Author: Steven Sahiounie

The International Energy Agency has kept its global oil demand growth forecast for 2024 unchanged at 970,000 barrels per day

CAIRO: Venture capital investments in the Middle East and North Africa reached $355 million in July, marking a 206 percent increase from June and a 260 percent rise year on year, according to recent data.

Extremist Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir and Israeli Minister of Negev and Galilee Affairs Yitzhak Wasserlauf Tuesday stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the occupation police. Local sources said that Ben Gvir and Wasserlauf stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque from Al-Maghariba Gate, and toured the eastern courtyard, accompanied by a large number of occupation police officers. The sources indicated that the occupation prevented worshipers from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque in conjunction with their storming. It is noteworthy that this is the sixth storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Ben Gvir since he assumed his position in late 2022. Hundreds of…

Twelve people were killed and 121 wounded, including 10 children, in a Ukrainian attack on Russia’s borderline Kursk Region, acting regional Governor Alexey Smirnov told Russian President Vladimir Putin via video link during a meeting on the situation on the Russian border. “Twelve civilians were killed, 121 were injured, including 10 children,” he said. A massive attack on the Kursk Region by the Ukrainian army was launched on August 6. Air raid alerts have been repeatedly declared in the region. As a result of the attack, 12 residents were killed. According to the latest data, 121 people have been injured,…

Deputy Minister for Consular Affairs Ali Al-Yousef received Ambassador of Syria to the Kingdom Ayman Soussan in Riyadh on Monday. During the meeting, they discussed various topics of common interest, the Foreign Ministry reported on X. Meanwhile, the assistant secretary-general of the Arab League for international political affairs, Dr. Khaled Manzalawi, met with Ambassador of Mauritania to Egypt Houssein Dieh in Cairo on Monday, Saudi Press Agency reported. They reviewed topics related to Arab cooperation. Source: Arab News

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said that he hopes to get on well with Russian President Vladimir Putin again if he wins the upcoming presidential election. “I got along with Putin very well, and he respected me,” Trump said in an interview with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk broadcast on social media platform X, adding that he hoped that they would get on well again. The politician also claimed that conflicts in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip would not have occurred if he were still president. The US presidential election is slated for November 5. Incumbent US President Joe…

In a phone call with Iran’s President, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer while calling on restraint over retaliation to the Israeli assassination of Hamas’s former leader in Tehran, emphasized the need for peace and stability in the region.In a statement released by London’s 10 Downing Street, the office of the Prime Minister, it was announced on Monday night that Starmer expressed significant worry regarding the situation in the region and urged all parties to decrease tensions and avoid further conflict. The statement emphasized the grave nature of the risk of miscalculation and called for a calm and thoughtful approach. It…

The President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, has arrived in Moscow on a visit, Russia’s special presidential representative for the Middle East and African countries, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, has told TASS. “Yes, he has already arrived in Moscow,” Bogdanov said in response to a relevant question. Earlier, the Palestinian ambassador to Moscow, Abdel Hafiz Nofal, told TASS that Abbas was expected to meet with President Putin on Tuesday. Before that he will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow. There will be a meeting with Arab ambassadors. According to Nofal, the…

The Israeli government’s policies pose the “biggest threat” to the Middle East’s regional security, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Monday, following recent statements from his Israeli counterpart, Israel Katz. “No amount of disinformation by radical Israeli officials spreading lies, including about Jordan, will change the fact that Israel’s continued aggression on Gaza, it’s [sic] violation of international law and the rights of the Palestinian people are the biggest threat to regional security,” Safadi wrote in a statement on X, emphasizing “Facts speak way louder than lies.” This statement follows recent policy propositions from the occupation’s foreign minister, Israel Katz, who requested…

Ukraine’s armed provocation on the Russian border aims to bolster Kiev’s position in future talks, but talks with a government that attacks civilians make no sense, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. He made the statement when opening a meeting about the situation on the Russian border. “It is now clear why the Kiev regime refused our proposals to return to the plan for peaceful settlement,” Putin said. “The enemy, with the help of its Western masters – it is doing their bidding, and the West is waging war against us using Ukrainians – <…> seeks to improve its negotiating position…