Author: Steven Sahiounie

On Monday, the UN Security Council did not support a resolution by Russia and China on an international investigation into the sabotage at the Nord Stream pipelines Russia is going to demand reports from the countries conducting national investigations into the sabotage at Nord Stream pipelines, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a briefing on Thursday. “We will continue to raise this topic, which is inconvenient for the West. We will continue to return to it and make these countries return to it, demanding a report on national investigations,” she said. “To avoid the repetition of such attacks in…

At a moment of increased violence in the occupied Palestinian territory, with the new Israeli government threatening even further annexation, the international community must take firm action to protect the human rights and dignity of Palestinians, today said Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. “The wave of deadly violence sweeping through the occupied West Bank since the beginning of this year is the inexorable consequence of an acquisitive and repressive occupation with no end in sight, and the culture of lawlessness and impunity Israel has nurtured and enjoyed,” said Albanese.…

The Russian foreign minister reiterated that education in the Russian language, the use of the language even in everyday life was banned in Ukraine, not to mention the closure of mass media outlets Western countries are direct participants in the war against Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Cuba’s Prensa Latina news agency. “We can no longer tolerate the policy of the West, which once again decided to choose the Nazi theory and practice in order to declare this time a hybrid war against the Russian Federation. It is being waged by the hands of the…

“The Israeli terrorist aggression that targeted some points in the vicinity of Damascus city this morning is nothing but a continuation of the fascist method of the Israeli entity towards the peoples and countries of the region”, Foreign and Expatriates Ministry affirmed Thursday. This hostile act is an attempt by this entity to escape from the internal dislocation witnessed there.” the ministry added on its account on Twitter. “The region cannot be at peace and stability unless putting an end to the Israeli occupation and its repeated attacks”, the ministry reiterated. On Thursday dawn, two soldiers were wounded and material…

Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Dr. Fayssal Mikdad, discussed in a phone call with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Sudan, Ali Al-Sadiq Ali, the bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries and means to boost them. Minister Mikdad stressed Syria’s aspiration to work closely with the brothers in Sudan to overcome all the challenges facing joint Arab action, highlighting Sudan’s important role on the Arab and African arenas. He underlined Syria’s keenness to deepen its relations with brotherly Sudan in various fields. In turn, the Sudanese minister affirmed that relations with Syria are good and deep-rooted. He expressed…

Moscow stockpiled gold, yuan and foreign currency in cash to offset Western sanctions, the regulator has revealed The Bank of Russia had been preparing for an escalation of Western sanctions since 2014 and was beefing up additional funds as a hedge against future restrictions on its foreign exchange reserves, the regulator revealed on Wednesday. Amid “increasing geopolitical risks” the central bank ramped up investments in assets “that cannot be blocked by unfriendly nations” and transferred part of its reserves to gold, Chinese yuan and foreign currency in cash, the regulator announced in its annual report. The central bank managed to stash billions of…

Russian air defenses have intercepted a Ukraine Grom-2 tactical ballistic missile for the first time, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on March 30. “During the day, one Grom-2 operational-tactical missile, three HIMARS multiple rocket launchers were intercepted, and two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Novoandeyevka and Zelyony Gai of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the ministry said in a statement. The incident marks the first time Russia has confirmed the use of the Grom-2, which is not known to be in service with Kiev forces, since the start of the special military…

Thousands of Palestinians took part today in a rally in the city of Sakhnin, north of Palestine, commemorating the 47th anniversary of the Palestinian Land Day. The participants waved Palestinian flags and chanted slogans that affirmed their right to their land and condemned the racist policies of hard-right Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir. The Palestinian Land Day refers to the events of March 1976 in which six Palestinian citizens were shot dead by Israeli forces while demonstrating against Israel’s confiscation of their land in the Galilee region. On March 30, 1976, thousands of Palestinians in the northern Galilee region demonstrated against…

China’s newly minted Premier Li Qiang painted a bullish picture of his country’s economic recovery at a key business forum this week, as Beijing seeks to win the hearts of global investors and economic leaders after emerging from its long pandemic isolation.“The dynamism and momentum of China’s economic growth is strong,” Li said Thursday in a keynote speech at the Boao Forum for Asia, a four-day gathering of international business leaders and politicians on the Chinese island of Hainan. The forum often promotes itself as “Asian Davos” and Li is tasked with reviving the world’s second largest economy at a time of…

The detainee pleaded not guilty Moscow’s Lefortovsky District Court arrested The Wall Street Journal reporter, US national Evan Gershkovich, who was previously apprehended in Yekaterinburg, over espionage charges, a source in the law enforcement told TASS Thursday. “The Lefortovsky Court of Moscow picked a prevention measure for Gershkovich, suspected of espionage, in form of detention,” the source said. The court itself categorically refused to provide any comments. The law enforcement also disclosed that Gershkovich’s case has been classified as ‘top secret’ because of the “relevant information contained in the case.” The detainee pleaded not guilty. Earlier on Thursday, the FSB…