Author: Steven Sahiounie

Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and the Arab League’s Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit held talks late Wednesday on boosting economic ties, and the security and stability of Middle East nations. At a working dinner on the sidelines of the 5th Japan-Arab Economic Forum in Tokyo, Kamikawa urged all parties involved in the war on Gaza to abide by international human rights laws. Tokyo wants the release of all hostages and a ceasefire as soon as possible, she said. Kamikawa added that Japan was encouraging Southeast Asian nations to support the work of the UN’s Conference on Cooperation among East Asian…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed on Thursday Israeli attacks on Palestine, Türkiye’s Communications Directorate said. On the sidelines of a NATO summit in Washington, Erdogan and Macron also addressed bilateral relations and regional issues, including the Ukraine war. Erdogan said encouragement of Israel by Western countries on cease-fire in Gaza, where it has killed more than 38,000 Palestinians since last October, will contribute to regional and global peace. He urged Macron that it would be beneficial for France to take “concrete steps” in this regard. Expressing the importance of enhancing relations between Türkiye…

Elon Musk on Wednesday said his Neuralink startup is “moving on” to a second test patient as its tech for linking brains and computers improves.

Fire broke out on the front landing gear of a Saudia plane in Pakistan, prompting passengers to evacuate using slides.

Mutual trade between Russia and the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) surged by 25% in 2023, amounting to $333 billion

The Group of Seven “likely” abandoned the US plan to expropriate Russia’s frozen central bank assets due to a “veiled threat” from Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg has reported.

Meanwhile, falling freight rates show that penalties have failed to affect Russia’s oil shipment costs, the outlet has noted

The tech titan’s stock has soared since it unveiled artificial intelligence features for its devices last month

Iran’s President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian has talked to President Bashar Al-Assad of Syria over the phone, saying his administration will spare no effort to further strengthen the strategic relationship with Damascus. In the phone conversation on Wednesday, Pezeshkian said the relations between Iran and Syria are built on a solid foundation, and that the development of bilateral cooperation is a strategic policy of the Islamic Republic. “Our entire effort is to continue this strategy with strength and to further solidify the relationship between the two sides.” He referred to existing cooperation agreements between the two countries and emphasized his commitment to operationalizing these…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has sought Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s backing for his peace mission on Ukraine, the PM’s Press Secretary Bertalan Hawashi reported. “On Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orban held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington, discussing Hungary’s peacemaking mission. The Russian-Ukrainian war was discussed in the course of the talks. Viktor Orban asked Erdogan to support the Hungarian peacemaking mission, considering the fact that Turkey has been the only successful mediator in this conflict so far,” Hawashi said in a message sent to the TASS office in Budapest. Later, Orban spoke about his…