Author: Steven Sahiounie

The New iCloud Passwords App: Apple’s new, dedicated iCloud Passwords app will provide you with some much-needed new features if you sync your iCloud Passwords with Windows. The software, which is included in the iCloud for Windows 12.5 update, allows you to search through your saved passwords, update them, add new ones, and erase login information you don’t need. How To Use the New Tool? Apple’s website describes how to use the new tool to manage your iCloud Passwords, but it’s very simple. You can open the app from the Start menu and make any necessary changes to your passwords.…

Facebook is employing a dedicated staff of Afghan professionals monitoring and removing content associated with the Taliban. For years, The Taliban has been using social media to spread their propaganda. The Taliban’s rapid conquest of Afghanistan poses new concerns for technology companies in terms of how to handle content related to the group. According to the BBC, a Facebook spokeswoman declared that under US law, the Taliban is designated as a terrorist organization, therefore prohibiting them from using the US services under “Dangerous Organization policy.” This means Facebook will deactivate accounts run by or on behalf of the Taliban, as well…

The Kuwaiti Cabinet has ordered all government departments to cut spending by at least 10% from the current fiscal year’s budget of 2021-2022. The cabinet stated on Twitter that the decision was taken after considering suggestions from the economic affairs committee citing a lack of liquidity in the general reserve and “the necessity to identify radical solutions to address the state’s general budget deficit.” It will also request that the Public Authority for Manpower investigate the potential of suspending the payment of national labor support to private-sector workers whose total salary exceeds 3,000 dinars ($9,993). Additionally, the cabinet assigned the…

Turkey described messages sent by the Taliban since seizing power in Kabul as “positive,” revealing that it held talks with the movement. Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, met with his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi in Amman today. During the press conference where the meeting took place, the Turkish minister said: “We welcome the messages sent by Taliban movement so far, whether to foreigners and diplomatic missions or to the Afghan people, and we hope that this will be translated in their actions.” “We continue to engage in dialogue with all parties in Afghanistan, including the Taliban,” he added. Çavuşoğlu pointed…

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro showed optimism about talks with the opposition, saying that “the discussions are off to a good start.” Maduro showed an agreement signed by the government and the opposition delegates at talks hosted by Mexico on August 30, expressing his willingness to make a proposal for direct talks with the United States, two years after cutting diplomatic relations with it. The Venezuelan President spoke at the end of the first phase of the Mexico talks, which will resume in 3 weeks. Yesterday, Maduro said in a press conference that he will propose “opening direct talks with the…

China, which shares a border with Afghanistan, accused the US today of leaving a dreadful mess in its wake after withdrawing from Afghanistan. She recalled footage that has been widely circulated in the media, showing Afghan citizens attempting mass escapes at Kabul Airport. The death toll from the United States’ two-decade intervention in Afghanistan was strongly denounced by a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman. Chunying went on to say that what China saw in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan was that the US Army left behind troubles, divisions, and distressed families, as well as others who were exterminated as it withdrew. The…

Major General Fayez Al-Maamouri, the director of the Directorate of General Military Intelligence in Iraq, announced Tuesday that the Iraqi forces thwarted two terrorist attacks meant to be carried out on the tenth of Muharram against pilgrims. “The attacks were to be carried out in Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, as well as areas in the Babylon Governorate,” Al-Maamouri clarified. Moreover, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported that two global coalition convoys were attacked, revealing that the attack was carried out using improvised explosive devices in Babylon and Al Diwaniyah in southern Baghdad. In Diyala Governorate, the spokesman for the Iraqi Armed Forces, Yahya…

Israeli occupation forces began sudden drills to “check their readiness on the northern border with Lebanon, in case of a sudden event.” The spokesman for the Israeli occupation forces, Avichai Adraee, said: “The drills come within the framework of a series of tests by the Commander-in-Chief to examine the readiness of the Israeli forces.” Adraee added that “the drills were arranged in the annual plan for the current year.” On August 6, the military media showed scenes of the response of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon to the Israeli raids on open lands in al-Jarmaq and al-Shawakir. The resistance announced…

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg delivered Tuesday a press briefing on Afghanistan in Brussels. Stoltenberg described the situation in Afghanistan as “extremely serious and unpredictable.” “NATO’s focus right now is to ensure the safe departure of personnel from allied and partner countries and of the Afghans who have helped us,” he added. Stoltenberg also said the Taliban must respect and facilitate the safe departure of all those who wish to leave, adding that the Taliban have the responsibility to ensure that international terrorists do not regain a foothold in Afghanistan. He also claimed that “NATO allies and partners went into Afghanistan…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Libya, and Vietnam are all examples of American attack, destruction and occupation. In each case, the countries were left in devastation, and only Vietnam has survived to rebuild and be restored. The Taliban have won the war, and the US has lost. Arm-chair quarterbacks are blaming everyone, including the American people for not wanting to continue an endless war. President George W. Bush made the decision to invade, with a two-pronged mission: to degrade the capability of Al Qaeda, and to bring western style democracy to a central eastern nation with…