Author: Steven Sahiounie

The US State Department says that the secretary of state will make the visit on Monday and Tuesday to meet regional partners and discuss efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza. The State Department said in a statement, “[Blinken] will discuss the recent increase in humanitarian assistance being delivered to Gaza and underscore the importance of ensuring that increase is sustained.” “The Secretary will also emphasize the importance of preventing the conflict from spreading and discuss ongoing efforts to achieve lasting peace and security in the region, including through a pathway to an independent Palestinian state with security guarantees for…

According to Maariv, Netanyahu is privately reaching out to the United States of America to thwart the issuance of an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court. Sources indicated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is worried about the potential issuance of an arrest warrant against him by the International Criminal Court, reported the Israeli newspaper Maariv. The newspaper reported that Netanyahu held private discussions with the United States to prevent the International Criminal Court from issuing an arrest warrant. It also indicated a prevailing belief that “the issuance of the arrest warrant is inevitable and may implicate not just Netanyahu,…

Only a real commitment to a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict can prevent the war in Gaza from reoccurring, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Sunday. “We in the region are not going to focus only on solving the crisis of the moment, we’re going to look at how we can solve the bigger problem in the context of Gaza. That is, a real commitment to a two-state solution, that is, a credible, irreversible path to a Palestinian state,” he told the World Economic Forum’s special meeting in Riyadh. “That’s the only reasonable and credible solution…

A senior Hamas official on Sunday said that the group would deliver its response to Israel’s latest counterproposal for a Gaza ceasefire on Monday in Egypt.“A Hamas delegation headed by Khalil Al-Hayya will arrive in Egypt tomorrow… and deliver the movement’s response” to the Israeli proposal during a meeting with Egyptian intelligence officials, said the official who declined to be named told AFP. Mediator Egypt had sent its own delegation to Israel this week to jump-start stalled negotiations even as fighting in the Gaza Strip rages.Egypt, Qatar and the United States have been unsuccessfully trying to broker a new Gaza…

President Mahmoud Abbas met today with Jordanian Prime Minister Bishr Khasawneh on the sidelines of the special meeting of the World Economic Forum hosted by the Saudi capital, Riyadh. During the meeting, President Abbas expressed his appreciation for King Abdullah II’s steadfast support for the Palestinian cause and the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, foremost among them their right to establish an independent state with its capital in East Jerusalem. He commended the King’s efforts to halt the Israeli aggression on Gaza. President Abbas outlined the efforts being made to halt the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip…

Türkiye’s Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc stressed Saturday the need for the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to expedite the conversion of a file against Israel into a case. “Israeli officials who have committed war crimes, aggression, murdered children, and committed genocide, including Netanyahu, must be brought before the court,” Tunc said during a speech at the Inter-Parliamentary Jerusalem Platform 5th Conference. “Unfortunately, a crime against humanity, a human tragedy, continues to unfold before the eyes of the world. The recent attacks in Palestine are unquestionably crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes,” he added. Tunc noted that the UN…

Sudan has requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting on what it calls UAE “aggression” for allegedly supporting paramilitaries battling the army, a diplomatic source said Saturday.The fighting broke out in April last year between the regular army, headed by Sudan’s de facto leader Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.For months the regular army has accused the United Arab Emirates of supporting the RSF, a charge the UAE denies.“Yesterday, our permanent representative to the United Nations submitted a request for an urgent session of the Security Council to…

RIYADH: Since its establishment over 30 years ago, the Islamic Development Bank has supported its member states with $151 million in the form of investments and trade deals, said the top executive of the bank.

RIYADH: Saudi sea and rail transport links are set to be enhanced with the commencement of the first container shipment from Jubail Commercial Port to Riyadh Dry Port. 

RIYADH: The use of solar power and other renewable energy sources is set to boost with the launch of a comprehensive strategy by the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corp.