Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced today that Iran retains the right to respond to what it calls Israel’s “criminal aggression.” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi conveyed this stance to the UN Secretary-General, urging an emergency Security Council meeting to condemn recent Israeli strikes. In his message, Araghchi requested an “urgent Security Council meeting to take a firm stand in condemning this aggression,” referring to the Israeli strikes, according to a ministry statement. Earlier, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated that the recent Israeli attacks on Iranian military sites should neither be “exaggerated nor underestimated,” adding that Israel has “miscalculated.”…

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health’s Emergency Operations Center released an updated statement confirming that an Israeli airstrike on Haret Saida has resulted in eight fatalities and 25 injuries. Earlier reports had indicated five deaths and 13 injuries. Sources confirm that the target of the Haret Saida airstrike was Hussein Fenish, a security official with Hezbollah. According to local correspondents, Israel launched multiple strikes, including attacks on the Al-Maslakh neighborhood in Nabatiyeh, a house in Deir Kifa in Tyre District, and the town of Zibqine. Additionally, reports earlier today noted at least three deaths in eastern Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, where…

Palestinian media reported that eight civilians, including children and women, were killed and several others injured after Israeli shelling targeted a school sheltering displaced families in Al-Shati Refugee Camp, west of Gaza City, on Sunday afternoon. According to the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), medical sources confirmed the deaths and multiple injuries following the strike on Asmaa School, which was housing families displaced by ongoing hostilities in Al-Shati Camp. Israeli forces had previously targeted the school twice, most recently on October 19, resulting in dozens of casualties. Additional Casualties in Nuseirat Refugee Camp In the Nuseirat Refugee Camp, two Palestinians were…

Israeli emergency services have confirmed that 50 people were injured, including 15 in critical condition, after a truck rammed into a bus stop near Glilot, north of Tel Aviv, on Sunday. Initial indications suggest the attack may have been “nationalist-motivated,” a term often used by Israeli police for incidents involving Palestinian resistance operations. Israeli police reported that the truck collided with a bus near a station next to the Glilot military base, which also houses Mossad headquarters. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he is awaiting a final clarification on the incident. Eyewitnesses confirmed to Army Radio that a large number…

Footage from the site of a truck collision at a bus stop near Glilot, north of Tel Aviv, reveals the aftermath of the incident, with several injured people seen trapped beneath the truck as soldiers and paramedics work to free them. Israeli emergency services have reported that 50 people were injured in the incident, 15 of whom are in critical condition as of Sunday. Channel 12 in Israel reports that 35 of the injured have been evacuated, including six critically injured and five with moderate injuries. According to Yedioth Ahronoth, some of those injured remain trapped beneath the truck in…

Some 2,000 Ukrainian servicemen have ended up encircled in Russia’s Kursk Region The past week in the Ukraine conflict has seen intensive fighting along the front line, with active combat continuing in the border areas of Russia’s Kursk Region, as well as in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), where Moscow has reported making new gains. The Russian military announced that it had secured two communities in the north of the republic: the village of Serebryanka, located immediately north of the town of Seversk, as well as Novosadovoye, an abandoned settlement adjacent to the border with the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR). The latter…

Lithuania has blasted Antonio Guterres for attending the BRICS Summit in Russia United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was wrong in choosing to attend the BRICS summit in Russia this week, having skipped Ukraine’s “peace conference” last summer, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has claimed – suggesting that Guterres has lost his credibility and should consider resigning. The Baltic country’s Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte condemned the trip as “pathetic” and “incomprehensible.” Guterres traveled to the three-day event in Kazan, where high-level delegations from 36 nations were in attendance. His office emphasized that the meeting represented nearly half of the world’s population and was thus “of great…

The new law is aimed at tackling a shortage of commanding staff in Kiev’s armed forces Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has signed a law allowing foreign mercenaries to serve as officers in the country’s military during the conflict with Russia. The Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, passed the relevant legislation on October 10. On Friday, it was signed into law by Zelensky, according to the website of the Ukrainian government. The move means that foreigners who have a contract with the Ukrainian military can now become not only privates or sergeants, but also have positions of authority in the army,…

Kiev could end up ceding some of its territory to Russia to end the hostilities, the Republican vice-presidential candidate says Both Russia and Ukraine have been “exhausted” by the ongoing conflict, and Kiev could ultimately decide to give up some of its territories in exchange for peace, Donald Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance has suggested. The vice-presidential candidate made the remarks on Thursday when he appeared on News Nation’s town hall to discuss the pressing issues for American society, such as abortion, migration, and housing costs. The enduring conflict between Russia and Ukraine was also invoked during the discourse, with…

Commonwealth leaders have issued a formal request at a gathering in Samoa The Commonwealth of Nations has submitted a formal request for “discussions” with the UK on compensation for the Transatlantic slave trade during a major gathering in Samoa. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer tried but failed to keep the subject off the agenda. The UK has ruled out any money payment and so far refused to make a formal apology. Last year, the Brattle Group, an economic consulting firm, concluded that the UK owed more than £18 trillion ($24 trillion) in reparations for its involvement in slavery in 14…