Author: Steven Sahiounie

The total number of monkeypox cases in the UK has now reached 470 after more than 100 cases were confirmed over the weekend and today. Monkeypox has become a notifiable disease in England, meaning all medics must alert local health authorities to suspected cases. Monkeypox is a family of smallpox that killed millions of people around the world each year before it was eradicated in 1980. But monkeypox is less severe now, and most people recover within three to four weeks. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said a further 104 cases had been confirmed in England as of June…

As of June 13, the fierce battle for the city of Severodonetsk continues. The recent days were marked by several incidents which confirmed the deplorable situation for the Armed Forces Of Ukraine in the city. The AFU confirmed the loss of control over the center of Severodonetsk Advisor to the Minister Yuri Sak in an interview with Deutsche Welle said that the situation in the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Severodonetsk is very difficult, but events are developing more intensively. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine confirmed that Russian forces have significant advantage in firepower and compared the situation in…

A convoy of the US occupation vehicles loaded with ammunition, military equipment and logistical materials has entered Hasaka countryside to reinforce the occupation’s troops in their illegitimate military bases. Local sources in al-Yarubiya countryside told SANA reporter that a convoy of 55 vehicles belonging to US occupation, loaded with military equipment and ammunition, entered through illegitimate al-Waleed crossing to Khrab al-Jir airport, where the occupation has a base for its forces in al-Yarubiya countryside in Hasaka countryside. Source: SANA

The day before, Donetsk was shelled with rocket and cannon artillery, and with 155 mm artillery guns Five civilians were killed and another 39 people sustained wounds in shelling attacks by Ukrainian forces in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past day, the DPR’s mission to the Joint Ceasefire Control and Coordination Center said on Tuesday. “News came about the death of five civilians, including a boy born in 2011,” the mission said on its Telegram channel. Wounds were sustained by 39 people, including three children, the mission added. Cities in the DPR have lately been coming under intense bombardment…

Aid to Kiev has depleted Warsaw’s military stockpiles, creating “gaps” that major partners should help fill, President Duda says Poland’s weapons stocks have been left too bare by military aid to Ukraine, and the country wants its Western allies to replace the firepower that was shipped to Kiev, Polish President Andrzej Duda told his army commanders on Monday. “We expect the gaps that have arisen in our resources to be refilled also within the framework of allied support mechanisms,” Duda said in a military briefing. Poland has been Ukraine’s top supplier of heavy weapons, including hundreds of tanks, artillery pieces and other…

Arab League chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit said that the West wants to use the Middle East to “surround” Russia Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit in an interview on Sunday accused the West of pressuring Arab states to condemn Russia over its military operation in Ukraine and vote against Moscow in international forums, in a bid to “surround” Russia with compliant Middle Eastern allies. A number of Arab League members – including Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt – voted for a UN General Assembly resolution in March condemning Russia’s operation. However, the league itself, which represents 22 Arab states, has…

Despite the US Federal Reserve’s largest interest rate increase in 22 years, the US saw its largest inflation increase in 40 years in May. The situation has many fearing that the US economy may be doomed to enter a recession after two years of recovery from the crash at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported in its monthly bulletin on consumer price indices that prices had increased by an average of 8.6% in May from where they were in May 2021, noting it was the largest year-on-year increase since December 1981. This, despite…

The latest Israeli missile attack on the Damascus International Airport was strongly condemned by Russian Ambassador to Syria Alexander Efimov, who has called on the Tel Aviv regime to stop its heinous acts of aggression or face serious consequences. In an interview with the Arabic-language daily al-Watan, Efimov stressed that such reckless activities endanger civilian aircraft and civil aviation, and that the Israeli authorities must immediately halt such heinous acts. The airport was hit by a barrage of missiles fired from Israeli-occupied Golan Heights at 4:20 a.m. local time (01:20 GMT) on Friday, according to official media. The Syrian Ministry of…

Jens Stoltenberg added that Turkey’s security concerns were not new NATO had “no reason to believe” Turkey would block Finland and Sweden’s accession bids, the alliance’s secretary-general said in an interview with the Financial Times published on Monday. “Earlier in the process, we had no reasons to believe there would be any problems,” Jens Stoltenberg told the British newspaper, saying Turkey’s security concerns were not new. Turkey “is an important ally, and when an ally raises security concerns, we have to address them,” he said. The NATO chief also said it was still possible to overcome the concerns “within a…

The President did not commit to a trip to the Mideast kingdom but said any visit would be about security, not energy Written by Kyle Anzalone. Originally published on AntiWar President Joe Biden answered questions about his potential visit to Saudi Arabia. Biden said that a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) would be about Israeli security, not energy. While Axios reported the trip would come in mid-July, Biden did not commit to making the trip. Speaking with reporters outside of Air Force One on Sunday, Biden said, “It happens to be a larger meeting taking place in Saudi Arabia.…