Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied the false allegations circulated by some websites affiliated with the Israeli occupation entity about the existence of diplomatic talks with Tunisia. The ministry said in a statement published on its official website: “These websites have been spreading these rumors in repeated attempts to harm Tunisia’s image and its firm position in support of the inalienable Palestinian right.” “Tunisia affirms that it is not interested in establishing diplomatic relations with an occupying entity, and that it will remain officially and popularly, as the President of the Republic emphasized on many occasions, a supporter…

The world is facing a cost-of-living crisis unseen in at least a generation, partly due to the Ukraine conflict, said a UN report on Wednesday. “The largest cost-of-living crisis of the 21st century has come when people and countries have a limited capacity to cope,” said the second report of the Global Crisis Response Group on Food, Energy and Finance over the Ukraine conflict, Xinhua reported. The Ukraine conflict has trapped the people of the world between a rock and a hard place. The rock is the severe price shocks in food, energy and fertilizer markets, given the centrality of…

Whistleblower files suggest the government sought to ‘operationalize’ social media sites to combat supposed disinformation The US government planned to use its now-shelved Disinformation Governance Board (DGB) to make social media platforms remove posts the government deemed false, according to leaked documents obtained by opposition lawmakers. Republican Senators Chuck Grassley (Iowa) and Josh Hawley (Missouri) cited the whistleblower files in an open letter to Department of Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas published on Wednesday, in which they pressed for more details on the controversial DGB. The department “planned to coordinate efforts to leverage ties with social media platforms to enable the removal of user…

A handful of recent studies suggested that the Earth’s magnetic poles were rapidly shifting, raising concerns that our planet might have to deal with them reversing – something that could potentially lead to a catastrophe. It looks like the fears aroused by the potential flipping of Earth’s magnetic poles appear to be exaggerated, with a new study suggesting that our planet is safe from a catastrophe… as of now. According to researchers from Lund University in Sweden, Earth “is not heading towards a polarity reversal”, despite recent concerns sparked by the so-called South Atlantic Anomaly. This anomaly is a soft spot in…

The Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) and the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have carried out a joint live-fire exercise, the Syrian Ministry of Defense announced on June 8. In a statement, the ministry said two Russian Su-35s fighter jets and six Syrian MiG-23ML and MiG-29SM fighter jets took part in the exercise that simulated facing “hostile” fighter jets and drones that violated Syria airspace. “All illusive targets were monitored and completely destroyed while aerial targets were hit at night for the first time,” the statement reads. Syrian and Russian warplanes also conducted a joint patrol along the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights…

Over 30,000 public service workers in New South Wales take part in day-long protest Thousands of Australian public service workers on Wednesday staged a protest across New South Wales (NSW), Australia’s most populous state, demanding better salaries, according to local media. They also boycotted a day of work, demanding a 5.4% rise in their salaries because of the skyrocketing cost of living in the country, Sky News reported. State premier Dominic Perrottet already announced a 0.5% increase to the public service annual pay cap but workers have rejected the raise, calling it “not enough.” Over 30,000 workers including prison guards,…

Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations are negotiating ways to resolve the issue of blocked grain supplies from Ukraine, Tass reported today. Safe passage of ships is necessary for shipping grain of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin came up with several variants of solving the problem and expressed readiness to assist the process. However, Kiev insists that Russian troops should be withdrawn before the deliveries can begin. According to Tass, Putin suggested in previous remarks several routs and scenarios that make grain deliveries from Ukraine possible. First,via Berdyansk and Mariupol, where Russia is ready to create “the required logistics”…

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s diplomatic trip to Serbia was recently thwarted after several European countries refused to allow his plane to cross their airspace. Moscow condemned their actions and was forced to postpone the minister’s visit. A bomb disposal squad and emergency services have been deployed at the Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan, Armenia following an anonymous tip claiming that a bomb had been planted at the facility. Several groups of firefighters, rescuers and psychologists were also sent to the airport. Following a sweep of the airport with a K-9 unit, the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations stated that no…

Former Moldovan President expresses alarm over aggressive efforts by supporters of unification with Romania having started collecting signatures among city and rural council legislators. Former Moldovan President Igor Dodon stated that the West is fostering destabilization in Moldova in order to justify its military and political unification with Romania. “It is clear that [Moldovan President] Maia Sandu and her external masters follow the Ukrainian scenario, provoking a deliberate destabilization of the situation, and some political factors from the West want to use the Moldovans as cannon fodder in the geopolitical battle that is currently being waged in this region. The…

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated that any meeting at the highest level must be productive and well prepared A meeting between Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky is now impossible because Kiev has withdrawn from the negotiation process, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday. “Our position is well known: any meeting at the highest level must be productive and well prepared,” the Kremlin spokesman said. “We know that the Ukrainian side has withdrawn from the negotiating track, and so now we do not have to talk about the possibility of preparing such a summit…