Author: Steven Sahiounie

Indonesia’s president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, said on Saturday that his country was willing to send peacekeeping troops to enforce a ceasefire in Gaza if required.Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier security conference, Prabowo said US President Joe Biden’s three-phase proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza was a step in the right direction.“When needed and when requested by the UN, we are prepared to contribute significant peacekeeping forces to maintain and monitor this prospective ceasefire as well as providing protection and security to all parties and to all sides,” Prabowo said.The 72-year-old former special forces general and current Indonesian defense minister…

US bipartisan leaders have officially invited Israeli occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress within the next eight weeks or shortly after the August recess. In the United States, leaders from both the Republican and Democratic parties have formally invited Israeli occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before Congress. House Speaker Mike Johnson extended the official invitation to Netanyahu on Friday to address a joint session of Congress. The invitation bears the signatures of all four Congressional leaders: Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader Hakeem…

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid vowed on Saturday to back Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he proceeds with a ceasefire and exchange deal, despite opposition from Netanyahu’s extremist coalition partners. “I remind Netanyahu that he has our safety net for a hostage deal if Ben Gvir and Smotrich leave the government. The Israeli government cannot ignore President Biden’s important speech,” Lapid said on X. “There is a deal on the table and it should take it.” On Friday, US President Joe Biden announced that “Israel” had proposed a new plan for achieving a complete ceasefire, which includes the release of captives…

Acting Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has declared Operation al-Aqsa Flood a significant turning point in Palestinian history, asserting that it has left the Israeli occupation with no choice but to either surrender to or confront the resistance. Speaking at the international conference entitled “Oppressed and Resistant Gaza” held in Tehran, Bagheri Kani emphasized that the Israeli occupation’s decision to confront the Resistance has only worsened its situation. The acting foreign minister highlighted that “Israel” had failed to garner global support, with many countries severing diplomatic ties with the occupation. “The occupation has become the most hated entity for…

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Faisal bin Farhan received a phone call from US secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday morning. The two discussed the situation in Gaza and the exchange deal proposed by US president Joe Biden. During the call, the minister expressed Saudi Arabia’s support for all efforts aimed at an immediate ceasefire, the complete withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces and the provision of urgent aid to civilians. The US president on Friday detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza…

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al Sisi met on Friday with the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the sidelines of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum in Beijing. President Sisi met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Wednesday. A summit talks in the Chinese capital, Beijing, was held as part of the President’s visit to China. The Spokesman for the Presidency, Ahmed Fahmy, said China’s President Xi Jinping received President Sisi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where an official reception ceremony was held. The national anthems of the two…

Pressure mounts on the Dutch government to investigate “Israel’s” surveillance and intimidation tactics targeting lawyers at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. This comes after a joint investigation by The Guardian and Israeli publications revealed “Israel’s” attempts to surveil, hack, pressure, and threaten ICC staff to obstruct war crimes investigations. The effort proved fruitless as this month, the ICC prosecutor’s office sought arrest warrants for “Israel’s” Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Security Minister, Yoav Gallant, on charges of war crimes. Referring to the findings of The Guardian’s investigation, Dutch lawmakers from the liberal-progressive D66 party and the Green-Labour alliance have denounced the reported actions and urged…

UN Palestinian refugee agency chief Philippe Lazzarini said on Friday that Israel “must stop its campaign against UNRWA” in an opinion article published by the New York Times. “The war in Gaza has produced a blatant disregard for the mission of the UN, including outrageous attacks on (UNRWA) employees, facilities and operations,” agency chief Lazzarini said.“These attacks must stop and the world must act to hold the perpetrators accountable.”UNRWA, which coordinates nearly all aid to Gaza, has been in crisis since January, when Israel accused about a dozen of its 13,000 Gaza employees of being involved in the Oct. 7…

Jordan will host jointly with Egypt and the UN on June 11

Federal budget revenues stood at 8.9 trillion rubles ($98.3 bln) in January-April 2024 against 11.684 trillion rubles ($128.9 bln) planned