Author: Steven Sahiounie

Jordan’s King Abdullah told US President Joe Biden in a private meeting on Monday that an Israeli offensive in Rafah would lead to a “new massacre” of Palestinian civilians and urged the international community to take urgent action.“The king warned of the repercussions of the Israeli ground offensive on Rafah, which could cause a regional spillover of the conflict,” a statement from the Jordan royal court said after Abdullah had lunch with Biden at the White House.Israel carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday and told Palestinians to evacuate parts of the city where more than a million people uprooted…

Israeli military aircraft have heavily bombed the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip accompanied with ground advances shortly after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas said it had agreed to a proposal on ceasefire in Gaza. A Palestinian journalist reported flares in the night sky, while locals said dozens of reconnaissance drones flew overhead. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa and Egyptian media said Israeli military vehicles advanced towards the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing with Egypt, as well as the Karem Shalom crossing with the Israeli-occupied territories. A Palestinian security official and an Egyptian authority have told the Associated Press news agency…

Saudi Arabia, a country historically synonymous with oil production, is making strides toward sustainability. Once reliant solely on its vast oil reserves, it is now embracing a green energy revolution that promises to reshape its economic landscape while safeguarding its environmental future.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen intends to talk to visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping about policies that she claims pose a threat of de-industrialization in the bloc.

The leader has held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen amid growing tensions

In comments that came before Hamas’s announcement that it had accepted a truce proposal, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights delivered his most damning criticism of Israel yet in response to Israel’s apparent plan to invade Rafah, where the majority of Palestinians in Gaza are sheltering. “Gazans continue to be hit with bombs, disease, and even famine. And today, they have been told that they must relocate yet again as Israeli military operations into Rafah scale up,” Volker Turk said. “This is inhumane. It runs contrary to the basic principles of international humanitarian and human rights laws, which have…

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh briefed him on the Palestinian resistance movement’s response to a proposed ceasefire for the Gaza Strip.  In a post on his X account on Monday, Amir-Abdollahian said Haniyeh appreciated strong positions of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, President Ebrahim Raeisi and the Iranian nation in support of Palestine and the Gaza Strip. The Iranian minister added that Haniyeh also briefed him on the latest developments on the ground in the war-torn Gaza in the phone conversation on Sunday. He emphasized that Haniyeh said that he had…

France is not at war with Russia

Türkiye on Monday welcome Palestinian group Hamas announcing it had agreed to a Gaza cease-fire deal, adding that Ankara expects the same step to be taken by Israel, said the country’s president. “We welcome Hamas’ announcement that it accepted a cease-fire deal in Gaza with our efforts, and the same step should be taken by Israel,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after a Cabinet meeting. Erdogan also urged “Western actors” to pressure the Israeli government to accept the cease-fire deal. “We believe that there is no door that dialogue and negotiation cannot open,” he said, underlining the importance of “good intentions…

President Mahmoud Abbas tonight welcomed the announcement of successful Egyptian-Qatari efforts to reach ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. The president expressed satisfaction with this agreement which has been a priority for the Palestinian leadership since the first day of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, expressing hope that Israel will commit to ending the aggression and its full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. President Abbas called on the international community to exert pressure on Israel to compel it to abide by this agreement. He also called on the international community to continue efforts aimed at ending the Israeli occupation of…