Author: Steven Sahiounie

The minister stressed the importance of strengthening multilateral development cooperation to bridge the financing gaps faced by emerging economies

ABU DHABI: The balance sheet of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) reached the AED750 billion mark at the end of last February, marking a historic milestone, as per the balance sheet report for February 2024 released today.

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Egyptian foreign minister has repeated his call for a two-state solution to the Palestinian issue. Egyptian Sameh Shoukry on Monday took part in a ministerial coordination meeting involving Arab and European countries. The meeting, which discussed recognition of a Palestinian state, was held on the sidelines of the two-day World Economic Forum special meeting in Riyadh. Shoukry called on the international community to pressure Israel into ending its occupation of the Palestinian territories, and to support the legitimate and inalienable rights of Palestinians, said Ahmed Abu Zeid, the ministry’s spokesman. Given the violence in Gaza and tensions in the West…

The International Court of Justice started a session this evening in The Hague to rule on Nicaragua’s lawsuit against Germany, accusing it of facilitating the Israeli genocide in Gaza. The session comes at the request of Nicaragua for the top UN court to impose provisional measures that would halt Berlin’s supply of weapons to Israel. Nicaragua has criticized Germany for supporting the Israeli occupation, deeming the provision of weapons to the Israeli government while simultaneously providing aid to Gaza as “regrettable and indicative of disdain.” Nicaragua also requested five provisional measures to take effect, notably that “Germany immediately suspend its…

Secretary Anthony Blinken said the Middle East region had two paths moving forward, one of violence and permanent insecurity, the other intergration and and greater peace. Speaking in Riyadh at a joint US-Gulf Cooperation Council ministerial meeting to advance coordination on regional security on Monday, Blinken said he believed most in the region wanted to follow the path of peace. “There really are two paths forward for the region as a whole. One driven with division with destruction, with violence with permanent insecurity. The other, greater integration, greater security, greater peace,” Secretary Anthony Blinken said. “ I think the region…

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi is scheduled to visit Iran to take part in a nuclear conference from May 6-8 and meet Iranian officials, Iran’s Mehr news agency said on Tuesday.“Grossi will meet Iranian officials in Tehran before participating in the International Conference of Nuclear Sciences and Technologies held in Isfahan,” the agency reported.The IAEA chief said in February that he was planning a visit to Tehran to tackle a “drifting apart” in relations between the agency and the Islamic Republic.Grossi said the same month that while the pace of uranium enrichment by Iran had slowed slightly since…

The US are trying to make the Kurds partners with Israel. But, many Kurds take the side of the people of Gaza and the Palestinian resistance. Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The international community is not only silent about Israel’s genocide but also sends foreign mercenaries to fight alongside Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza. The IDF summoned hundreds of reserve soldiers to reinforce its ranks in preparation for its ground attack on the Gaza Strip. To bolster their Israeli ranks the IDF promoted an influx of people holding Israeli passports and living in foreign countries. However, the Spanish newspaper, El Mundo,…