Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Israeli occupation forces say two rockets were fired from Syria towards the Golan heights and “fell in open areas” The Israeli occupation forces activated alarm sirens in the south of the Golan Heights following an explosion that was heard in the vicinity. The Israeli occupation forces say two rockets were fired from Syria towards the Golan heights and “fell in open areas”. However, Israeli media then followed up by announcing that three rockets were fired from Syria toward the Golan area. In turn, the military correspondent of Channel 12 speculated that “We will witness, in the coming hours, an Israeli response…

Four Palestinians suffered injuries tonight in an attack by Israeli settlers on Palestinian vehicles at the north entrance to the city of Al-Bireh in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian security sources said. According to the sources, rampaging Israeli settlers hurled stones at Palestinian vehicles as they crossed the Israeli military checkpoint of Beit El, at the north entrance to the city, lightly injuring four Palestinian passengers and causing damage to vehicles. Meantime, groups of Israeli settlers gathered at Ein Ayyub junction, near the village of Ras Karkar in the Ramallah province, and embarked on attacking Palestinian vehicles driving though the…

South Africa is preparing to host the upcoming BRICS summit in August, which is set to be attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin. South Africa has begun preparing to host all BRICS leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, as part of their participation in the August summit, Anil Sooklal, South Africa’s Sherpa in BRICS told Russian news agency Sputnik. The official underlined that it has been confirmed that all leaders will be attending the summit after Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in March that no decision had been made regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin’s participation. According to Sooklal, the Russian President…

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova pointed out that, on the contrary, statements were made which can be described as the “public justification of terrorism” Western countries could not bring themselves to condemn the terror attack on war reporter Vladlen Tatarsky [real name: Maxim Fomin], Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel on Saturday. “Over six days that elapsed since the moment of the blast in that St. Petersburg cafe, not a single Western ‘champion’ of freedom of the media and the safety of journalists managed to utter even a word condemning this cruelty, horrendous by any human…

Saudi Arabia has made the decision to end the war on Yemen which broke out more than eight years ago, according to several news reports that emerged on April 7. Citing informed Yemeni sources, the Al-Mayadeen TV reported that the kingdom informed the Yemeni president and members of the Presidential Leadership Council of its decision and briefed them on unannounced meetings with the Iran-aligned Houthis (Ansar Allah) during a recent meeting in Riyadh. “The Saudi Defense Minister, Khalid bin Salman, briefed the head of the leadership council and members of the council on the solution for a way out of…

February sales slumped by more than 20% in annual terms, an industry association says Worldwide sales of microchips declined 4% in February in monthly terms to $39.7 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported on Thursday. The figure is 20.7% lower than in February 2022, when sales totalled $50 billion, according to the SIA. “Global semiconductor sales continued to slow in February, decreasing year-to-year and month-to-month for the sixth consecutive month,” SIA President and CEO John Neuffer said. “Short-term market cyclicality and macroeconomic headwinds have led to cooling sales, but the market’s medium- and long-term prospects remain bright, thanks to growing demand across…

Western businesses have been forced to reject Russian imports despite the official positions of governments, a grain union says Russian grain exporters have been hit by indirect sanctions, as Western businesses were unable to provide services critical to the industry, the head of the Russian Union of Grain Exporters has said in an interview with RT. Eduard Zernin explained that even though grain is exempt from anti-Russia sanctions imposed by Western powers, firms located or registered in those countries were systemically refusing to work with Russian suppliers. “Among them are banking institutions of this or that country that have been rejecting…

The Twitter user Cryptoes (@cryptotoes_ta) tweeted this morning that the price of the remittance token, Ripple (XRP), has recently closed above a significant price level. According to the tweet, the daily close for XRP has closed above a key price level and may continue to rise in the upcoming days. The tweet added that XRP’s price will push right above the next resistance level around $0.53 if this level holds. At press time, the price of XRP stands at $0.5105 according to CoinMarketCap. This comes after the altcoin’s price climbed 0.32% over the last 24 hours. This 24-hour gain has…

The efforts to expand Bitcoin development and adoption in Africa and Central America continue. So the market is looking pretty comfortable with BTC after the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and others with crypto exposure. After shocking customers, markets, and regulators earlier last month, their effect on BTC’s market value seems priced into the momentum. While crypto yield scheme crashes and bank runs haven’t been able to keep down bitcoin’s price, something’s pushing it higher. That’s industry development and user adoption happening all over the world. Two of the most promising regions for crypto growth are Africa and Central America.…

According to the latest filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Private Advisor Group LLC has reduced its holdings in the US-based crypto exchange Coinbase Global by 19.8%. This information was captured in a report by MarketBeat on Saturday, noting the firm now owned 16,730 shares of the crypto exchange’s stock after selling 4,135 shares. Notably, Private Advisor Group LLC’s holdings in Coinbase Global were worth $592,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. The decrease in the group’s holdings could indicate a lack of faith in the crypto firm, leading to further selling pressure on the…