Author: Steven Sahiounie

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived to China on an official visit, his plane landed at Capital Airport in Beijing, a TASS correspondent reports. As Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced earlier, in Beijing Lavrov will hold talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi. In particular, the ministers will discuss the situation in Ukraine and the Asia-Pacific region, issues of bilateral cooperation and interaction in the international arena, Zakharova said. Lavrov’s visit will last from April 8 to 9. Last time he visited Beijing in October 2023, when the city hosted…

Sixty-two ill freedom fighter Walid Daqqa, who completed 39 years behind bars for his resistance to the Israeli occupation, died today in the Israeli Assaf Harofeh Hospital after years of deliberate medical negligence by the Israeli prison administration, said the Detainees and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). In a statement, the Commission and PPS described the death of Daqqa as part of the “slow killing” policy followed by the Israeli prison administration against sick prisoners. The health condition of Daqqa has deteriorated since March last year; three months before his previous release date after suffering from severe…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a telegram of consolation to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the dam break and flood in the Orenburg region, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. “In the message, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, on behalf of the DPRK government and people and on his own behalf, extended deep consolation to the Russian president and, through him, to the Russian government, people and victims upon the sad news that a lot of material losses were caused by flooding in the Orenburg Region,” the statement says. In his message the North Korean leader hoped that…

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian left Oman to visit Syria ’s capital Damascus a week after Iran’s consulate there was targeted in a suspected Israeli attack, state media reported on Monday.Iran has vowed to avenge the death of seven of its Revolutionary Guards commanders who were killed in the attack, with a senior adviser to the Supreme Leader saying on Sunday that Israeli embassies were no longer safe.Amirabdollahian started a regional tour on Sunday in Muscat, where he met Omani officials and a representative of Yemen’s Houthis Mohamed Abdelsalam, who said the Iranian-backed militant group would continue to target Israel-bound…

Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine, Mohammad Mustafa, met on Sunday the Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, in the Jordanian capital of Amman. Mustafa arrived in Amman on his inaugural visit since assuming office earlier this month. According to Jordan News Agency (Petra), Safadi and Mustafa underlined the unique and enduring fraternal ties between Jordan and Palestine, emphasizing their longstanding coordination and joint efforts to uphold the rights of the Palestinian people to freedom, statehood, and dignified living. They reaffirmed Jordan’s unwavering commitment to the Palestinian…

The water has subsided from 311 residential homes and over 1,700 household plots over the past 24 hours, with about 10,100 houses remaining partially flooded amid spring floods in the Orenburg Region, the press service of the region’s government reported. “Over the past day, the water has receded from 311 residential houses and 1,733 household plots, where 1,718 people are registered, including 349 children. As of the morning of April 8, 10,168 residential houses and 18,471 household plots remain flooded,” it said. The government said that 6,127 people, including 1,478 children, had been evacuated from the flooded area. Of these,…

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the country is an island of stability and security in the troubled West Asia region. Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a press conference with his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Al-Busaidi in Muscat on Sunday. He said that Iran will not allow anyone to undermine its national security, adding that the country had sent a clear message to the United States following an Israeli attack on an Iranian consulate in Syria earlier this week that Washington could not shun its responsibility for the attack. The minister said the country will keep up boosting its relations…

Orsk residents are being evacuated from territories flooded after the dam breaking 24 hours a day, the press service of the government of the Orenburg Region said. “Residents are being evacuated from flooded territories in Orsk day and night. The railroad crossing is operating normally. Regional and municipal services, rescuers and volunteers are engaged. All the required machinery, including watercraft, is in the inventory of mobile rescue teams,” the press service informed. The press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies told TASS that more than 700 rescuers are helping residents of the city of Orsk. “Over 700 rescuers of…

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Sunday warned the “prospect of famine is real” in Gaza, as a Royal Navy ship headed to the Mediterranean to help set up a maritime aid corridor.Cameron said Britain was working with the United States, Cyprus and others to set up a “new temporary pier off the coast of Gaza to get aid in as quickly and securely as possible.”“We need to continue to explore all options, including by sea and air, to ease the desperate plight of some of the world’s most vulnerable people,” he said.Cyprus has vowed to continue with the humanitarian…

Iran says the aggression by the United States and Britain on Yemen is a violation of the country’s territorial integrity and in line with support for Israel’s crimes against the oppressed people of Palestine. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a meeting with Mohammed Abdulsalam, the senior representative of Yemen’s National Salvation Government, in the Omani capital of Muscat on Sunday. Amir-Abdollahian commended the brave support of the Yemeni armed forces for the oppressed Palestinian people in the battle against Israel over the past six months. In recent months, the US and its allies have launched illegal attacks…