Author: Steven Sahiounie

Meeting with the head of Hamas, the Turkish president Erdogan on Saturday stressed the need to prevent recent developments in Israel’s tension with Iran from benefiting Tel Aviv and to instead keep the focus on the plight of Palestinians in Gaza. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, “assessing tensions between Israel and Iran, emphasized the need to prevent events from bolstering Israel and stressed the importance of refocusing attention on Gaza” so the West continues to question Israel’s attacks on Gaza, said the Turkish Communications Directorate on X. Meeting in Istanbul, Erdogan and Hamas’ Ismail Haniyeh discussed Israel’s months-long continuing offensive on…

At a press conference in Papua New Guinea on Saturday, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed on Saturday that advocating for the admission of a Palestinian state into the United Nations is an endeavor aimed at addressing a longstanding injustice, as reported by state media Xinhua. The remarks come two days after the US vetoed a decision to award Palestine full membership status in the United Nations. “A prompt admission of Palestine into the United Nations is a move to rectify a prolonged historical injustice,” Xinhua quoted Wang as saying. Washington lobbied several nations to vote against the proposal, this past week, however, its efforts…

President Mahmoud Abbas has slammed the United States’ use of veto power at the UN Security Council to block Palestine’s pursuit of full membership in the United Nations, describing the move as disappointing, regrettable, shameful, irresponsible, and unjustified. In an exclusive interview with WAFA, he emphasized that the US veto “constitutes a blatant aggression against the rights, history, land, and sanctities of the Palestinian people, challenging the will of the international community.” “While the world agrees on the application of international law and stands by the Palestinian right, America continues to support the occupation, refusing to compel Israel to stop…

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin discusses with Israeli Security Minister Yoav Gallant what it called “destabilizing actions” from Iran in the Middle East after Iran carried out a retaliatory attack on “Israel”. In a statement, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday spoke with Israeli Security Minister Yoav Gallant to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East with Iran’s retaliatory attack on “Israel” and aid into Gaza. The Pentagon said that Austin discussed “the importance of increasing and sustaining” the flow of humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza, “including via a new route from Ashdod Port in Israel”. According…

The President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, today issued a presidential decree restructuring the Central Elections Commission, headed by Rami Walid Kamel Hamdallah. President Abbas received the new head of the Central Elections Committee, Rami Hamdallah, at the presidential headquarters in the city of Ramallah. During the meeting, President Abbas emphasized the pivotal role of the Elections Commission in strengthening the pillars of democracy within Palestinian political life. He highlighted the achievements achieved by the commission through previous elections, conducted with utmost transparency and independence. The President praised the efforts made by Hanna Nasser, the former head of the Committee, and his keenness…

Moscow demands that international organizations condemn the killing of Izvestia war correspondent Semyon Eremin, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement. “We see the deliberate and cold-blooded killing of the journalist as further proof of the ugly terrorist nature of [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky’s regime, which is on the hunt for Russian media workers, war reporters and public figures who seek to open the international community’s eyes through their reports and posts about the crimes that the Kiev regime’s militants are committing,” the statement reads. “We demand that the relevant international organizations and human rights institutions immediately…

Semyon Eremin, a military correspondent for the Izvestia newspaper, has been killed in the zone of the special military operation, the newspaper reported on its website. “The circumstances of the incident are being clarified. Eremin’s last report for Izvestia came out two days ago, when the journalist told about how soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces are using the technique for training to fight unmanned aerial vehicles with shotguns,” the newspaper said. Later the Izvestia television channel reported that Semyon Eremin has died of wounds suffered from a strike by a Ukrainian FPV drone. The tragedy occurred near the village of…

A leader of Palestinian group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, arrived in Istanbul Friday evening for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the death toll in Gaza passed 34,000.A statement from Hamas Friday said Erdogan and Haniyeh would discuss the conflict in Gaza, adding that the head of the group’s political bureau was accompanied by a delegation.Middle East tensions are at a high after Israel’s reported attack on Iran and Gaza bracing for a new Israeli offensive.Erdogan insisted on Wednesday that he would continue “to defend the Palestinian struggle and to be the voice of the oppressed Palestinian people.”But talking…

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the shooting down of three foreign quadcopters by the Islamic Republic’s air defense over the central city of Isfahan caused no damage or injuries inside the country.

The second meeting of a permanent committee of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization was held on Saturday to evaluate the preparedness of the country’s executive bodies against potential adversarial threats.