Author: Steven Sahiounie

Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden on the phone at the request of the latter on Thursday evening. The two presidents had a candid communication and exchange on China-U.S. relations and issues of mutual interest. Xi pointed out that in the world today, the trends of turbulence and transformation are evolving, and deficits in development and security are looming large. Faced with a world of change and disorder, the international community and the people around the world expect China and the United States to take the lead in upholding world peace and security and in promoting…

The recently-arrested Israeli Mossad agents planned to blow up a vital military target inside Iran using highly powerful bombs according to new findings. The Iranian Intelligence Ministry provided additional information about a network of Israeli Mossad agents recently apprehended by Tehran’s security forces, revealing that the captured mercenaries planned to blow up a vital military target inside Iran using highly powerful bombs. The Iranian Intelligence Ministry claimed on Saturday that members of a terrorist group associated with the Israeli Mossad were arrested by the country’s security services before they could carry out acts of sabotage. On Wednesday, the intelligence ministry published another…

Turkey is ready to support the “Syrian regime” against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said during an interview with TV 100 on July 17. The YPG is the core of the Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls vast parts of Syria’s northern and northeastern region with direct support from the US. The PKK enjoys much influence within the group. Turkey has been battling these groups for years now. Cavusoglu said that Turkey held talks with Iran, a top ally of the Damascus government, on the removal of “terrorists” from…

At the same time, Karl Nehammer expressed confidence that ‘smart sanctions,’ like restrictions in respect of electronic components, will demonstrate their efficiency over time It is impossible to impose an embargo on Russian gas because it threatens by industry collapse and unemployment, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said at a press conference with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban. “The position of Austria is such that it is impossible to introduce an embargo in respect of gas. Not merely because Austria depends on Russian gas, the German industry also depends on it, and if it collapses, the Austrian one will crash down…

The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the Israeli demolition of houses of Palestinian people in the occupied West Bank, reminding the Zionist regime that it cannot escape its grim fate by continuing barbarous activities. In a post on his Twitter account on Thursday, Nasser Kanaani condemned the demolition of six houses in Jericho in the occupied West Bank by the Zionist regime’s bulldozers as a daily practice of the occupiers that includes destruction, shooting, massacre, violence, suppression, arrest of children, ruining farmlands, cutting trees, etc. “Definitely, the continuation of such barbarism that happens under unconditional support from the US…

Experts note that Pelosi’s plan to visit Taiwan increases the threat of a military conflict between the People’s Liberation Army of China and the US Armed Forces It will be very difficult for Taiwan’s administration to refuse to receive Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, but if the visit takes place, the island’s authorities will have to ‘to bear the wrath of Beijing’, the leading Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post said on Thursday. On the one hand, the newspaper notes, Pelosi’s visit to the island would show that Taipei has Washington’s support and boost the…

The Russian military has destroyed a communication station for Bayraktar TB2 combat drones that was deployed by Ukrainian forces near the front in Kherson. A video released on July 28 shows the communication station receiving a direct hit from a Russian Lancet loitering munition, which was reportedly launched by the Russian Airborne Forces. The pinpoint strike destroyed the station and set it on fire. The Lancet, which was developed by the ZALA Aero Group, is equipped with an elector-optical system that allows it to detect, track and lock on static and moving targets. An improved version of the Lancet-3, that…

President Biden has responded by saying, “We are on the right path” The US economy has shrunk for two consecutive quarters, meeting one of the criteria for a recession, official figures released on Thursday suggest. Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 0.9% in the second quarter of 2022, following a decrease of 1.6% in the first quarter, according to a release published on the US government’s website. It notes that the data for the second quarter represents an advance estimate, and more complete data will be released in August. The drop in the GDP reflects…

A series of three attacks has targeted two of Turkey’s military bases well as one of its consulates in the northern region of Iraq. The attacks began late on July 26, when a suicide drone targeted a Turkish military base in the area of Barukhi and Siri in the province of Dohuk in the Kurdistan Region. The base is located on the Iraqi side of the border line with Turkey. A group calling itself the Ababil Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. The pro-Iranian group said that the attack was a response to the July 20 Turkish strikes on Zakho…

Boris Johnson, who is now stepping down as British Prime Minister, may take over as NATO Secretary-General after current alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg leaves his seat next September, the Daily Telegraph reported on Wednesday. According to the newspaper, senior Tories are backing Boris Johnson as the next NATO Secretary-General. Prior to Johnson, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, as well as former UK prime ministers Theresa May and David Cameron, were considered for the role, the newspaper notes, TASS reported. The Daily Telegraph stressed that the post of NATO Secretary-General had long been offered to a British representative because of the…