Author: Steven Sahiounie

It is expected that on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in New York where on April 24 and 25 he will participate in UN Security Council sessions, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Monday. “Sergey Lavrov has arrived in New York. Tomorrow, a session of the UNSC will be held chaired by him,” she wrote on her Telegram channel. She also noted that simultaneously, over 700,000 people tracked his flight using Flightradar with a total of almost 3 mln. “A record,” Zakharova…

That said, according to Ella Pamfilova, the turnout at the presidential election will be high due to its particular importance both for the Russian people and the entire world Western countries are interested in undermining Russia’s presidential election slated for March 2024 and have already begun working on it, Head of Russia’s Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova said at a meeting with the students of the Pacific National University (PNU) in Khabarovsk. “People are interested, they see what really is going on. And they understand that the upcoming presidential election in March 2024 is not simply yet another election of…

The Serbian Foreign Ministry announced that they had also started the evacuation of more than 20 of its residents from Sudan in collaboration with the UN, the UAE, and Turkey,  Several European countries have swiftly conducted evacuation operations to retrieve their citizens from Sudan. Italy has evacuated 19 Italian tourists who had been in Sudan when the conflict broke out however 140 Italian nationals remain, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani told Sky TG24 broadcaster. Italian air force jets are reportedly on standby in Djibouti however it’s unclear when an evacuation operation would be conducted: such that it would contingent upon the…

Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo is extradited to stand court amid reports that he might face over 20 years in prison. Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo has been extradited from the United States to the Latin American country to face an 18-month pre-trial detention over bribery, Peruvian radio RPP reported Sunday. Toledo was President from 2001-2006, and during this tenure, according to an investigation in Peru, his activities as head of state may have contributed to a controversial bill being passed. It is reported that it is because Toledo amended the tender rules to allow for Brazilian construction company Odebrecht to win…

On the third day of Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan, the ancient city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank remains under Israeli military siege for the second day in a row, according to witnesses. Temporary military checkpoints have been set up by the Israeli occupation army at all the main entrances to Jericho since yesterday, resulting in traffic jams and unusually long queues of vehicles. Palestinians trying to leave the city or enter it and those wanting to travel abroad who have to go through Jericho have not been able to do so and…

According to the findings of a poll conducted by AP and NORC, 70% of respondents do not want Trump to run for president in 2024. A new poll co-conducted by the Associated Press and the National Opinion Research Center based at the University of Chicago shows that Americans generally disfavor a Trump comeback to the White House. According to the findings released by AP earlier this week: In addition to the partisanship variable, the poll studied the influence of the level of education on Trump’s popularity: However, the AP-NORC poll concluded that despite being generally perceived as unpopular, Trump has the highest “net favorability” among any…

Chinese and Indian military personnel are meeting in Chushul-Moldo of the Ladakh region in their first meeting in 5 months to discuss border disputes. The Indian and Chinese military have begun their first round of military-level border negotiations on Sunday, according to Indian media reports. The parties chose Chushul-Moldo of the Ladakh region as their meeting point, the Times Now broadcaster revealed. This happens to be the first meeting on the issue between the two countries in 5 months. The meeting has been scheduled prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Defense Ministers’ meeting, which is set to take place on April 27…

Macron whose popularity is dwindling among French voters warns against a more probable Le Pen presidency after polls showed that most French citizens oppose his pension reforms. French President Emmanuel Marcon alerted voters on the possibility of Marine Le Pen taking power in the country in 2027 after he received heavy criticism over the recent pension reforms. Macron believes that Le Pen “will arrive (in power) if we are unable to respond to the challenges of the country and if we introduce a habit of lying or denying reality.” The French people responded in fierce resistance to the new legislation that raised…

Relations between Russia and Iran, as per Iran’s envoy to the federation, are being emboldened by a similar stance for both countries on international and regional issues. The Iranian Ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, said Saturday that the bilateral relations between his country and Moscow have been reaching new levels in light of both countries having a similar and sometimes unanimous approach toward regional and international issues. “Today, relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation are reaching a new level,” Jalali said during an academic event held in the Russian capital with a focus on the…

“It’s an obvious manipulation of the freedom of speech and infrigement on the rights of journalists,” Zakharova added American entry visas were never issued to Russian media representatives, who were set to travel with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for the UN Security Council meeting in New York, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated on her Telegram channel on Sunday. “Speaking about the US real treatment of journalists. There are 40 minutes left before their departure. They [journalists] are all at the airport. They have no visas. The US Embassy replied to a our relevant request that ‘they work…