Author: Steven Sahiounie

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday opened a new regional office in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh.

An expected sharp fall in battery costs for energy storage in coming years will accelerate the shift to renewable energy from fossil fuels, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday.

French luxury group Hermes posted a sharp rise in first-quarter sales on Thursday, driven by a strong performance in its leather goods and across regions.

Billionaire financier has bought $400 million of debt owed by radio platform Audacy, which was going through a bankruptcy process

Russia could downgrade relations with the US if its assets are confiscated, the deputy foreign minister has warned

A court ruling supported the lawsuit filed by state bank VTB, which seeks to recover funds blocked under Western sanctions

A secret session of the Israeli regime’s national security council (NSC) was held Wednesday to discuss the possibility that international arrest warrants could be issued against the regime’s officials. Benjamin Netanyahu, defense minister Yoav Galant and army chief of Staff Herzi Halevi are among the regime officials against whom arrest warrants may be issued “in the coming days”. According to Israel’s Channel 13, Israel’s national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi chaired the meeting, in which arrest warrants for other officials were also discussed. They decided to take a series of measures, including launching a diplomatic pressure campaign and activating Israel’s international…

The number of pro-Palestine protestors who were arrested during a demonstration at the University of Texas has risen to 34, authorities said Wednesday. “As of 9 p.m., 34 arrests have been made by law enforcement on the UT Austin campus related to today’s protest,” said the Texas Department of Public Safety on X, formerly known as Twitter. Among the arrested was a FOX 7 Austin photographer who was filming the demonstration by the students on the UT Austin campus. Social media footage shows the photographer being slammed to the ground and taken away in handcuffs. The students staged a walkout…

Two civilians today were killed and others injured in an Israeli artillery shelling targeting civilians homes in the Bureij and Nuseirat camps in the central Gaza Strip. Medical sources said that a civilian was killed and others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house belonging to the Al-Oweidat family, east of Al-Bureij camp. In the meantime, a female civilian was also killed and several of others sustained injuries in an artillery air raids that hit homes north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip. The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has resulted in…

After pitching for her reelection, French President Emmanuel Macron is now calling for the EU chief’s, von der Leyen, removal. French President Emmanuel Macron looks to replace European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and is discussing options with other EU leaders, reported Bloomberg on Wednesday, citing sources. Von der Leyen is preparing for elections in under two months, aiming to clinch another five-year tenure. Macron, a pivotal figure in her rise to the helm of the EU, has been publicly censuring the President’s methods in steering the EU Commission. “The commission presidency is there to defend the general interest, so it must…