Author: Steven Sahiounie

Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, has strongly condemned the raid earlier today by Israeli police on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem and the forcible eviction of Muslim worshipers from the holy site. The Grand Mufti described the Israeli raid and the eviction of worshipers as a “severely dangerous attack on the sentiments and beliefs of Muslims,” adding that the Israeli escalation “aims at achieving the interests of extremist settler groups that seek a religious war in the region.” He denounced the threats made by the so-called Israeli “Temple Mount groups” about their intention to…

A proposal to send 12 Soviet-made Mi-24 attack helicopters to Ukraine will be submitted for approval during the next session of the North Macedonian government, the country’s Defense Minister Slavjanka Petrovska announced on March 25, according to the local media outlet Nezavisen. Petrovska said that the decision will not affect the combat readiness of the North Macedonian military since the “equipment is already at the end of its use, according to our modernization plans,” as quoted by the media. “All the equipment that has been donated so far has to do with the request of the Ukrainian authorities, who are…

These were unexpectedly long events, Dmitry Peskov said An unscheduled long informal communication of the Russian and Chinese presidents, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, speak of the leaders’ attitude, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov opined in an interview with the ‘Moscow. Kremlin. Putin’ program on the Rossiya-1 TV channel. “Certainly, these were unexpectedly long events. But this speaks to the mood of the two leaders, the spirit of trust and the thoroughness of their communication,” Peskov said, responding to a question from journalist Pavel Zarubin. Peskov stressed that initially it was not planned that the informal talks between Vladimir Putin and…

Most of them laid down their weapons voluntarily About 70 servicemen of the Ukrainian armed forces have laid down arms and surrendered to Russian forces in the past two weeks on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), an officer from a region’s security agency told TASS on Sunday. “About 70 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered in the past two weeks alone. Most of them laid down their weapons voluntarily, wishing to save their lives,” the source said. According to his data, most of them are military fighting on the Avdeyevka, Donetsk and Ugledar fronts. Source: Tass

Russian President is convinced that the West crosses all red and even deep-red lines by supplying weapons to Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin sees Western countries as “initiators and instigators” of the conflict in Ukraine. “An armed coup – that’s where it all started. We were forced to protect the population of Crimea, and this way or another we ended up supporting Donbass. They pretend they had nothing to do with it. They are the initiators of this conflict and the instigators. And today they are handing over millions more munitions, hardware and so on,” the president said, answering questions…

Bilateral relations between Greece and Turkey have been restored following the latter’s changed stance toward Athens, as per Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias. Greece on Saturday affirmed its recent “positive turn” in relations with Turkey following devastating crises in both countries. The joint statement comes following the fourth Positive Agenda Meeting in the Turkish capital of Ankara on March 22 and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s recent meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias in Brussels. Dendias affirmed that the meetings reflect the new reality between the two countries. The top Greek diplomat said that Ankara’s changed stance toward Athens was the reason for…

On March 26, an Iraqi armed group calling itself the Victorious Brigade [Liwa al-Ghalibun in Arabic] claimed responsibility for a recent drone attack that targeted a United States base near the northeastern Syrian city of al-Hasakah. The attack, which took place on March 23, claimed the life of a U.S. contractor and left five U.S. service members and a second U.S. contractor wounded. In a statement, the Victorious Brigade said that the attack was a response to the assassination of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Deputy-Commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units, and Commander of Iran’s Quds Force, Qassim Soleimani. The two commanders were…

On the morning of March 26, a sea mine exploded in the Odessa region. The Ukrainian mine damaged civilian buildings and the pier. The Odessa City Council confirmed the incident. The speaker of the Odessa regional military administration said that the explosion occurred near the coastal village of Sychavka. As a result, a country house was damaged, there were no casualties as a result of the explosion. The mine was washed ashore by a storm. The storm in the region continues. The officials warned that due to bad weather, mines could drift along the coast. After the Ukrainian military mined…

Tim Cook has praised the company’s nearly 30-year-long relationship with the country, both as a market and a manufacturing hub US iPhone maker Apple and China have “grown together” over the past three decades, and the relationship between the company and one of its largest markets has become “symbolic,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said at the China Development Forum in Beijing on Saturday. In his first visit to China since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Cook said the company would soon celebrate the 30th anniversary of operating in the Chinese market. “We could not be more excited……

China and Russia became the world leaders in trade surplus last year, according to calculations by RIA Novosti based on data from the national statistical services of both countries. A trade surplus is an indicator of a positive balance of trade, where a country’s exports exceed its imports. Traditionally, by showing that local currency and resource inflow exceeds outflow, a surplus serves as an indicator of a healthy economy. Both countries broke their own records in 2022, with China’s trade surplus surging 30% to an all-time high of $877.6 billion. The country exported approximately $3.59 trillion worth of goods, a…