Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Odessa oil refinery will become state property, Kiev’s asset management agency has announced

The French CAC 40 stock index dropped to its lowest level since February, dragging down indices across the continent

Fast-food restaurants in California have recently had to lay off nearly 10,000 workers, according to a major trade group

The gold mining industry is struggling to maintain production growth as finding deposits of the yellow metal has become more difficult, according to the World Gold Council (WGC), cited by CNBC on Sunday.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was heading back to the Middle East on Monday to push a ceasefire plan, but politics in Israel and an Israeli massacre in Gaza have raised further questions on whether he can succeed. The top US diplomat, paying his eighth visit to the region since war broke out, was set to start the trip in Egypt and head later Monday to Israel. Blinken is scheduled to hold closed-door talks first in Cairo with President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, a key US partner in peace efforts, and later in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Blinken planned…

Türkiye’s foreign minister will travel to Russia on Monday for a two-day visit to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of the BRICS bloc and several other countries, or BRICS+, according to diplomatic sources. The sources said Hakan Fidan will attend the meeting in the city of Nizhny Novgorod on Tuesday and hold talks with Russian officials, including Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Discussions at the meetings will focus on regional and international issues, including recent developments in Gaza, Ukraine, Syria, Libya, and the South Caucasus. Fidan will reiterate Türkiye’s expectation for a peaceful end to the ongoing wars in its…

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry called the US the “biggest loser” in the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip. Speaking to reporters on Sunday at a media event, Nasser Kanaani emphasized how the US had allowed the Israeli regime to continue its crimes in Gaza by giving it unrestricted military and political support. “The Zionist regime, with all its military capabilities and political influence, lost on the battlefield against the Palestinian nation, and the biggest loser in this battle against the people of Gaza, in addition to this usurping regime, is the US government,” he said. He urged…

A Palestinian child has been killed by Israeli forces today during a raid into al-Far’a camp, south of Tubas. Mahmoud Ibrahim Nabrisi, 15, succumbed to serious wounds after he was shot by the occupation forces, medical sources said. They sources told WAFA that ambulance crews transferred Nabrisi after he was seriously injured in Fara’a camp, to the government hospital in Tubas, where later the doctors pronounced him dead. Four youths were injured at dawn today by occupation forces’ bullets during the storming of the said camp. WAFA correspondent said that confrontations with the occupation forces inside took place inside the camp this morning…

Israel’s General Benny Gantz announced in a televised speech his resignation from Netanyahu’s emergency government and called for elections as soon as possible. Minutes after Gantz’s resignation, the former Israeli chief of staff Eisenkot submitted his resignation from the council. Minister Chili Tropper from the National Unity Party submitted his resignation from the government, following the recent resignations of Gantz and Eisenkot. This series of high-profile resignations underscores growing tensions within the Israeli political landscape. The reasons for Tropper’s departure have not yet been detailed. The resignations mark a notable shake-up within the Israeli government, further intensifying the political climate.…

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, during the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meetings held on June 10 and 11, said Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid, the official spokesperson and Director of Public Diplomacy at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A significant portion of the discussions between Shoukry and Lavrov focused on the current crisis in Gaza and ways to resolve it. Minister Shoukry highlighted the mediation efforts by Egypt and Qatar aimed at reaching a deal that would lead to a ceasefire, allowing for the exchange of prisoners and detainees and the…