Author: Steven Sahiounie

Israeli occupation forces close the doors of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Old City in Al-Quds and assault Palestinian worshippers. Al Mayadeen correspondent in occupied Al-Quds reported that Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a Palestinian youth near Bab Al-Silsila in Al-Aqsa Mosque under the pretext of attacking occupation soldiers and trying to seize one of their weapons. Our correspondent cited witnesses as saying that the Palestinian youth was martyred at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. She said occupation forces closed the doors of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Old City in Al-Quds and assaulted Palestinian worshippers as they were leaving the Mosque…

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed the importance of the “Akuyu” nuclear plant project, which is being built by “Rosatom” in Turkey, in Russian-Turkish relations, especially in the Turkish energy sector. He pointed out that he had not yet taken a decision on the form of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s participation in the upcoming event of the “Akuyu” nuclear plant, where it is planned to load nuclear fuel at the station on April 27 next. The Kremlin spokesman pointed out that Russia’s representation during the event will be at a decent level, and said: “No decision has been taken yet in…

The head of the Russian Reconciliation Centre for Syria says US occupation forces had twice been spotted in areas that lay outside agreed zones. Russia has protested to the American-led so-called coalition against the Islamic State militant group about “provocative actions” by US armed forces in Syria, Reuters reported, citing Russian news agency TASS on Friday. The news agency cited a senior Russian official as saying that the incidents had occurred in the northeastern province of Al-Hasakah. Russia – which together with Turkey is carrying out joint patrols in northern Syria – has agreed to special zones where the so-called coalition can operate. But…

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced, in a speech to the parliament and the Belarusian people, that Moscow and Minsk plan to launch 15 projects in the field of mechanical engineering.read more “In cooperation with Russian partners, we plan to launch about fifteen engineering projects that will have an investment and cooperative effect. Funding problems have been resolved,” the Belarusian president said. Russia and Belarus have strategic relations, especially in the commercial and economic fields. Russia represents about 48% of Belarus’s foreign trade, while Belarus accounts for about 6% of Russia’s trade. In the middle of last year, Russia and Belarus launched…

Israeli occupation forces brutally crack down on a demonstration in the town of Huwara against the imposed closure of the town. Violent confrontations erupted between Palestinian youths and Israeli occupation forces on Friday evening in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank. Israeli occupation forces fired flares at the apartheid wall near Marj Ibn Amer, west of Jenin, as Palestinian Resistance fighters targeted a compound of buildings of the Israeli occupation forces in the area with a heavy barrage of bullets. Local sources told Amad Media that confrontations also broke out in the village of Al-Jalamah, north of Jenin, during…

Russia will contribute to reducing the exploitation of “unfriendly” countries and their hegemony in the global economy, thanks to the new concept of Russian foreign policy, which was published on the official portal. The new concept of Russian foreign policy came: “Russia will help limit the ability of unfriendly countries to abuse their monopolistic or dominant position in certain areas of the global economy, and expand the participation of developing countries in global economic governance.” Russia has been calling for years to abandon the US currency in international transactions, in light of Washington’s hostile policy and the US public debt…

The Russian city of Sochi, on the Black Sea, has overtaken New York, Singapore, London and Dubai in terms of the price of luxury housing, according to Knight Frank NF. The group ranks the world’s cities in terms of the number of square meters of luxury housing that a million dollars can buy. According to the luxury housing index, which is issued by the group, the Russian resort is among the first three places, as 29 square meters of luxury housing can be purchased in the Russian city for $1 million. The cities of Monaco and Hong Kong occupied the…

The major crypto exchange Binance has seen a whopping $2.2 billion in outflows after news broke that it has been sued in the US by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The lawsuit, which alleged that Binance offers “unregistered securities” to retail users in the US, was announced by the CFTC on Monday this week, and Binance customers have taken notice. Citing data from Ethereum tracking platform Nansen, the Wall Street Journal this week said as much as $2.1 billion of net outflows have been seen on Ethereum alone over the past seven days. The trend is not exclusive to…

Bitcoin, the world’s leading cryptocurrency, has recently experienced strong performance, surging over 4% in just a few hours. Moreover, the performance of other digital currencies, like Ethereum, has also gained momentum. This indicates that the cryptocurrency market is growing in popularity and could continue to appreciate in value. Even though the government has implemented stringent regulations on digital currencies, the cryptocurrency market continues to thrive.  Bitcoin, the most highly valued digital currency, is increasing in value, and numerous other forms of digital currency are emerging. US GDP Figures in Highlights In the world of cryptocurrencies, the prices of Bitcoin (BTC)…

The central Bank of Japan (BoJ) has stated that regulated stablecoins and a forthcoming central bank digital currency (CBDC) can coexist – and has given the clearest signal so far that Japan will launch a digital yen. The Japanese media outlet CoinPost reported that BoJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda spoke about the matters at a fintech forum this week. Kuroda hinted that certain stablecoins could co-exist with a digital JPY in the Japanese economy and spoke of such stablecoins’ potential to carry out “conventional payment functions.” He also talked up their potential use in the settlement space. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s trust and banking arm…