Author: Steven Sahiounie

Macron in phone talks backed the proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and captive release deal presented by US President Joe Biden. “This deal should reopen a credible perspective for the implementation of a two-state solution, the only one able to provide Israel with the necessary security guarantees and to respond to the legitimate aspirations of Palestinians,” he said. “Gaza must be an integral part of a future Palestinian state, and a reformed and reinforced Palestinian Authority, with the help of the international community, should ensure its governance,” he added. In a bid to boost mediation efforts after almost eight months of…

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Tuesday received a phone call from UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron, as they discussed the latest developments in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. During the phone conversation, the two ministers mulled a proposal put forward by US President Joe Biden to secure a ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave and conduct a prisoner-hostage swap. The pair also probed mediation efforts made by Egypt, Qatar and the US to encourage Israel and Hamas to agree on this proposal to end the humanitarian crisis in the Strip, said Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid. Shoukry stressed…

Hamas official Osama Hamdan underlines that the Resistance would not agree to the terms of any ceasefire deal that does not include a permanent ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan criticized the Israeli occupation’s response to a ceasefire proposal submitted by the resistance in May, stating that it does not meet the requirements for a permanent ceasefire and full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. During a press conference on Tuesday, Hamdan emphasized Hamas’s stance communicated to the mediators, which stipulates that they cannot agree to any deal that fails to ensure a lasting ceasefire…

Hundreds of Israeli colonists today broke into the compound of al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem under heavy protection from the Israeli police, to secure the provocative flag march, ,” which the colonial associations intend to organize today. Some 800 colonists, divided into groups, raided the holy Islamic Mosque from al-Maghariba gate and took provocative tours in its compounds. The sources said that one of the colonists’ rabbis stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque wearing tefillin, accompanied by former Knesset member Moshe Feiglin. Colonists also performed Talmudic rituals in the vicinity of Al-Qattanin Market and Bab Al-Qattanin, one of the main gates leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque. The occupation authorities…

The US administration has no plans of sending military instructors or troops to Ukraine, US White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Wednesday. “As we’ve said several times on the record, we’re not planning to send US military advisors or troops trainers to train Ukraine, train unions in Ukraine,” he said on his way on board of Air Force One heading to France, where he intended to take part in the events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landing. “In Germany, it has trained [some] 1,000 of Ukrainian soldiers on Western made equipment,” he said. “We…

LONDON: The UK’s largest airport has been compared to a “post-Second World War” structure by the chief of Emirates.

PARIS: The second edition of the two-day Vision Golfe business event begins in Paris on Tuesday, showcasing opportunities for commercial partnerships between France and the Gulf states.

RIYADH: The UAE’s non-oil private sector growth remained steady in May, with the country’s Purchasing Managers’ Index holding firm at 55.4, unchanged from the previous month, an economy tracker showed. 

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has priced its inaugural sterling bond offering of £650 million ($829.80 million) under its existing Euro Medium-Term Note program.

US coffeehouse chain Starbucks has submitted applications to Russia’s intellectual property service, Rospatent, to register several trademarks in the country, Vedomosti newspaper reported on Tuesday.