Author: Steven Sahiounie

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…

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Russia saw a surge in foreign tourism in the first quarter of 2024, with almost 219,000 arrivals recorded, according to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR). Chinese tourists accounted for almost half of this figure.