Author: Steven Sahiounie

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel deems Quito’s actions as a clear violation of Mexican sovereignty in Ecuador. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel condemned Tuesday the arrest of former Ecuadoran vice president Jorge Glas, who had been granted political asylum at the Mexican embassy in Ecuador. Diaz-Canel reiterated Cuba’s strong condemnation of this flagrant violation of international law, including the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the right to asylum.” He was speaking during a virtual summit of CELAC, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, in which presidents from across the region are mulling possible sanctions against Ecuador. The Cuban President…

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) criticized the ongoing approval from the US government towards Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, denouncing it as “Israeli crimes against humanity”. Ibrahim Hooper, the communications director for CAIR, stated in a release, “These Israeli crimes against humanity are being committed daily – even hourly – with the active support of the Biden administration.” He emphasized the urgent need for tangible steps to halt the genocide, ethnic cleansing, and forced starvation occurring in Gaza, warning that failure to do so would severely tarnish the US nation’s reputation internationally. CAIR highlighted the recent “massacre of children”…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi hosted Russian spy chief Sergei Naryshkin and his accompanying delegation in Cairo. The meeting was attended by the director of Egypt’s General Intelligence Service, Maj. Gen. Abbas Kamel. Talks focused on the situation in the Middle East and ways to achieve regional stability amid the crisis in the Gaza Strip and escalating regional tensions. Ahmed Fahmy, presidential spokesman, said that El-Sisi and Russian spy chief Naryshkin also discussed a number of African issues, counterterrorism efforts and the latest developments in the international arena, especially in Ukraine and Afghanistan. They reviewed Egypt’s efforts to quell regional…

Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Mohammed Mustafa met today with the British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs David Cameron in Ramallah, where they discussed the importance of stepping up further humanitarian relief efforts in the Gaza Strip. They also discussed the need to stop the escalation and attacks carried out by the occupation’s army and colonists, including the ongoing incursions into Palestinian territories. The two officials further tackled the Palestinian government’s efforts for comprehensive institutional reform. The Prime Minister stressed that the relief and humanitarian efforts and the distribution of aid in the Gaza Strip will remain…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Pascal Sleiman, head of the Christian Lebanese Forces’ Jbeil district office, was kidnapped and killed by a gang of Syrian car thieves on April 7. He died after being hit on the head and chest by the criminals, who then stuffed him into the car’s truck, and later dumped him in a border area in Syria. According to the Lebanese army, the politician and head of management information systems at Byblos Bank, was the victim of a carjacking by a criminal gang, who have been arrested.“Following up on the case of Pascal Sleiman, who…

By killing over 14,000 innocent children in Gaza, Israel has already outdone Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, the Turkish president said on Wednesday. With unconditional support from the West, Israel is carrying out massacres that are marks of shame in human history, both in Gaza and the West Bank, Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a Justice and Development (AK) Party group meeting in the Turkish parliament. Saying that no one can question Türkiye’s sensitivity to the Palestinian issue, Erdogan added that the Palestinian cause gave his life new meaning. “As long as God grants me life, I will continue to defend the…

The front that Ukraine has been holding for the past several months in the special military operation zone may collapse this summer, Politico reported, citing several high-ranking officers. According to the newspaper, the Ukrainian frontline may collapse this summer due to the supposed Russian offensive, as the Russian forces significantly outnumber the Ukrainian ones. The newspaper’s sources said the situation is complicated by the lack of Western weapons, which is undermining the morale of Ukrainian soldiers. Politico said that Ukrainian officers “privately accept that more [territorial] losses are inevitable this summer,” the question is how significant they will be. According to the…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke on the telephone Wednesday with his United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterpart to extend condolences for a flood disaster. “Erdogan expressed his sympathy for the flood disaster that took place in the UAE” during the call with Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, according to a post on X by Türkiye’s Communications Directorate. The Emirati National Center of Meteorology said Tuesday that the UAE saw its heaviest downpour in the last 75 years this week. Weather conditions caused disruptions in transportation to and from airports across the UAE. The National Committee for Emergency Management urged residents…

Israel’s leader has denounced suggestions that areas in Gaza are facing famine after six months of war. Netanyahu “rejected the claims by international organisations about famine in Gaza”, his office said. A United Nations-backed report last month said northern Gaza could be hit by famine any time between mid-March and May, and more than 70 percent of Gaza’s 2.3 million population face “catastrophic hunger”. Last week, Samantha Power, the director of the US Agency for International Development, said famine was already occurring in northern Gaza. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees defines famine as a situation where a substantial proportion of the…

After failing to condemn or take action against the Israeli attack on Iran’s embassy in Syria, the White House is working on a comprehensive sanctions list targeting Tehran. The United States is planning to impose yet another set of sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran, spurred by Tehran’s latest response to the blatant Israeli attack on Iran’s embassy in Syria. US President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, made the announcement during a press briefing on Tuesday, stating that the US is “coordinating with allies and partners, including the G7, and with bipartisan leaders in Congress, on a comprehensive response.”…