Author: Steven Sahiounie

Preliminary results show that the ruling United Russia party led the three-day Russian legislative elections. According to the electoral commission, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s party won 38.75 percent of the votes, followed by the Communist Party, which won 25.06 percent of the votes. The newly emerging Liberal Democratic Party came in third with 9.6 percent of the votes, followed by the centrist A Just Russia party. This data came after counting the results of 9 percent of the polling stations. A poll conducted with voters outside polling stations showed that the United Russia party led the elections with 45.2 percent…

Tehran received information about the cooperation of regional terrorists with the Mossad and the US to assassinate Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. This is what Iranian former diplomat and strategist Amir Mousavi revealed on Sunday to Al Mayadeen. Mousavi disclosed that terrorists from a Kurdish group cooperated with the US Harir Base and the Mossad to carry out this operation, noting that Tehran has previously warned both the Iraqi and Kurdish leaderships about the presence of terrorist groups on their lands. The strategist noted that Ali Shamkhani, the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, was the first to confirm that a…

Dozens of ISIS members who were imprisoned in SDF jails in al-Qamishli were transported by US forces to a US base south of al-Hasaka. Syria’s SANA news agency said two US military transport planes landed in a US army base in al-Shaddadi and around 60 ISIS members, most of whom are Iraqi, Saudi, and Tunisian nationals, were brought in from SDF prisons after receiving Covid vaccines. A few days ago, US forces carried out an airdrop at the outskirts of al-Hasaka, whereupon it kidnapped two civilians.  Local sources told SANA that a US forces helicopter carried out the airdrop with the support of SDF militants and…

The ruling party in Russia took the lead in the legislative elections, according to updated results published by the Electoral Commission, which include 68% of the votes in Russia and 50% in Moscow. The United Russia party led with 49%, and the Communist Party came in second place. 450 deputies are to be elected to the Duma, while local and regional elections are also being held in the country. In the 2016 elections, the United Russia party received 54.2% of the votes, while the Communist Party received 13.3%. As such, it seems that the Communists are on their way to…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club has confirmed that 100 prisoners of all factions in Ofer Prison will start a gradual strike on Monday in light of the prison administration reneging on its agreement of stopping the abusive and retributive measures against the prisoners, which it increased following the breakout from Gilboa Prison. Hunger strike vs. arbitrary Israeli measures The Club also clarified that the gradual strike will be initiated in case the Israeli occupation continues its abusive, retributive measures, and this is to be determined based on the prison administration’s stance in the coming hours. Among the measures the Israeli prison…

Beijing’s intention to sell its crude oil was unveiled earlier in September by the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, but without providing any details on the time or the amount of barrels to be sold.China will be auctioning some 7.38 million barrels of oil from its national reserve, with the bidding slated for 24 September, according to the recent statement by the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration.Beijing will be offering many sorts of oil, including batches of Qatar Marine crude, Oman crude, Murban and Upper Zakum. The administration noted that bidders will have to comply with the national…

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – International payment gateway PayPal announced on Friday that its UK clients can now purchase, hold and sell cryptocurrencies. “We are delighted to share that all eligible customers in the UK can now buy, hold and sell #Cryptocurrencies #Bitcoin, #Ethereum, #BitcoinCash & #Litecoin from their PayPal account. Look out for it in the PayPal app,” the company tweeted.In late August, the payment processor unveiled its plans to expand its cryptocurrency services outside the United States, where it has been available since last October.PayPal is the world’s largest debit e-payment system and the pioneer of the digital payment revolution. The PayPal…

Without immediate action to combat climate change, rising sea levels, water scarcity and declining crop productivity could force 216 million people to migrate within their own countries by 2050, the World Bank said in a new report on Monday. The report, Groundswell 2.0, modeled the impacts of climate change on six regions, concluding that climate migration “hotspots” will emerge as soon as 2030 and intensify by 2050, hitting the poorest parts of the world hardest. Sub-Saharan Africa alone would account for 86 million of the internal migrants, with 19 million more in North Africa, the report showed, while 40 million…

China’s factory and retail sectors faltered in August with output and sales growth hitting one-year lows as fresh coronavirus outbreaks and supply disruptions threatened the country’s impressive economic recovery. Industrial production rose 5.3% in August from a year earlier, narrowing from an increase of 6.4% in July and marking the weakest pace since July 2020, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Wednesday. Output growth missed the 5.8% increase tipped by analysts. Consumer spending also took a big hit from rising local COVID-19 cases and floods with sales rising only 2.5% in August from a year ago, much…

On Saturday, the Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources in Syria announced the return of gas to the Arab gas pipeline after it was repaired. The Ministry had announced the commencement of repair operations on Saturday morning after a terrorist attack targeted in the Harran al-Awamid region, which led to the cessation of gas supply to the southern region and the suspension of several power plants in the region.  A week ago, the Syrian Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources, Bassam Tohme, announced that the Arab gas pipeline is ready to transport Egyptian gas to Lebanon.  It is worth noting that the agreement…