Author: Steven Sahiounie

Moscow would like to see the organization’s HQ relocated to Switzerland or Austria UN member states are against the idea of moving the organization’s headquarters out of New York City mainly due to financial limitations, according to Pyotr Ilyichev, a high-ranking official at the Russian Foreign Ministry. “[Russia] would, of course, like to relocate [the UN HQ] to some other more neutral spot, like Geneva or Vienna, but many member states don’t want to leave New York,” Ilyichev, who heads the Department of International Organizations at the ministry, said on Monday. According to the diplomat, there are “a lot of reasons” why national governments…

The United Kingdom has provided Ukraine with thousands of shells for the donated Challenger 2 main battle tanks, UK minister for armed forces James Heappey said on Tuesday. “We have sent thousands of rounds of Challenger 2 ammunition to Ukraine, including depleted uranium armour-piercing rounds,” he said in a written answer to a parliamentary query. Heappey did not give an estimate of the number of depleted uranium rounds fired by the Ukrainian armed forces, citing operational security reasons. The minister also admitted that the UK was not monitoring the locations from where these rounds were fired and added that his country was…

The Norwegian Foreign Ministry said Sweden should have informed Norway of such activities since the experimental rocket could have caused a tragedy on its territories. In a rare incident between the two neighbors, the Norwegian Foreign Ministry voiced irritation with Sweden on Tuesday for not promptly informing Oslo of a research rocket that fell in Norway. The rocket crashed on a mountaintop in the Malselv municipality located in far-northern Norway, some 10 kilometers from the nearest inhabited area, and there were no recorded injuries or property losses. The rocket took off early on Monday from the Esrange Space Centre in Kiruna, located in…

The PLA’s latest warship with its advanced catapult system makes China’s naval force a fierce opponent to Beijing’s enemies. China’s latest aircraft carrier, Fujian, is about to change the sea game, as the cutting-edge warship will soon be equipped with a new aircraft launching system, which is anticipated to push the Chinese maritime power ahead of its rivals. The Asian giant first commissioned its locally-produced carrier, Shandong, in 2019. But Fuijan’s advanced catapult mechanism allows the onboard aircraft to take off more frequently, carry more fuel, and hold more ammo, compared to the ski-jump ramp – an upward-curved ramp that allows…

The Iranian Foreign Ministry imposed retaliatory sanctions on individuals and entities from the European Union and the UK. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday that the EU and UK individuals and entities were blacklisted because of “supporting terrorism and terrorist groups, instigating and encouragement to terrorist acts and violence against Iranian people, interference in domestic affairs of Iran, fomenting violence and unrest in the country, dissemination of false information about Iran and participation in the escalation of cruel sanctions against Iranian people as an economic terrorism.” It added that Iran condemns the measures of the EU and…

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan said the UN Security Council was “extremely biased”, completely disregarding Israeli massacres against Palestinian since 1948. Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan announced that “Israel will not take part” in the UN Security Council session regarding the Palestinian issue, alleging “extreme bias” at a time when “Israel” continues its systematic genocide of the Palestinian people. Before he left the room, Erdan claimed, “If this council refuses to respect their [fallen soldiers] memory, I will dedicate this speech to their memory. I light this candle, Mr. President, to honor them, and may…

“The number of incidents on the Blue Line with Lebanon, including the largest exchange of missile strikes since 2006, has increased,” the top diplomat said The events in the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and along the line of withdrawal between Israel, Lebanon and Syria have brought tensions in the region to a breaking point, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. He made the statement at a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East. “The events in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and along the line of withdrawal between Israel, Lebanon and…

By: Arnaud DEVELAY, international Human Rights Lawyer Friend of luminaries such as Roger Waters, George Galloway and the late William Kunstler (to name but a few), Randi has been relentlessly committed to defend the proverbial “little guy” while taking on the powerful. (He repeatedly ran senior Democrats such Chuck Schumer and Andrew Cuomo in his bid to win respectively a seat in the US Senate and the top job in New York’s gubernatorial election.) Credico is also known to have been an ardent supporter of jailed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange who’s still being detained in Belmarsh prison as he awaits…

It’s “inconceivable” that the president would seek a second term after such a “calamitous and failed” two years, his challenger said In a new campaign video released after President Joe Biden formally announced his reelection bid, former President Donald Trump accused Biden of a litany of failures, from opening the US border with Mexico to leading the world “to the brink of World War III.” Biden formally entered the 2024 race on Tuesday, saying in a campaign video that he needs four more years to “finish the job” and restore “the soul of America.” Within hours, Trump issued a response. “You could take the five…

Israeli media reports that shots were fired at an Israeli vehicle near Wadi al-Haramiya in the city of Ramallah. An Israeli settler was injured on Tuesday morning in a shooting attack north of Ramallah in the central West Bank. Israeli Kan TV stated that the shooting targeted a group of settlers who were “taking part in a military jog, to pay tribute to those killed in operations and wars”, and that one of them was lightly wounded. Occupation authorities closed the entrances to Ramallah after a settler vehicle was targeted between the settlements of “Shilo” and “Ofra”. Israeli “Channel Seven” also reported…