Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Cuban Foreign Minister accuses Washington of being directly involved in organizing the demonstrations and turmoil Cuba is experiencing, and holds it responsible for the events. Cuban FM Bruno Rodriguez accused the US of being directly involved in organizing the demonstrations and turmoil Cuba has been experiencing since last Sunday. Rodriguez emphasized that Washington bears great responsibility for the events for the reason that some demonstrators were externally funded and led, traveled in diplomatic vehicles, and met with US diplomats, as he said. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel accused the United States of following a policy of “economic asphyxiation” to rouse…

US State Department spokesman Ned Price says that the United States is engaging in “indirect but active” talks with Iran to secure releasing American prisoners. The United States has been engaging in “indirect but active” discussions to secure the release of American detainees in Iran as the State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Tuesday, adding that Washington was dealing with those talks independently from the nuclear talks. Earlier, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabii said Tehran was holding talks on prisoner exchanges with the United States in order to secure the release of Iranians held in US prisons and other…

More than 12,000 Afghan families have fled their homes in the northern province of Kunduz as battle continues between the Taliban militant group and government forces to control the southern fringes of the provincial capital city, also called Kunduz, the acting governor says. With gunfire that could be heard in the background, video footage showed on Monday Afghan forces on the battlefield on the outskirts of the city. The displaced families living in tents in Kunduz city said they are suffering from severe lack of food and other relief. “Our belongings are all burned, and we have nothing left,” said…

Israel has blocked the delivery of humanitarian aid sent by the Red Crescent to the homeless Palestinian villagers in Jordan Valley. The Palestinian Information Center reported on Monday that a day before, Israeli forces denied the Red Crescent truck passage into the Khirbet Humsa al-Fuqa hamlet, where the home of the Palestinians had been demolished recently. In the fertile Jordan Valley, which makes up about 30 percent of area in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian residents outnumber Israeli settlers to a great extent. Israel considers the region crucial to its ‘security’ and seeks to annex it in open defiance of international law.…

Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna says Iran’s plan to enrich uranium metal is a direct outcome of the United States’ maximum pressure campaign against the country. “In a first occasion for non-nuclear countries, Iran began enriching uranium to 60%. And now it’s about to start producing metal uranium enriched to 20%. I don’t think anyone in the US is happy about that, but that’s the direct consequence of the maximum pressure policy,” Mikhail Ulyanov said in an interview with Russian newspaper Kommersant on Sunday. Ulyanov expressed hope that the Americans can learn from their past mistakes, which…

The President of Yemen’s SPC condemns Washington’s continued seizing fuel oil ships for Al-Hudaydah power plants; Mohammad Ali Al-Houthi stresses that the Yemeni Rial’s devaluation is due to Saudi coalition forces printing the currency. President of the Supreme Political Council in Yemen, Mahdi al-Mashat The President of the Supreme Political Council (SPC) in Yemen, Mahdi Al-Mashat, stressed that the suffering of citizens of Al-Hudaydah province is increasing as the United States continues to impound fuel oil meant for the province’s power plant. He noted that this measure reflects “Washington’s disregard of all humanitarian values and international laws,” calling on the…

The European Union extends its economic sanctions on Russia for six months until January 31, 2022, accusing Russia of destabilizing Ukraine. The sanctions got extended until January 31, 2022 The Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the European Union issued on Monday a formal decision to extend the economic sanctions against Russia for six months, until January 31, 2022. These economic sanctions, imposed by the European Union 7 years ago, target the financial, energy, and defense sectors in Russia and a number of Russian banks and companies. It was a political decision to extend the sanctions against Russia during…

Despite US sanctions and obstructions, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is 98% done. The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is expected to be done in August Matthias Warnig, Executive Director of Nord Stream 2 AG, the contracting company responsible for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that is set to transfer gas from Russia to Europe, predicted that the project should be done by late August. In a statement to German Handelsblatt on Sunday, he stated that 98% of the work is done. The Nord Stream 2 project oversees the building of a 55 billion cubic meter-per-year pipeline from the Russian coast…

A joint statement by Saudi Arabia and Oman affirms the “continuation of their efforts to find a solution to the Yemeni crisis and to alleviate the human suffering of the Yemeni people.” Both sides vowed to increase the pace of economic cooperation Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman released a joint statement, affirming that they will “continue their efforts to find a comprehensive political solution to end the Yemeni crisis and alleviate the human suffering of the Yemeni people.” The statement also stressed the importance of cooperation on the “Iranian nuclear and missile file, dealing seriously and effectively with…

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov points out that the Sudanese Authorities are “ready to begin procedures to ratify an agreement for Russia to establish a Russian naval base in Sudan.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, stated that the Sudanese authorities are “ready to begin the procedures of ratifying an agreement for Russia to establish a logistic center for the Russian Navy in Sudan.” Following the discussions with the Sudanese Foreign Minister, Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi, on Monday, Lavrov pointed out that the process “will be performed following the established procedures of the Sudanese Parliament.” Lavrov indicated that,…