Author: Steven Sahiounie

A jury on Friday found that Abbott Laboratories’ specialized formula for premature infants caused an Illinois girl to develop a dangerous bowel disease, ordering the healthcare company to pay $95 million in compensatory damages.

Britain’s government declared the country was “broke and broken” ahead of an assessment of the public finances on Monday

Malaysia has sent an application for BRICS membership to Russia, which is currently holding BRICS presidency, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said. “Malaysia has sent a letter of application to join the (BRICS) organization to Russia as the BRICS chairman, besides expressing openness to participate as a member country or strategic partner,” the BERNAMA news agency quoted him as saying. Earlier on Sunday, Anwar Ibrahim met with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. According to the Malaysian prime minister, the conversation focused on Malaysia’s application to join BRICS, which, in his words, will have a considerable potential for both sides.…

Egypt warns about the risk of the escalation between Israel and Lebanon, which may entail a large-scale war in the region, the Egyptian foreign ministry said. “Egypt warns about the risks stemming from the opening a new front in Lebanon amid the latest developments in the town of Majdal Shams on the Syrian occupied Golan Heights,” it said, adding that “this may plunge the Middle East into a full-scale regional war.” The ministry called on the international community to “interfere immediately to spare the peoples of the region of catastrophic consequences of the expanding [Middle East] conflict, which pose a…

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has formally endorsed Masoud Pezeshkian as Iran’s new president. At a ceremony broadcast live on state television on Sunday, Ayatollah Khamenei gave his official approval for Pezeshkian, who emerged victorious in the second round of the presidential vote on July 5. Iranian state and military officials, seminary and university professors, representatives of various guilds, a group of families of martyrs, and foreign ambassadors in Tehran attended the ceremony. The Leader’s decree, endorsing the mandate of President Pezeshkian, was read out at the event by the head of the leader’s office. In the decree,…

Moscow does not yet see any prospects for ending the bloodshed in the Middle East, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pointed out at the end of his visit to Malaysia. “There are no prospects for ending this bloodshed yet. Israel, through Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu, has repeatedly responded to calls for an immediate ceasefire by saying that it will not stop until it completely destroys Hamas,” Lavrov said. He explained, “In my opinion, — and many of my colleagues share this point of view — it is an unrealistic task to completely destroy an organization that exists and that has…

CIA Director William Burns is scheduled to meet with officials from “Israel,” Qatar, and Egypt in Italy’s Rome to finalize the proposed ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement for Gaza, Axios reported on Friday citing US and Israeli officials. On Sunday, Burns will sit down with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Abdul Rahman al-Thani, Mossad Director David Barnea, and Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel, the news site said. The meeting will focus on devising a strategy to advance the negotiations for a ceasefire and exchange deal, the report mentioned, noting however that there will be no discussions on the remaining unresolved issues. “[Israeli…

President Mahmoud Abbas is set to make an official visit to the Republic of Türkiye soon, during which he will meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, according to Faed Mustafa, Palestine’s Ambassador to Ankara. Mustafa stated that discussions are ongoing to finalize the timing of the visit through diplomatic channels and according to proper protocols. He also revealed that President Abbas has received an invitation from the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye to deliver a speech before the Turkish legislature. Efforts are currently underway to schedule this address through official diplomatic communications between the two countries. Ambassador…

Payments on the app are projected to exceed $1 trillion this year from $802 billion last year, BofA said

The United States was “working intensely every single day” to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and establish a path to ensure long-term peace and security, claimed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Laos. He made these comments in response to Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, who stated that there was an urgent need for enduring peace. “We cannot continue closing our eyes to see the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza,” she said at the meeting. Blinken made the same comments back in May, by saying that the humanitarian situation in Gaza…