Author: Steven Sahiounie

The country has enjoyed a rebound in consumption and an uptick in real wages, analyst Alfred Kammer has said

Technocrats have staked their legitimacy not so much on a carbon-neutral future as on a vision of prosperity that is rapidly receding

Tehran is preparing the financial infrastructure for the Visa and Mastercard alternative, a trade envoy has said 

The bloc plans to target liquefied natural gas in its 14th package of restrictions, Sweden’s foreign minister has said   

European Union foreign ministers meet in Luxembourg on Monday to discuss bolstering Ukraine’s air defenses and expanding sanctions on Iran.While the ministers will also discuss the war in Sudan, most of their focus will be on the conflicts raging on the 27-member bloc’s eastern and southern doorsteps – in Ukraine and the Middle East.With Russia having stepped up air attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and other targets, EU governments are under pressure to supply more air defense systems such as Patriots to Kyiv.Kyiv and its European allies got a big boost at the weekend when the US House of Representatives…

The family of martyred Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqa reveals that the Israeli occupation is still withholding his body weeks after his martyrdom. The family of martyred Palestinian detainee Walid Daqqa denounced Sunday the Israeli occupation’s continued detention of his body after the Israeli Supreme Court said the authorities need “more time” to complete the required procedures for his release. The Israeli occupation said the release was postponed until May 5, though it is not unlikely that it gets postponed once again. The Daqqa family released a statement condemning the inhumane punitive measure, calling on the Supreme Follow-up Committee, Palestinian parties, and local…

Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday left for Iraq’s capital Baghdad to hold meetings with Iraqi officials. Erdogan was accompanied by the country’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, National Defense Minister Yasar Guler, Communications Director Fahrettin Altun, his chief advisor Akif Cagatay Kilic and other ministers. Erdogan is expected to discuss bilateral and regional issues during his meetings with his Iraqi counterpart Abdul Latif Rashid and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al Sudani. Erdogan will also visit Erbil in northern Iraq after Baghdad talks. “During President Erdogan’s visit to Erbil, especially in meetings with regional government…

Iran’s foreign minister says the Israeli regime’s crimes against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip are the root cause of the existing crisis in the West Asia region. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was speaking in a phone conversation with his Finnish counterpart, Elina Valtonen, on Sunday. During the conversation, the two top diplomats discussed the latest developments in bilateral relations as well as the ongoing situation in West Asia. “The Zionist regime’s acts of aggression and crimes in Gaza constitute the root cause of the crisis [in the West Asia region],” the Iranian foreign minister said, stressing that Iran does not seek…

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has arrived in the Pakistan capital of Islamabad on a key official visit aimed at promoting security and trade ties. Heading a high-ranking politico-economic delegation, Raeisi arrived in Islamabad on Monday on a two-leg visit which will also take him to Sri Lanka. He was welcomed by Pakistani Minister of Housing and Works Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada and a number of officials upon his arrival. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif welcomed the Iranian president and the two sides held a private meeting. Before leaving Tehran for Islamabad on Monday morning, Raeisi said Iran considers Pakistan’s security…

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese discussed the condition of human rights and Israeli practices in the occupied Palestinian territories on Sunday. Shoukry received Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, in Cairo, where they called for an immediate end to Israeli attacks on Gaza in compliance with international laws and demanded the safe delivery of humanitarian aid. They also called for a stop to mounting settler violence in the West Bank, demanding accountability of the perpetrators. Shoukry pointed out that the increase in Israeli assaults and illegal settlement practices in the West…