Author: Steven Sahiounie

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…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad in the Kremlin. “Dear mister president, I am very happy to see you,” Putin said. “We have the opportunity to talk about the entire set of our relations. We have not seen each other for a while,” the Russian leader added. Previously, the two leaders met in the Kremlin on March 15, 2023, with their talks lasting three hours. Putin and Assad had a phone conversation on March 23, 2024, when Assad resolutely condemned the terror attack on Crocus City Hall, stressing that Syria was mourning together with…

The speech delivered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Congress sparked anger among Democrats representatives in the United States, nearly half of whom boycotted the speech. The number of Democrats who boycotted Netanyahu’s speech on Wednesday was much higher than it was in his previous speech to Congress back in 2015, which then reached 58 Democrats, Axios reported. Among the Democrats who expressed their dissatisfaction with the speech was Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, who confirmed in a post on X that “Israelis want him out of office. So he came to Congress to campaign.” Sanders wrote that Netanyahu was not only…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel’s war in Gaza and condemned American protesters in a scathing speech to Congress Wednesday that triggered boycotts by many top Democratic lawmakers and drew thousands to the Capitol to condemn the war and the humanitarian crisis it has created.Netanyahu vowed to press on with the war until “total victory,” disappointing hopes by some that the Israeli leader’s visit to the United States could bring some breakthrough in negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage-release.Speaking to applause from US lawmakers, and stony silence from others, Netanyahu sought to bolster US support for his country’s fight…