Author: Steven Sahiounie

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…

Demand is expected to reach a record high, new report shows Global coal demand could reach 8 billion tons in 2022, matching a historic high set in 2013, and further growing in 2023, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a coal market update report published on Thursday. “Based on current economic and market trends, global coal consumption is forecast to rise by 0.7% in 2022 to 8 billion tons, assuming the Chinese economy recovers as expected in the second half of the year… This global total would match the annual record set in 2013, and coal demand is likely…

On July 31, an indirect fire attack targeted a base of the Turkish military located near the town of Sufan in the northern countryside of Syria’s Raqqa. According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the attack wounded four Turkish soldiers and five Syrian militants. The wounded were taken to hospitals in southern Turkey. Some of them are reportedly in a critical condition. This was the third Turkish base in Syria to be targeted with indirect fire this week. On July 24, a base located near the town of Jelbar in the northern countryside of Aleppo was targeted. The…

The frigate Admiral Gorshkov will be the first vessel to be equipped with the weapons Russia’s naval fleet will start receiving the newest Zircon hypersonic anti-ship cruise missiles “in the coming months,” President Vladimir Putin has said. The Russian president praised the weapon on Sunday, saying that “no obstacles” can stop the rockets. “The Russian Armed Forces will start receiving them in the coming months,” Putin said during a Navy Day speech in St. Petersburg. “The first ship equipped with this mighty weapon will be the frigate Admiral Gorshkov,” he added. According to Putin, the frigate’s exact deployment will be chosen “in accordance with the interest…

Russia’s new Maritime Doctrine stipulates stepping up activities in the Arctic, the document suggests The US course towards dominance in the World Ocean and NATO’s mounting activity are major security threats to Russia, as follows from the new Maritime Doctrine approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday. The new document was posted on the Russian government’s legal information web portal. “The major challenges and threats to the national security and the sustainable development of the Russian Federation related to the World Ocean are: the US strategic course towards dominance in the World Ocean and its global influence on international…