Author: Steven Sahiounie

At a Senate hearing on Wednesday, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that the US has decided to hold up a delivery of weapons and munitions to “Israel” after the latter carried out an offensive on Rafah without Washington’s approval. “We’ve been very clear…from the very beginning that Israel shouldn’t launch a major attack into the Rafah without accounting for and protecting the civilians that are in that battlespace. And again, as we have assessed the situation, we have paused one shipment of high payload weapons,” Austin said. “We’ve not made a final determination on how to proceed with that…

TikTok is suing the US government in an attempt to stop the enforcement of a bill passed by Congress last month that seeks to force the platform’s China-based owner ByteDance to sell the app or face a complete ban.

Growing fragmentation into US-led Western and China-aligned economic blocs threatens trade cooperation and overall global growth, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.

EU clearinghouse Euroclear accrued €1.6 billion ($1.7 billion) in interest from frozen Russian assets in just three months of this year, its CEO Valerie Urbain has revealed. She warned however, that tapping the funds would have a severe impact on global financial markets.   

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Washington is doing nothing about its deteriorating finances because there is nothing it can do without risking major upheaval

By: Suat Delgen Turkish naval warfare officer-turned-defense analyst The Caspian Sea (the term “sea” is not legally defined; it simply reflects historical usage) is a body of water with its own distinctive geographical features and rich biodiversity. It is estimated that the majority of the world’s black caviar is sourced from the Caspian Sea. The region is regarded as an important energy basin, thanks to its rich natural gas and oil deposits. The legal status of the Caspian Sea was recognized as an inland sea between Iran and the Soviet Union until 1991. In accordance with the treaties signed between…

In the southern Gaza Strip, the area east of Rafah witnessed heavy artillery shelling and heavy gunfire from a helicopter, while Israeli warplanes fired phosphorus bombs. During the night, the Gaza Strip witnessed intense aggression by “Israel”, which targeted multiple areas from the north to the south of the Gaza Strip. In the North, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported that the northern borders of Beit Lahia came under heavy fire and artillery shells, and an Israeli airstrike targeted the city. Al Mayadeen’s correspondent added that Israeli artillery shelling targeted the eastern areas of Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip and…

The Bahamas’ Foreign Ministry declared on May 7 that the Cabinet of The Bahamas has decided to formally recognize Palestine as a state. In a statement, the ministry said that the government of The Bahamas believes that “recognition of the State of Palestine strongly demonstrates The Bahamas’ commitment to the principles espoused in the Charter of the United Nations and to the right of self-determination of peoples as articulated in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).” It emphasized that The Bahamas stands behind the Palestinian people’s…

Qatar called on the international community on Wednesday to prevent a “genocide” in Rafah following Israel’s seizure of the Gaza city’s crossing with Egypt and threats of a wider assault. In a statement the Gulf state, which has been mediating between Israel and militant group Hamas, appealed “for urgent international action to prevent the city from being invaded and a crime of genocide being committed.” Israel struck targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after seizing the main border crossing with Egypt. Israel has vowed for weeks to launch a ground incursion into Rafah, despite a clamour of international objection.…