Author: Steven Sahiounie

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday sent cables of congratulation to leaders of Islamic countries for Eid Al-Fitr. The cables were sent “based on the keenness” of the leadership to “communicate annually with the leaders of the Islamic countries on the blessed holiday,” the Saudi Press Agency reported. In their message, the king and crown prince called for further security, stability and prosperity for the Islamic world. The Saudi leadership also received cables from heads of Islamic states offering greetings for Eid Al-Fitr. Source: Arab News

Tuesday’s drone attack on the training center of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) points to readiness for new attacks on the plant, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi said. “Today’s reported incident – although outside the site perimeter – is an ominous development as it indicates an apparent readiness to continue these attacks, despite the grave dangers they pose to nuclear safety and security and our repeated calls for military restraint. Whoever is behind them, they are playing with fire. Attacking a nuclear power plant is extremely irresponsible and dangerous, and it must stop,”…

President Mahmoud Abbas has called for limiting the celebrations of Eid al-Fitr to religious rituals only, due to the challenging circumstances the Palestinian people are going through as a result of the ongoing genocide being carried out by the Israeli occupation authorities in Gaza. He said his call also comes in the aftermath of the Israeli aggression against Palestinians in the West Bank, Jerusalem, as well as the attacks on the Islamic and Christian holy sites. The President prayed for mercy upon the martyrs of the Palestinian people, swift recovery for the wounded, and the prompt release of the prisoners. He…

Chinese President Xi Jinping believes that the arrival of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Beijing sets the stage for Russian President Vladimir Putin coming to the country in the future, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “The Chinese leader welcomed the arrival of Sergey Victorovich Lavrov in Beijing as an important stage of comprehensive preparations for the upcoming state visit of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin to the People’s Republic of China later this year, gave high marks to the state of Sino-Russian ties that continue to dynamically develop in a very complex global…

Israel is deliberately delaying and blocking more food supplies from entering Gaza in comparison with other forms of humanitarian aid, the UN said on Tuesday.With famine looming, the claim will fuel allegations that Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war, a crime under international law.The UN’s humanitarian agency said statistics from March showed that it was much more difficult to obtain clearance for delivering food than other aid. “Food convoys that should be going particularly to the north, where 70 percent of people face famine conditions, are … three times more likely to be denied than any other…

In a phone conversation this evening, President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi discussed the latest developments in Palestine, particularly the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, especially in the Gaza Strip. President Abbas emphasized the urgent need to halt the genocidal war against our people, stressing the importance of expediting the delivery of humanitarian, relief, and medical aid, preventing displacement, and stopping the Israeli escalation in the West Bank, including Jerusalem. The President expressed gratitude and appreciation to President el-Sisi and the people of Egypt for their steadfast support for the just Palestinian cause. He commended…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Sunday’s nationwide elections in Turkey were surprising. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its majority to the main opposition, the Republican People’s Party (CHP) for the first time since 2001. The left-leaning CHP emerged as the leading party in Turkey for the first time since 1977. The AKP’s overall vote share fell 2% below that of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), which secured 37.74% of the vote nationwide. The CHP won landslide victories in the largest cities, including in Ankara and Istanbul, and also captured 16 cities…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Jews are closely associated with the word holocaust. The word is culturally attached to the Jewish people, recalling a terrible genocide in Europe in the WW2 era which killed millions. It wasn’t the first genocide of modern times, that was committed on the Armenians and Syrian Christians in 1916, and it likely will not be the last genocide. We are currently watching the 2024 genocide in Gaza. Similarly, the Japanese are closely associated with the word Hiroshima, recalling the twin US attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which turned some 100,000 people instantly into…

For 2025, it predicted gross domestic product (GDP) in the eurozone’s third-largest economy would increase by 1.2 percent, compared to a previous forecast of 1.4 percent

Gold prices hit a record high on Tuesday for an eighth consecutive session on geopolitical worries and support from momentum-following funds.