Author: Steven Sahiounie

The United States may stop providing aid to Ukraine in the future, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a fireside chat at the 2024 Aspen Security Forum. “Every [US] administration has an opportunity, of course, to set its own policies. We cannot lock in the future,” the top US diplomat said when asked if Washington would continue to honor its obligations to Ukraine if Donald Trump is reelected president. Nevertheless, Blinken recalled a security agreement recently inked by the US and Ukraine. “Now if we were to renege on this, I suppose that’s possible. But happily, we have…

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric stated on Friday that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will promptly present the International Court of Justice’s decision on “Israel’s” occupation of Palestinian territories to the UN General Assembly. “The International Court of Justice has delivered today its Advisory Opinion in the proceedings concerning Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,” the statement said. “The Secretary-General will promptly transmit the Advisory Opinion to the General Assembly, which had requested the Court’s advice. It is for the General Assembly to decide how to proceed in this matter.” ‘Israel’…

Netflix on Thursday said it added eight million new subscribers in the second quarter, as the home of hit shows “The Crown” and “Bridgerton” posted its latest financial earnings that exceeded analyst expectations.

A US plan to use Japanese factories to boost production of Patriot air defense missiles – used by Ukraine to defend against Russian attacks – is being delayed by a shortage of a critical component manufactured by Boeing, four sources said.

US plane maker Boeing raised its industry-wide annual 20-year forecast for new jetliner deliveries by 3 percent to 43,975, propelled by the strength of passenger demand, rising airline competition and the eventual replacement older less efficient planes.

The first payout from interest generated by Moscow’s frozen funds will be made this month, the EU-based depository has said

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator On Friday, Hezbollah fired a heavy barrage of missiles at an Israeli military base in the Upper Galilee region near the southern Lebanese border, causing fire and destroying some of it. The northern Israeli settlement of Mitzpe Abirim was also hit by the Lebanese resistance group, which said the attack was in response to the Israeli attacks on civilians in southern Lebanon’s towns of Safad al-Batikh, Majdal Salam, and Shaqra. The Lebanese National News Agency reported that two shells fired by the Israeli occupation army fell near a police station at the Marj Junction…

The number of bankruptcy declarations in England and Wales reached the highest level in over a year last month

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi, on Friday, received a phone call from his Dutch counterpart Caspar Veldkamp. Veldkamp stressed that his country attaches great importance to friendly relations with Jordan, and that the Dutch government is keen to develop relations with Jordan in various fields, and highly valued its role in the region. The Dutch government respects Jordan and its role and supports the two-state solution as a means of bringing about peace in the region. Veldkamp distanced his government from remarks made by a Dutch representative that criticized Jordan and Palestine. He…

Iran’s interim foreign minister says the United States’ unilateral approach to international issues has proven to be a failure, stressing that Washington is not part of the solution, but an obstacle in the path of peace. Speaking to reporters in New York on Friday, Ali Bagheri Kani criticized the US’s withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and its export of weapons to Israel amid the regime’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. “The Americans’ claims that unilateralism can bring about peace, stability and security to the world have failed,” he said.…