Author: Steven Sahiounie

Separatist member of the European Parliament and former President of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, was arrested Thursday in Italy. Puigdemont has been living in exile in Belgium since 2017 to escape Spanish prosecution, after the secession attempt of Catalonia in the same year. His lawyer, Gonzalo Boye, revealed that the former Catalan president was arrested on his arrival in Sardinia based on a European arrest warrant dated October 14, 2019. “On arrival at Alghero airport, the police stopped him at the Italian border. The president will appear on Friday before the judges of the Sassari Court of Appeal, which is competent…

An Al Mayadeen correspondent in Yemen reported deaths and injuries following the continued confrontations between the Yemeni Army and Popular Committees and Hadi forces who are backed by the Saudi coalition. The Saudi coalition warplanes launched raids on multiple districts south and west of Ma’rib. Violent confrontations continue between the Yemeni Army and Popular Committees and Hadi forces. Military reinforcements have been deployed between the districts of Juba and Harib Bayhan in northeast Yemen. Explosions also broke out in the Al-Khishina camp in Al-Juba district after missile strikes by the Yemeni army and popular committees targeted depots inside a military camp for Hadi…

A statement issued by Hezbollah’s media relations office announced today, the arrival of the second ship loaded with diesel from Iran to the port of Baniyas on the Syrian coast, to enter Lebanon by tankers within days. Earlier, the fourth convoy of diesel tanks, which was brought by Hezbollah from Iran, crossed the Syrian border toward Lebanon. Last week, three convoys of diesel tankers that Hezbollah brought from Iran arrived to the Lebanese people, after crossing the Syrian borders. In this context, the head of the Loyalty to the Resistance Parliamentary Bloc, MP Muhammad Raad, said that the decision to bring…

Trump’s inner circle is subpoenaed for their possible role in the riots (Reuters)Four people from former President Donald Trump’s inner circle received subpoenas on Thursday to appear before a congressional committee to shed light on what exactly Trump said and did the day the Capitol was stormed earlier this year. Congressional investigators are closing in on Trump, whom Democrats blame for the January 6 attack on the Capitol in Washington DC. The Democratic-controlled special commission, which Trump described as biased, is particularly interested in Mark Meadows, the former Trump administration’s chief of staff. Democratic Representative Benny Thompson, who chairs the…

The family of Palestinian prisoner Miqdad al-Qawasma, who has been on hunger strike for 65 consecutive days, warned that he had entered the stage of critical danger. According to the family, their son suffers from bradycardia and has refused to take medications for the past four days. The Palestinian Prisoners Club previously stressed that no serious solutions exist to the issue of the six prisoners who are on hunger strike, as they face difficult health conditions. The six prisoners who are continuing their hunger strike are prisoner Kayed Fasfous, who has been on strike for 72 days, Miqdad Al-Qawasma for…

Behind the walls of the Israeli occupation prisons, Palestinians are always exposed to aggression and brutality under the Israeli apartheid regime. As a result of neglect and abuse, some freed prisoners with forsaken medical cases are reported dead shortly after their release, and others are reported dead inside the prison. The methods to weaken both the will and the body are a tragic duality practiced amidst an Israeli political and judicial system that legitimizes torture and psychological pressure against Palestinian and Arab prisoners. The reported health status of prisoners proved that the Israeli occupation, specifically the Israeli Prison System (IPS),…

The World Health Organization is strengthening its air quality guidelines and setting a higher bar for policymakers and the public – its first update to said guidelines in 15 years. The UN health agency said air pollution was now a prominent environmental threat to human health, with 7 million premature deaths a year. “Urgent action is needed” to reduce exposure to air pollution, it said, putting it on the same level as smoking and unhealthy eating. “WHO has adjusted almost all the air quality guideline levels downwards, warning that exceeding the new… levels is associated with significant risks to health,”…

In a report published yesterday, Tuesday, UNICEF pointed out that several factors such as Coronavirus, conflicts, and climate changes have negatively affected children’s nutrition progress in 91 countries. According to the report, half of the children aged from 6 to 23 months across several developing countries are not receiving the minimum required number of daily meals. Only a few children have a diverse diet that meets the minimum requirements. Poor diets and malnutrition can cause illnesses that limit children’s growth and result in poor educational performance. About 11 million children under the age of two are at risk of malnutrition effects such…

Chinese aviation engineers reported that they found a flaw in the new US Air Force Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie combat drone. They asserted that the experimental system may not be as effective as predicted in combat. A publication in the South China Morning Post reports that the aircraft design receiving processing through reverse engineering showed poor maneuverability. The aircraft is only able to withstand a pull of only about 1.7 times that of gravity (G), while fighter aircraft are capable of reaching 7Gs. This results from a US focus on electronic and stealth capabilities rather than aerodynamics. Citing senior engineer Lu Yuanjie and…

Today, Wednesday, the Iraqi Minister of Communications Arkan Shihab Al-Shaibani has announced that Iraq has received approval to launch its first satellite, At the second Iraqi cybersecurity conference, Al-Shaibani revealed that Iraq will soon launch its first satellite in its own airspace. He added, this achievement is a result of the support and guidance of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, who confirmed keeping pace with the technological development in the new telecommunications sector.