Author: Steven Sahiounie

Two ministers discussed opportunities for work and cooperation between their two countries in the field of climate change

NEW YORK: Oil prices jumped more than $1 a barrel on Thursday, closing out the month higher on the prospect of OPEC+ staying the course on production cuts, ongoing attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure and a falling US rig count tightening crude supplies, according to Reuters. 

CAIRO: Startups across the Middle East and North Africa region are increasingly collaborating through strategic partnerships to enhance the entrepreneurial ecosystem.   

RIYADH: Saudi e-commerce sales using Mada cards reached SR14.11 billion ($3.76 billion) in February – an annual increase of 25 percent, the Kingdom’s central bank has revealed.

RIYADH: The UAE and Saudi Arabia have been ranked first and third respectively in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report for 2023-2024.

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Soldiers in uniforms round up civilians at gunpoint. They separate the men from the women and children. The men are stripped naked and blindfolded, then taken into a room by the soldiers, gunshots are heard, and finally only the soldiers emerge from the room. The scene, panic, terror and brutality remind us of the Nazi abuse of Jews in the holocaust. But, this time it is the Jews who are killing and abusing, having learned nothing of humanity from their past suffering.The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) entered Al Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza city…

Syria condemned the terrorist aggression launched by the Israeli occupation entity at dawn Friday, targeting a number of points in Aleppo countryside. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said in a statement, “Syria condemns the terrorist aggression launched by the Israeli occupation entity at dawn Friday, targeting a number of points in Aleppo countryside, causing the martyrdom and wounding a number of civilians and military personnel and material damage on public and private property.”. The ministry added: “It was not a coincidence that the racist Zionist entity carried out this aggression at the same time that terrorist groups allied…

The question of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the G20 summit in Brazil in November has not been discussed yet, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS. Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron said possible invitation for Putin should be discussed with other G20 members. When asked whether the Kremlin viewed this stance as appropriate and whether there was any understanding about Putin’s plans in this regard, Peskov replied: “Those questions have not yet been considered.” Brazil, holding the G20 presidency in 2024, has sent an invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the summit to be hosted by Rio…

Iran’s highest-ranking military commander assured Hamas that Tehran will continue to give its unwavering support for the cause of Palestine and the resistance forces in the struggle against the Zionist regime. Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri had a meeting with Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, in Tehran on Friday. Describing support for the causes of Palestine as one of the “basic strategies and goals” of Iran from the outset of victory of the Islamic Revolution, the top general promised that the Islamic Republic…

Provided that its own interests are respected, Russia is ready to guarantee the legitimate interests of other participants during the negotiation process on Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Izvestia daily. Lavrov added that China’s plan for Ukrainian settlement mentions the need to lift unilateral Western sanctions, imposed long before the start of Russia’s special military operation, because they are a major irritant. “This should serve as a basis for negotiations aimed at ensuring – this was the key provision – equal security to all participants in this process. This is our stance,” the minister…