Author: Steven Sahiounie

George Nader was an American adviser to the government of the United Arab Emirates, to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed’s, while also being a convicted sex offender. According to federal court documents in December, an American adviser to the United Arab Emirates, George Nader, has pleaded guilty to assisting the UAE in pumping millions of dollars in illegal campaign contributions during the 2016 US presidential elections. Nader is a convicted sex offender with repeated visits to the White House. Federal prosecutors revealed that Nader had agreed months earlier to plead guilty to a single count of criminal conspiracy…

Mail from Canada has been declared a suspected source of an Omicron infection case in Beijing by the Chinese authorities A person diagnosed with Omicron infection in Beijing might have contracted the disease by handling documents that arrived by mail from Canada, the Chinese health authorities have revealed on Monday. Covid-19 infections are typically associated with personal contacts since health specialists around the world believe the virus mainly spreads when infected people breath, cough, or sneeze. China’s health authorities, however, have recently claimed that an Omicron strain survived a long trip from Canada to China in a mail shipment of…

Western officials and media have spent months alleging that Russia may be preparing to invade its Ukrainian neighbour and building up troops on the border. Moscow has dismissed the claims, and accused NATO of playing up the Russian bogeyman as a pretext to continue the alliance’s eastward crawl. The Russian Foreign Ministry has dismissed reporting by the New York Times about a “slow evacuation” of the country’s Embassy in Kiev in possible “preparation for a conflict” with Ukraine. “The Russian Embassy in Kiev is working normally,” a ministry spokesperson told reporters Tuesday. Separately, a Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman also announced…

Residents of Burqa village in Nablus are standing up to the occupation forces’ attempt to set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the village, where more than 10 Palestinians were injured by tear gas and rubber bullets. The residents of Burqa village in Nablus confronted the Israeli occupation forces’ attempt to set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the village, where more than 10 Palestinians were injured due to tear gas and rubber bullets. In the same context, Palestinian youths confronted dozens of Israeli settlers who stormed the Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus under the protection of the occupation…

Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- The Israeli occupation forces forcibly expelled a Palestinian family from their home in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in the occupied city of Jerusalem. Mahmoud Salhia said in a statement to Maan News Agency that a large number of occupation forces stormed the neighborhood and raided his house after besieging it from all sides and forcing him to evict it. In a crime that is added to the record of its crimes against the Palestinians, the occupation authorities last year handed dozens of Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem received demolition or evacuation…

Parts of what could be drones have been found at the scene, state news media reported, citing a source with the initial investigation. At least three people were killed and six more were wounded after three tankers carrying fuel exploded in Abu Dhabi’s industrial area near storage facilities belonging to ADNOC oil firm on Monday. “One Pakistani and two Indian citizens were killed, six people received minor and moderate injuries,” the police said in a statement.The incident reportedly happened in the Musaffah area of the city. Videos have emerged online, showing plumes of smoke rising from the area of the…

The naval base on Guam is the closest US military installation to China located on American territory A US Navy submarine carrying dozens of nuclear warheads sailed into a Pacific base for a rare visit on Saturday, with the Navy calling it a message to allies in the region. The USS Nevada – a nuclear-powered submarine that was commissioned in 1986 – carries up to 20 Trident II D-5s and “dozens of nuclear warheads,” according to reports. The submarine visited US Naval Base Guam on January 15, in what was the first visit by this type of submarine since 2016, CNN reported.…

Iran confirms that there are several issues in Vienna, and announces the return of three Iranian diplomats to Saudi Arabia to resume their work at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Iran’s Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday that four basic drafts are being discussed in Vienna, noting that a large part of the differences between the negotiators has been resolved. The Iranian Foreign Ministry highlighted that there are several issues plaguing the Vienna talks, the most important of which is the speed of the other sides’ move to offer initiatives, stressing that Iran is seeking to obtain a sustainable and credible agreement…

George Nader was an American adviser to the government of the United Arab Emirates, to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed’s, while also being a convicted sex offender. According to federal court documents in December, an American adviser to the United Arab Emirates, George Nader, has pleaded guilty to assisting the UAE in pumping millions of dollars in illegal campaign contributions during the 2016 US presidential elections. Nader is a convicted sex offender with repeated visits to the White House. Federal prosecutors revealed that Nader had agreed months earlier to plead guilty to a single count of criminal conspiracy…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political correspondent Tom Duggan, British war correspondent, videographer and journalist has died near Newcastle, England today suddenly while recuperating from leg surgery. His leg was originally injured while on the job, embedded with the Syrian Arab Army fighting terrorists in Jobar. Though he received medical treatment in Damascus, the leg injury persisted and caused him to return home to the UK for special surgery. Born on January 10, 1954, he never forgot his roots in Sunderland, England.  His past service with the UK armed forces left him with an understanding of dangerous situations.  He married a…