Author: Steven Sahiounie

The US space agency “NASA” launches the “Ingenuity” helicopter over Mars. If the mission succeeds, it would mark the first flight of a remote-controlled, powered helicopter to a planet other than Earth. This mission was scheduled for April 11 but was rescheduled after a flaw appeared that forced engineers to do more checks before relaunching the flight and resolving a problem in the chain of command. The helicopter reached the Jezero crater on Mars on February 18 and is connected to the belly of the probe with NASA’s Perseverance. It should be noted, that the helicopter is a demonstration of…

Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said Monday that the company is planning on launching several audio services, including live audio rooms similar to those of Clubhouse, in addition to a way for users to listen to podcasts. Clubhouse is an audio app used by the upper class and celebrities, including Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk. Zuckerberg said that Facebook is going to lay down at least three audio bets over the next three to six months, one of which is Soundbites, which are a form of short audio media, in addition to putting forward ways to produce sound effects or…

Economic experts expect that the growth rate in India to pick up in the second half of this year. However, the damage caused by the corona epidemic could take several years to wear off, as reported by the New York Times. According to the Indian credit rating agency, economic results were 9.2 percent lower in the April to June period of the current year than in 2019 before the outbreak of the pandemic. Millions have lost their jobs since then. This year has seen improvements over last year’s lockdowns, with gross domestic product rising by 20 percent from April to June…

As the Taliban continue assuming further control over Afghanistan, the group paraded military equipment it seized from the United States in Kandahar, the Taliban’s birthplace. The Taliban appeared to be flying a US Black Hawk helicopter over the southern province while its militants stood on seized Humvees. This parade comes as part of a victory tour the Taliban was conducting after the US completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Afghan media revealed that the Taliban has been making progress against the militants in Panjshir. Previously, the Taliban had reached a peace agreement to enter Panjshir without combat—the only province the movement…

Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani affirmed his country’s cooperation with the “Taliban” Movement to resume work in Hamed Karzai International Airport in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The Foreign Minister noted in a joint press conference he held with his British counterpart Dominic Raab that his country was working with Turkey to reopen the airport, adding that “there is no clear indication when (the airport) is going to be fully operational yet… We remain hopeful that we will be able to operate it as soon as possible.” Russia’s Novosti agency had already confirmed the arrival of experts from Qatar and Turkey…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday that Russia will not act as the mediator to solve the Panyshir situation. Lavrov added that Russia expects that negotiations between the parties regarding Panjshir will reach a peaceful settlement, noting that the Russian Federation had repeatedly called on the Taliban and other political groups in Afghanistan to agree on the formation of an inclusive transitional government. Yesterday, spokesman for the Taliban’s Political Bureau, Mohammad Naeem, denied the movement’s intention to seize Panjshir province, the only Afghan province not under the control of the Taliban, stressing the movement’s preference for a peaceful solution. In…

Richard Blumenthal, US Senator, considered that Lebanon is in a state of “free fall” and must not become a “horror story,” expressing his hope that a government will be formed this week in order to solve Lebanon’s economic collapse. Blumenthal told reporters, at the end of a two-day visit by a congressional delegation to Beirut yesterday, that “Lebanon is in free fall…We’ve seen this movie before and it’s a horror story, but the good news is it can, should, and hopefully will be avoided.” Senator Chris Murphy, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee panel dealing with the Middle East,…

“Taliban” Spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid revealed that the new Afghan government will include half of the previous ministries and will be formed as soon as possible, without including female ministers. In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Mujahid mentioned that the Movement will form a new government of national unity as soon as possible. The Taliban Spokesperson said that the Taliban wants to form a combined government with only half the previous ministries and added that negotiations with the people of the Panjshir region have not yielded results yet. On women’s representation in the new government, Mujahid revealed that women…

As the world recollects the tunes of Zorba the Greek, the free recognize the loyalty of the prodigy, Theodorakis, and his love and dedication to the Palestinian cause, not to mention his support to the Palestinians in their struggle against the Israeli occupation. Theodorakis, who has passed away at 96, was the mastermind behind the Palestinian National Anthem, which is and will always be an international symbol of resistance for supporters around the world. “I am afraid that Sharon will lead the Jews in the same way that Hitler adopted with the Germans,” said Theodorakis once. “Israel has become like…

Night confusion activities were resumed on Thursday, along the apartheid wall east of the Gaza Strip, while the activities continued in the West Bank near the settlement outpost established on Jabal Sbeih in Beita, south of Nablus. Palestinians set fire to tires and used noisy air horns in their activities, demanding that the outposts be vacated. In occupied al-Quds, Israeli settlers continued to storm into the Al-Aqsa Mosque’s courtyard under the protection of occupation soldiers, while also organizing a march in the old town of Al-Quds, also under heavy guard, preventing Palestinian residents from getting to their homes. In the…