking data from Kpler and Vortexa. She pointed out that the European Union uses India as a “backdoor” in light of the sharp increase in New Delhi’s imports of Russian oil after the Union banned crude from Russia. In the 2022-2023 fiscal year, Indian refineries bought between 970 and 981 thousand barrels of Russian oil per day, which represents more…

Saudi delegation arrives in Sanaa to discuss details of the final peace plan with member of the Supreme Political Council Mohammad Ali Al-Houthi on Sunday. A Saudi delegation traveled to Sanaa to meet with high-ranking officials from the Ansar Allah movement to discuss further details of the final ceasefire agreement and the end of the 8-year Saudi-led war on Yemen. The delegation arrived on Saturday evening and held talks with Mohammad Ali Al-Houthi, a senior member of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council and important figures of the National Salvation Government of Yemen. Pictures were circulated in Yemeni media outlets today, showing…

China called the maneuvers a warning to Taipei and “external forces” Beijing has simulated precision strikes on Taiwan during a combined military exercise around the island, Chinese state media reported on Sunday. The maneuvers, involving an aircraft carrier, were launched in response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s trip to the US. The Taiwanese Defense Ministry said nine naval vessels and 71 warplanes had been detected near the island as of Sunday morning. It added that 45 aircraft, including fighter jets, surveillance planes, and drones, crossed into the island’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ). Taiwan’s own patrol planes, as well as…

On this day in 1948, a couple of hundred armed Zionist militias from the pre-1948 Irgun and Stern gangs stormed the village of Deir Yassin, a few kilometers to the west of Jerusalem, and committed one of the earliest massacres that became standard practice for the newly-founded state of Israel. On April 9, 1948, Zionist gangs raided the village of Deir Yassin, killing at leasr 254 Palestinian civilians, mainly women, children and the elderly. There were documented cases of rape, mutilation and humiliation. The Deir Yassin massacre was led by Menachem Begin in his capacity as head of the Irgun…

Thousands of Palestinian and Arab nationals, as well as international solidarity activists, took to the streets yesterday in several major cities across the United States, in protest against the Israeli attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. The protesters also denounced the silence of the U.S. administration over on the Israeli atrocities committed against the Palestinian people. Mass rallies were held in New York, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Ohio, Texas, California and Minnesota under the banner #HandsOffAlAqsa, demanding the occupation Israeli authorities to stop the aggression on Al-Aqsa Mosque. The protesters also called for the freedom of Palestine and…

The Israeli occupation forces are heavily mobilized in Al-Aqsa Mosque in a bid to provide protection for the illegal Israeli settlers storming the holy site. The Israeli occupation forces on Sunday turned the courtyards of Al-Aqsa mosque into military barracks in a bid to provide protection for the illegal settlers storming the Muslim holy site on the fourth day of Passover. The Islamic Endowments Department in Al-Quds said scores of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in Groups from the Moroccan Gate, adding that they carried out provocative tours and performed some rites under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces. The…

“Israel” responds to a rocket attack on the Occupied Golan Heights by shelling and targeting South Syria. Syrian air defenses shot down several Israeli rockets that targeted the southern region of Syria. Israeli Occupation Forces attacked Syrian territory with shells and rockets at around 5:00 AM on Sunday 9 April, a military source told SANA. Some of the incoming missiles were shot down by Syrian air defenses, while the rest reached their targets and caused material damage in the area. Later on, the IOF announced that they were shelling Syrian territory in response to three rockets fired from Syria towards the Occupied…

In February, Russia recorded an annual inflation rate of 10.99%, and thus ranked 50th in terms of price growth among all countries in the world. The available data indicate that the highest values ​​in this field were in Lebanon and Argentina – the highest annual inflation rate was recorded in Lebanon (190%) and then in Argentina (102.5%). Zimbabwe, which a month ago was leading the rating with an inflation rate of 230%, fell to third place, and this indicator there in February reached 92.3%. Sudan came in fourth place, with a price growth rate of 63.3%, and Suriname in fifth place, with…