Author: Steven Sahiounie

Argentinian President Javier Milei’s controversial “shock therapy” has bolstered the country’s currency in a key foreign-exchange market, performing at levels unmatched across the globe, according to Bloomberg.

The decision by Sunak’s government to block legal procedures further showcases the UK ‘s unwavering and unconditional support for the Israeli occupation’s genocide in Gaza. It has been reported that the UK has blocked legal assessments into “Israel’s” violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) during its genocidal in Gaza, which comes two weeks after the UK refused to stop exporting arms to the occupation. The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), a UK-based pressure group that aims to end the global arms trade, referred to Trade Government lawyer James Eadie who admitted to a “hiatus” in legal assessments over whether “Israel” is…

Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations has denounced Israel’s destabilizing activities in West Asia, urging the UN Security Council to hold the Israeli regime accountable for its atrocities in Gaza and elsewhere. “Israel’s ongoing destabilized and irresponsible actions and atrocities against the nations in the region are a real threat to regional and international peace and security,” Amir Saeid Iravani said as he addressed a UN Security Council session in New York on Thursday. He noted that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to expand and escalate the conflict in the region to stay in power, emphasizing that the members of the Security Council…

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has suspended public duties to “stop and reflect” on whether to remain in the job, after a court opened a preliminary inquiry into alleged illegal activities by his wife. The prime minister issued a four-page letter on Wednesday, saying he was taking a five-day break from public duties and would announce his decision to stay or quit on Monday. Sanchez has been in office since 2018 and last year secured another term for his Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) as leader of a minority coalition government. “I urgently need to answer a question that I keep asking…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet with Bolivian Foreign Minister Celinda Sosa in Moscow on Friday. The top Bolivian diplomat is paying a two-day visit to Russia on April 26 and 27. The Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said earlier the two ministers would discuss bilateral ties, political dialogue, ways of broadening cooperation in various sectors and improving the legislative and contractual framework. “Special attention will be paid to a discussion on ways to improving bilateral cooperation on the international arena,” the diplomat said. Celinda Sosa was appointed Bolivia’s top diplomat in November 2023. Her upcoming visit to…

The US is challenging China ’s core interests and suppressing the country’s development, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated on Friday during talks with his US counterpart, Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The “giant ship” of China-US ties had stabilized, “but negative factors in the relationship are still increasing and building,” Wang said during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Blinken arrived in Beijing on Thursday from Shanghai, where he urged the Chinese government to provide a level playing field for US firms in the country. Bilateral ties face “all kinds of disruptions. China’s legitimate development rights have been unreasonably suppressed and our core…

Iran’s Army Chief Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi says in any “war of wills” the Islamic Republic will respond to any act of aggression in a more crushing style than ever before. Addressing a meeting with a number of Iranian Army commanders in Tehran on Thursday, Mousavi stressed the importance of remaining vigilant in the face of any possible threat but reiterated at the same time that Iran has no intention to spread war. He added that a series of Iran’s retaliatory strikes against the Israeli-occupied territories earlier this month manifested unity among Iran’s Army, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps…

Iran has called on the BRICS group of emerging economies to play a role in putting an immediate stop to Israeli crimes against the Palestinians. The call by Iran’s deputy foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani in Moscow on Thursday came as his counterparts and special representatives of BRICs nations met to discuss the latest developments in the West Asia and North Africa region. “The manner and quality of role-playing of individual countries and international organizations in relation to the Israeli regime’s crisis mongering and the position they adopt in this regard is effective and will be recorded in history,” he said.…

Hala Rharrit, the Arabic-language spokeswoman for the US State Department, has resigned from the post in protest against the Biden administration’s Gaza policy. Her resignation, effective Wednesday, was confirmed through her State Department biography page, where she had also served as the Deputy Director of the Dubai Regional Media Hub. In a statement attributed to her on a LinkedIn page believed to be hers, Rharrit stated, “I resigned April 2024 after 18 years of distinguished service in opposition to the United States’ Gaza policy. Diplomacy, not arms. Be a force for peace and unity.” Having commenced her Foreign Service career…

The Gaza Government Media Office confirms the martyrdom of a Palestinian journalist following an Israeli strike on his house in Rafah. Palestinian journalist Mohammad Bassam al-Jamal and several members of his family were martyred after their home in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, was bombed by the Israeli occupation forces. The Gaza Government Media Office confirmed the martyrdom of al-Jamal, who worked for the Palestine Now news agency. With the announcement, the number of journalists killed at the hands of Israeli occupation forces since the beginning of the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip now stands at 141, according to the Office. In…