Author: Steven Sahiounie

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday expressed deep sorrow and condolences for a deadly terrorist attack in Moscow to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. In a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Erdogan expressed his condolences to the Russian people for the attack that killed at least 133 people, according to a statement issued by the Turkish Communications Directorate. The Turkish president condemned the “heinous terrorist attack targeting innocent people” in the “strongest way,” the statement added. Türkiye is ready to develop cooperation with Russia in combating terrorism, with the understanding of fighting all kinds of terrorism without…

Tunisia has made significant progress in liberalising the dinar, one of the conditions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in addition to capital liberalisation

The UN Special Rapporteur Albanese stresses that holding “Israel ” accountable is “more needed than ever” as it continues to commit crimes and genocide against the Palestinians. “Israel’s” crimes in Gaza for nearly six months could keep the International Criminal Court (ICC) busy for the next 50 years, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, said. Albanese posted a video on X showing Israeli occupation forces pursuing and killing four Palestinian civilians in the city of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, with an armed drone. “The colossal amount…

The Egyptian government intends to review petroleum subsidies for the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2024/2025 budget, after hiking prices of all categories of gasoline and diesel, Minister of Finance Mohamed Maat told Asharq Business.

The CBJ projected that the national economy would achieve a real GDP growth rate of at least 2.6 per cent in 2023

The armed man who broke into a police station in Yerevan has been detained by Armenia’s special police force, a TASS correspondent reported from the site. The TASS correspondent reported earlier that special police force troops had entered the building of the police station through the back door. Armenia’s Interior Ministry Spokesman Narek Sarkisyan has confirmed that the man was detained. According to the spokesman, no one was hurt during the detention. The press service of the Armenian interior ministry reported earlier in the day that three armed men broke into a police station in Yerevan. Two of them got…

“Raising the debate around currency right now causes jitters among investors. Tomorrow, investors are going to wait and see before investing,” Ba told journalists in Dakar

Israel will not approve UN food convoys to the northern Gaza Strip, the head of the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians said Sunday. “Despite the tragedy unfolding under our watch, the Israeli Authorities informed the UN that they will no longer approve any UNRWA food convoys to the north,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said on X. “This is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct lifesaving assistance during a man-made famine,” he added. Israel accused 12 of the UNRWA’s 30,000 employees of involvement in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, which killed nearly 1,200 people. Several Western countries, including the…

The evaluation is based on countries’ adeptness in resource management to ensure prosperity for their populace

Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Shoukry, hosted Vivian Balakrishnan, the Foreign Minister of Singapore, on March 23rd during his official visit to Egypt spanning the 22nd and 23rd of March