Author: Steven Sahiounie

Thailand has started using sleeper trains to transport COVID-19 patients out of Bangkok, as the city’s healthcare infrastructure is overwhelmed by the ongoing surge caused by the Delta variant. Hospitals in Bangkok are getting more and more overwhelmed with the spiking number of cases, and this step was taken to ease the pressure on the Thai capital. Since the start of the pandemic, Thailand recorded 527,000 COVID-19 cases and 4,264 deaths. The first train cart left Bangkok on Tuesday, and it was transporting 137 asymptomatic or mildly ill patients. The carts, however, will not only be transporting patients; they will…

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken warned that Afghanistan would become a “pariah state” if the “Taliban” Movement seized power by force and “committed atrocities against its people.” During his visit to India today, Blinken said, during a press conference with his Indian counterpart, that “the reports talking about atrocities committed by the insurgents, during their attacks in the areas they controlled, are deeply troubling.” He added, “The Taliban says that it seeks international recognition, that it wants international support for Afghanistan. Presumably, it wants its leaders to be able to travel freely in the world, sanctions lifted, etc… Yet…

The founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has been revoked of his Ecuadorian citizenship, which was an execution of a decision issued from the Ecuadorian foreign ministry. As a naturalized citizen as of 2018, Assange’s revocation of his citizenship stems from what the Ecuadorian authorities allegedly claim as ‘multiple inconsistencies,’ which include different signatures, unpaid fees, alteration of documents and other matters. Assange was notified by the ministry through a formal letter. However, his lawyer, Carlos Poveda, contends that the decision was taken without due process, fair treatment and notice, as Assange was not allowed to be present in the case. …

Hammouda Sabbagh, Speaker of the People’s Council of Syria, affirmed that “The two friendly countries of Syria and Iran will have victory as their ally, thanks to the belief of their people in their rights.” Sabbagh emphasized “the strength of bilateral ties between Iran and Syria in light of their continued coordination and collaboration, as well as their solid, rooted and always renewed relationship.” Sabbagh made the remarks at a meeting welcoming Iran’s Islamic Consultative Assembly President, Muhammad Baqer Qalibaf, upon his arrival at Damascus International Airport. Sabbagh enthusiastically welcomed Qalibaf with his statement, “As we have always been together…

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says that the “Mexican fuel cargo for Cuba is a sovereign decision.” He also stressed the need to lift the blockade on Cuba and said that the US sanctions on the island restrict trade. “We are a sovereign and independent nation and we behave in this manner. If they bring up the issue of arms transfers, which is legal, and each country has its own sovereignty, but what about medicine and food?” the Mexican President added. It is worth mentioning that two Mexican ships carrying food, fuel, and medical supplies are on their way…

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has arrested a network of agents with the Israeli Mossad spy agency at the Western borders, confiscating a large cache of weapons and ammunition that they were planning to use to provoke riots and terror inside the country. The ministry’s director-general for counterintelligence said on Tuesday that the Mossad agents had been arrested upon sneaking into Iran from the Western border posts on the back of an extensive surveillance and intelligence operation. The intelligence official did not specify the location of the arrests or the number of those taken into custody. The seized weapons include pistols, grenades, Winchester…

At first glance, it may seem that man seeks immortality. It is what hundreds of stories and folktales in ancient civilizations tell us. Occasionally, exceptional sciences discoveries encourage the human dream of possibly living forever. But do people want to live forever? A new study in the journal “Age & Aging,” which focuses on aging in Norway, revealed that the average age that most people would like to reach is only 91 years! A few years ago, an American study found that living to 93 is commonly desired, while a German study found an 85-year average in a survey carried…

The World Food Program and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today, Tuesday, that more than half a million children face the risk of severe malnutrition in southern Madagascar, which is facing a drought, thus affecting the development of children in an unfixable way. More than 1.14 million people southern Madagascar, live with food insecurity, the agency warning in a statement that the number of severely malnourished children is likely to increase by four times compared to the last assessment in October 2020. The Ambovombe-Androy region to be considered the most affected region, after more than three-quarters of its…

Named after the astrophysicist, the Galileo Project aims for outer space in the search for aliens, UFOs, and other life forms. Harvard scientist Avi Loeb does not think that the cigar-shaped flying object that whizzed past the Sun and Earth in 2017 was any coincidence – he attributes the phenomena to alien creation. Coming from the object’s name, ‘Oumuamua, Loeb pioneers a project to search for more ‘Oumuamua-like objects. Pioneered by Harvard scientist Avi Loeb, along with the CEO of Bruker Corporation, which manufactures science equipment, the project is developed with Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics at Cambridge along with the…

Fifteen Palestinian inmates continue their open hunger strike in the Israeli occupation prisons, affirming their rejection of the occupation authorities’ administrative detention policies, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club The Club also clarified that the protest was initiated 15 days ago by Al-Khalil prisoner Salem Salem Zaidat, and the two detainees, Muhammad Munir Omar and Mujahid Hamid are on their 13th day. Moreover, the Club released a statement that the prisoners Mahmoud Al-Fusfous, Kayed Al-Fusfous, Raafat Al-Darawish, and Guevara Al-Namoura, declared a hunger strike 12 days ago, while the prisoner Maher Delaysha is on the seventh day of his strike. …