Author: Steven Sahiounie

RIYADH: Moody’s Investor Services has affirmed its AAA credit rating with a stable outlook for the Islamic Development Bank, driven by the financial institution’s robust asset performance. 

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s non-oil exports hit a two-year high in May, reaching SR28.89 billion ($7.70 billion), an 8.2 percent increase compared to the same month in 2023. 

RIYADH: Saudi low-cost airline flynas has signed a deal to purchase 160 Airbus aircraft, doubling the volume of its orders to 280 planes. 

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has arrived in St. Petersburg, the Pool of the First Telegram channel close to the presidential press service reported. “The first [meeting] is in St. Petersburg. Moving forward, the agenda promises to be interesting,” the message reads. According to the information disseminated earlier, Lukashenko left on a working visit to Russia today, where he plans to hold talks with Russian head of state Vladimir Putin. The heads of state will discuss topical issues in the development of Belarusian-Russian relations, joint projects, regional security and international affairs. Source: TASS

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration, and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs Badr Abdelatty emphasized the importance of international recognition of the Palestinian state, including by Europe, in a phone call with Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Stéphane Séjourné on Tuesday. During the call, they discussed the situation in the region and developments in the Gaza war. FM Abdelatty affirmed that international recognition will send a clear message to the international community and Israeli circles about the importance of understanding peace determinants and progressing towards a two-state solution. Moreover, he underscored the gravity of Israeli decisions that hinder efforts to reach a two-state…

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before the US Congress as “disgraceful”. Lapid criticized Netanyahu, particularly for not taking any responsibility for his failure regarding the October 7 events and for failing to accept a deal with Hamas that would retrieve the Israeli captives held by the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza. “Disgraceful! An hour of talking without saying a single sentence: ‘There will be a hostage deal,'” he posted on his account on the X platform. In a separate post, the opposition figure said, “We heard Netanyahu speak about October 7 as if he has…

Algeria, under the leadership of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, is committed to collective African efforts to prevent and resolve conflicts on the continent to achieve economic development, embodying the principle of African solutions to African problems, affirmed Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf. Attaf stressed that “the Palestinian people are in dire need, now more than ever, of the support of the African continent and free peoples.” In a speech read on his behalf by the Inspector General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abdelhamid-Ahmed Khodja, during the opening of the international seminar on the African dimension of the Algerian Revolution, Attaf…

The United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and dozens of organizations and countries are striving to block or delay an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his genocidal war in the besieged Gaza Strip, a report says. The ICC is currently seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his minister of military affairs Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes. In case such warrants are issued, then attention will probably also turn to governments like the US, the UK and Germany, as well as organizations and officials who aided the Tel Aviv regime in…

“A criminal’s speech filled with lies and a mockery of the [people’s] intelligence,” was how Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to US Congress was described by a member of Hamas’ political bureau. The Israeli Prime Minister’s speech was rife with false claims regarding the Israeli war on Gaza, and also featured several jabs at the International Criminal Court (ICC), which had requested the issuance of arrest warrants against him and his Security Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes in the Strip. Among Netanyahu’s claims concerned food aid deliveries to Gaza, the protection of Palestinian civilians, and the mediated negotiations with the Palestinian Resistance, all…

Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the US Congress on Wednesday, calling it a “disgrace to humanity.” “I strongly condemn this stance, which blatantly undermines efforts for peace and stability,” Tunc wrote on X. “Despite the International Court of Justice’s measures to prevent genocide and being sought for arrest by the International Criminal Court on genocide charges, allowing Netanyahu, who has killed over 40,000 innocent civilians since Oct. 7, to speak before the US Congress is a disgrace to humanity,” he said. Tunc stressed that supporting Israeli leaders “who stand condemned in the…