Author: Steven Sahiounie

Russia could downgrade relations with the US if its assets are confiscated, the deputy foreign minister has warned

A court ruling supported the lawsuit filed by state bank VTB, which seeks to recover funds blocked under Western sanctions

A secret session of the Israeli regime’s national security council (NSC) was held Wednesday to discuss the possibility that international arrest warrants could be issued against the regime’s officials. Benjamin Netanyahu, defense minister Yoav Galant and army chief of Staff Herzi Halevi are among the regime officials against whom arrest warrants may be issued “in the coming days”. According to Israel’s Channel 13, Israel’s national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi chaired the meeting, in which arrest warrants for other officials were also discussed. They decided to take a series of measures, including launching a diplomatic pressure campaign and activating Israel’s international…

The number of pro-Palestine protestors who were arrested during a demonstration at the University of Texas has risen to 34, authorities said Wednesday. “As of 9 p.m., 34 arrests have been made by law enforcement on the UT Austin campus related to today’s protest,” said the Texas Department of Public Safety on X, formerly known as Twitter. Among the arrested was a FOX 7 Austin photographer who was filming the demonstration by the students on the UT Austin campus. Social media footage shows the photographer being slammed to the ground and taken away in handcuffs. The students staged a walkout…

Two civilians today were killed and others injured in an Israeli artillery shelling targeting civilians homes in the Bureij and Nuseirat camps in the central Gaza Strip. Medical sources said that a civilian was killed and others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house belonging to the Al-Oweidat family, east of Al-Bureij camp. In the meantime, a female civilian was also killed and several of others sustained injuries in an artillery air raids that hit homes north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip. The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has resulted in…

After pitching for her reelection, French President Emmanuel Macron is now calling for the EU chief’s, von der Leyen, removal. French President Emmanuel Macron looks to replace European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and is discussing options with other EU leaders, reported Bloomberg on Wednesday, citing sources. Von der Leyen is preparing for elections in under two months, aiming to clinch another five-year tenure. Macron, a pivotal figure in her rise to the helm of the EU, has been publicly censuring the President’s methods in steering the EU Commission. “The commission presidency is there to defend the general interest, so it must…

Students at the University of Maryland on Wednesday joined ongoing pro-Palestine campus protests across the US, demanding their school to cease doing business with military firms amid Israel’s war on Gaza. Gathering at its College Park campus, they also called for the university to denounce the “genocide” in Gaza and end policing on the campus. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Ahlam, a graduate student of public health, said people in Gaza have been facing violence for the last six months. “We are here to demand that our university divest its holdings in the military companies that are creating the weapons and…

Ukraine is exploited today as a testing ground, which may partly decide the future world order, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said addressing the 7th Belarusian People’s Congress on Wednesday. “Everyone understands that today Ukraine is a testing ground and the developments there will in some ways determine what the world order will look like in the future,” Belarusian BelTA news agency quoted Lukashenko as saying. “The largest nuclear powers, albeit indirectly, are actually fighting on its [Ukrainian] territory. And not indirectly,” the president of Belarus noted. “The [Ukrainian] government has stooped to making a deal with the West, exchanging weapons for the…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s current visit to China is meant to shatter Russian-Chinese ties, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said. “Washington is looking for ways to shatter Russian-Chinese ties as much as possible. We have seriously expanded cooperation with Beijing in many areas in recent time. It fills US politicians and the Biden administration top officials with bile, if not brash,” he noted. “And the visit by the secretary of state should be assessed from the angle of what the United States is ready to do to increase the unabashed and ruthless pressure on China.” “I think…

Lai Ching-te reveals changes including Wellington Koo as defense minister and Joseph Wu as head of National Security Council in reshuffle of Taiwan’s security and diplomacy leadership. Taiwan’s President-elect Lai Ching-te has announced new appointments to his security and diplomacy teams. National Security Council Secretary-General Wellington Koo is set to become defense minister. Current Foreign Minister Joseph Wu will take over as head of the National Security Council. Additionally, Lin Chia-lung, currently serving as secretary-general at the Presidential Office, will assume the role of foreign minister, according to Lai’s statement on Wednesday. Furthermore, the President-elect emphasized that China ought to…