Author: Steven Sahiounie

MOSCOW, April 5. /TASS/. The Russian government supported at the meeting on Friday a draft law extending the special economic zone in effect in Donbass and Novorossiya to borderline regions, the press service of the Ministry of Economic development said.

Polys informed about the opportunity of direct payments of the coupon yield on Eurobonds floated in the amount of $500 mln and $700 mln respectively

In late March, the European Commission suggested introducing prohibitively high customs tariffs for grain, sunflower seeds and feed crops from Russia and Belarus

The decision is aimed at supporting plants of the branch of industry and production volumes, the ministry said.

A member of Iran’s Expediency Council said Tehran has arrived at a decision to take revenge against the Israeli regime for its fatal airstrike on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus. Speaking to Tasnim at the International Quds Day demonstrations in Tehran on Friday, Mohsen Rezaei said Iran has made and will definitely implement the decision about taking revenge for the Israeli strike on the Iranian diplomatic mission in Syria. He slammed the fatal attack on Iranian military advisers in Damascus as a testimony to the frustration of the Zionists, who have crosses all international red lines.…

The group of Arab countries at the UN on Friday called on the Security Council to invoke Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, to force Israel to implement an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the remainder of Ramadan and allow humanitarian workers to freely distribute aid and prevent a looming famine in the territory. The council recently adopted a resolution calling for a ceasefire during the Muslim holy month. This followed two separate resolutions demanding that Israeli authorities lift restrictions on humanitarian workers and allow the delivery of aid to the starving population of the enclave at the scale needed…

Following the attack on the World Central Kitchen by “Israel” that killed 7 aid workers this week, the UK government, once again, comes face to face with renewed calls to stop exporting weapons to “Israel” due to its continued violation of international humanitarian law (IHL). According to the Aid Worker Security Database, the attack brought the number of aid workers killed by “Israel” since October to 203. In response, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was “appalled” and believes “too many aid workers and ordinary civilians have lost their lives in Gaza and the situation is increasingly intolerable.” Over…

The Pentagon underlines that the US military pier in Gaza will begin to operate by early May amid international condemnations. Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder confirmed that preparations for the utmost suspicious and allegedly temporary US military pier, which Washington claims is for the delivery of aid, are progressing as planned. Referred to as the Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (JLOTS) capability, this initiative is set to commence operations by early May, Ryder said Thursday. “We are expecting JLOTS to be online by the end of the month, early May,” Ryder affirmed, indicating significant progress toward the establishment of the aid delivery…

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza has left more than 60 percent of homes in the besieged strip either damaged or destroyed. “The ongoing conflict has damaged or destroyed approximately 62 percent of all homes in Gaza,” the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on Thursday, citing a joint Interim Damage Assessment summary released by the United Nations, World Bank and European Union. According to the UNRWA statement, the report used satellite imagery to assess damage. The report also found that the war left…

Saudi Aramco set the OSP for Asian buyers at a $2.00 premium to the Oman/Dubai average, up by 30 cents from the April price