Author: Steven Sahiounie

An accident has reportedly occurred to the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in northwestern Iran. The accident reportedly happened as the president was returning from the Khoda Afarin region in Iran’s northwestern province of East Azarbaijan after inaugurating a dam at the common border with the Republic of Azerbaijan. Some people in the president’s entourage have reportedly contacted the command center, raising hopes that the accident has had no casualties. The president’s convoy included three helicopters. Two of the choppers carrying a number of ministers and officials have landed safely. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and the Friday prayers leader…

Austria has become the latest country to reinstate financing for the UN organization for Palestinian refugees, which was halted after “Israel” falsely accused UNRWA staff of colluding with the Palestinian Resistance. Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Japan, Sweden, and the EU have recently reinstated funding for the organization. Austria was one of many major donors, including the EU and the United States, to halt financing for UNRWA in January, freezing a total of around $450 million in aid, despite Israeli failure to provide any proof for their allegations. Several nations renewed financing following the publication of an assessment of UNRWA headed by former French Foreign Minister…

Israeli War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz faces heavy backlash after warning that he and his party would quit the government coalition. Israeli War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz is facing backlash from members of the coalition following his June 8 ultimatum for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to put together a plan for post-war Gaza, Israeli media reported. Splits have recently emerged in the War Cabinet as the Palestinian Resistance continues to inflict heavy losses on the Israeli occupation forces in northern Gaza where the Israeli military previously claimed the group had been dismantled. Simultaneously, the families of Israeli captives still held by the…

Preparations for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea are ongoing, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS. “Preparations for the visit are proceeding at their own pace,” he said. Peskov said Putin’s meeting earlier on Saturday with Natural Resources and Environment Minister Alexander Kozlov, who heads the intergovernmental commission on cooperation with the North Korea, was unrelated to the preparations for the visit. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited Putin to visit his country when he traveled to Russia in September. It was reported earlier that the countries would work to set a time for Putin’s trip. Source:…

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan in eastern city of Dhahran, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday. During the meeting, the strategic relations between the two countries and ways to enhance them in various fields were reviewed, SPA said. It said efforts to find a credible solution to the Palestinian issue, including a lasting ceasefire and unhindered entry of humanitarian aid in Gaza, with a view to a “two-state solution that meets the aspirations and legitimate rights of the Palestinian people”, were also discussed. Source: Arab News

War Cabinet member Benny Gantz gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an ultimatum on Saturday, threatening to leave the emergency government in case his conditions are not met by next month, as the occupation entity falls deeper into political divisions amid a lack of achievements in Gaza after 8 months of the genocidal war. In a televised statement, Gantz, who is a prominent figure in the opposition led by Yair Lapid, said that “something [is] wrong” in the war cabinet and that it is a shell of what it was in the early days after launching the war on Gaza…

The Beijing talks between President Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China were very successful, Kremlin Aide Yury Ushakov told TV journalist Pavel Zarubin. “The environment was very friendly and the leaders were in a good mood. They held a very successful conversation so when a small group of us sat down to lunch, the atmosphere was completely relaxed. This kind of atmosphere helps people understand each other better, making jokes and telling stories. Basically, the chemistry got stronger,” Ushakov said in an excerpt of an interview posted on Zarubin’s Telegram channel. Putin made a state visit to…

Demonstrations erupted today across Europe demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and urging European governments to halt arms sales to Israel in the face of the latter’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. In London, a march for solidarity with Palestine began in central London and moved towards 10 Downing Street, the official headquarters of the UK Prime Minister of and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Protesters called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and for the UK government to stop issuing arms sales licenses to Israel. This march is part of a Global Day of Action for Palestine, coinciding with the…

Philippe Lazzarini, the Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), said today that the Israeli occupation’s claim that people in Gaza can move to “safe” or “humanitarian” zones is false, affirming there are no safe zones or places across the Gaza Strip. “Once again, nearly half of the population of Rafah or 800,000 people are on the road, having been forced to flee since the Israeli Forces started the military operation in the area on 6 May,” Lazzarini noted in a tweet on his X account. He stressed the continuous danger faced by…

The transit line through Ukraine remains the only route for Russian gas supplies to western and central European countries