Author: Steven Sahiounie

The combined wealth of the richest people in the US has grown to $44.6 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve

Russians are scaling back their property investments in Dubai due to a rise in local prices and a tighter US sanctions compliance policy in the emirate, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.   

Ukraine may suffer a complete defeat in the conflict with Russia and lose even more than it has already lost, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned. In a conversation with former Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel (in office from 2000 to 2007), published in the new pan-European magazine European Voices, Orban said Ukraine ought to give thought to negotiations rather than continue military operations. According to Hungarian media, in the discussion, which took place at Orban’s official residence – a former Carmelite monastery in Budapest – the two men disagreed on many issues, including the conflict in Ukraine. “First of all,…

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit has emphasized the importance of pursuing all possible avenues to achieve Palestinian reconciliation. He spoke as he welcomed a high-level delegation from the Palestinian Fatah movement in Cairo. The talks followed the delegation’s separate meeting with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. Aboul Gheit also stressed the importance of prioritizing a ceasefire and facilitating the delivery of aid to Gaza. He emphasized the urgency of swiftly moving toward a political settlement that would pave the way for the establishment of a Palestinian state. Aboul Gheit said that the Palestinian National Movement served as an overarching…

In a landmark ruling, judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) have unanimously ordered Israel to take immediate and effective action to guarantee the delivery of basic food supplies to the beleaguered Palestinian population in Gaza. The ICJ issued its order on Thursday, citing the deteriorating conditions of life in Gaza, where famine and starvation are rapidly spreading as a result of the stifling Israeli blockade. The judges emphasized that Palestinians in Gaza are no longer merely at risk of famine but are already experiencing its dire consequences. According to the ICJ order, at least 31 individuals, including 27…

President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed this evening Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib at the Presidential Compound in Ramallah. During the meeting, the President briefed the Belgian guest on the latest developments regarding the Israeli aggression on Gaza and the ongoing efforts to achieve a ceasefire. He emphasized the importance of concerted efforts by the international community to implement the resolution issued by the UN Security Council regarding the ceasefire in Gaza, and to compel Israel to comply with the orders issued by the International Court of Justice, as well as to facilitate the entry of humanitarian, relief, and medical aid into…

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit held talks in Cairo on Thursday with the British minister of state for the Middle East and North Africa, Lord Tariq Ahmad, about the conflict in Gaza. Aboul Gheit thanked the UK for its “supportive vote” this week in favor of a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory, his spokesperson Gamal Roshdy said. The secretary-general also called for the urgent implementation of the resolution on the ground to halt the Israeli military campaign, and underscored the “critical necessity of immediate humanitarian aid access to Gaza” to alleviate the…

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi received a phone call from the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin on Thursday, Jordan News Agency reported.The two ministers discussed the urgent need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the prompt delivery of sufficient, sustainable aid to the enclave.They also stressed the significance of implementing Security Council Resolution No. 2728, adopted on Tuesday, which called for a ceasefire during Ramadan.Israel bombed at least four homes in Rafah on Wednesday, raising new fears of a long-threatened ground assault.Safadi highlighted the necessity of upholding international law and humanitarian principles. Talks also touched upon ongoing…

Israeli airstrikes on Syria’s northern province of Aleppo have killed more than 40 people, most of them soldiers, according to news agencies and a war monitor. The fatalities included six members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), as it raised the death toll to 42 and said dozens of people were injured. The attacks at about 1:45 am on Friday (22:45 GMT on Thursday) targeted several areas in Aleppo’s countryside, Syria’s Ministry of Defense said. It did not provide casualty figures, only saying that a number of civilians and military personnel were killed…

GDP growth in the world’s largest economy was pegged at an annual rate of 3.4 percent in the final three months of 2023, said the Commerce Department in its latest report