Author: Steven Sahiounie

On August 1, the first cargo ship with grain left Ukraine since the beginning of Russian military operations in February. Amid the ongoing hostilities in Eastern and Southern Ukraine, the first cargo ship with 26 thousand tons of corn left the port of Odessa. The cargo ship Razoni under the flag of Sierra Leone is heading to Lebanon. It is due to arrive in Istanbul on August 2, the Turkish Defense Ministry said. According to the Marine Traffic vessel tracking service, the cargo ship was accompanied by the towing vessel Bulat under the flag of Ukraine A safe corridor for…

The Biden administration announced its readiness to negotiate a new arms control framework to replace the New START treaty with Russia upon its expiry in 2026. On Monday, US President Joe Biden said his administration is ready to negotiate a new arms control framework to replace the New START treaty with Russia upon its expiry in 2026. Ahead of the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Biden stated, “Today, my Administration is ready to expeditiously negotiate a new arms control framework to replace New START when it expires in 2026. But negotiation…

Security situation in northern municipalities of Kosovo is tense, says KFOR NATO’s Kosovo Force (KFOR) said Sunday that it is prepared to intervene if stability is jeopardized in the northern municipalities of Kosovo after alleged conflicts at the Serbian border. ”The overall security situation in the northern municipalities of Kosovo is tense. The NATO-led KFOR mission is closely monitoring and is prepared to intervene if stability is threatened, in accordance with its mandate, which emerges from UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 1999,” said the statement. KFOR has sent troops to patrol the streets as security measures are being taken…

The US is deploying naval ships and jets ahead of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s potential visit to Taiwan despite Beijing repeatedly warning that her visit will be met with consequences Nikkei Asia reported on Monday that the US has deployed naval and aerial military assets ahead of US Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s potential visit to Taiwan. Website data for naval and aerial tracking shows that military ships and jets are being drawn closer to Taiwan. The news agency added that the assets included the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, which was previously in Singapore, the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli and the amphibious…

A conflict in the Balkans would spark universal dissatisfaction with Brussels’ policies, said the board chairman of the Foundation for Support and Development of the Valdai Discussion Club Andrey Bystritsky A war in the Balkans, should it break out, will not play into the hands of either the United States or the European Union, but the Western countries are using the escalation of tensions between Serbia and Kosovo for manipulating Pristina and Belgrade in their interests, the board chairman of the Foundation for Support and Development of the Valdai Discussion Club, Andrey Bystritsky, told TASS on Monday. “Neither the United…

In its daily briefing on August 1, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of two more HIMARS MRLS and a Harpoon launcher in Ukraine. The HIMARS supplied from the United States were destroyed as a result of the strike on the Ukrainian Energy Machines plant in Kharkiv. 53 Ukrainian servicemen and foreign mercenaries were also killed. A Harpoon launcher was destroyed as a result of a missile strike near the town of Velyky Dalnik in the Odessa region. The Russian Aerospace Forces also struck the temporary deployment point of the 92nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine…

The involved organization is called Bait Al-Adl, and it is situated in the Israeli-controlled occupied Palestinian territories. The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence announced on Monday that its personnel had apprehended members of a Baha’i organization tied to the Israeli occupation authorities. According to the Ministry of Intelligence, the detainees were directly related to an Israeli regime-backed organization named Bait Al-Adl, which is situated in the Israeli-controlled occupied Palestinian territories. The Intelligence Ministry statement stressed that the Bait Al-Adl sent orders to the imprisoned group in Iran to reestablish Bahaism in the nation. The group was tasked with spreading Bahaism at…

In a cheeky “get well” message posted on his Truth Social platform on Sunday, former US president Donald Trump implied President Joe Biden had dementia rather than a COVID-19 rebound infection. On the Twitter-like social networking platform, the former president made fun of his successor’s re-diagnosis, Sputnik reported. Trump’s quipped that Biden was “thinking about moving, part time, to one of those beautiful Wisconsin Nursing Homes” before reiterating his claims about the 2020 election fraud. “Joe Biden’s second bout of COVID, sometimes referred to as the China Virus, was sadly misdiagnosed by his doctors. He instead has Dementia, but is…

The country’s military has issued a new threat amid ongoing tension around Taiwan China’s Eastern Theater Command has issued a strong warning to the country’s “enemies” amid ongoing tension over the potential visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. The Command released a video on Monday, as China marks the anniversary of its People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The video, featuring footage of various drills and military units, urges the solders to “stand by in battle formation, be ready to fight upon command, bury all invading enemies.” The threat was further amplified by Yi Cao, a hawkish ‘wolf warrior’ Chinese diplomat,…

The top US official will be staying overnight in Taipei, the news network reports CNN has confirmed from sources both in the US and in Taiwan that US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to visit the self-governed island this week, despite objections from Beijing, which considers the island part of its territory. A Taiwanese official said that Pelosi is expected to spend the night in Taiwan, but didn’t offer any details about the time of her expected arrival. A US official said the Pentagon was “working around the clock” to ensure the speaker’s safety. Both spoke on condition of anonymity. The official…