Author: Steven Sahiounie

Russia is interested in the stable situation in Georgia, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. A draft law on foreign agents was submitted again with the Georgian parliament earlier this week. This bill was introduced to the parliament for the first time a year ago and it led to mass protests in the country. “Georgia is our neighbor. A stable and predictable situation in Georgia is in our interests,” Peskov said commenting on the current developments Source: TASS

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Speaker of the People’s Assembly, Hammouda Sabbagh, and a number of members of the Assembly, offered their condolences in the Iranian embassy building in Damascus over the martyrs of the Israeli aggression that targeted the Iranian consulate building a few days ago. During his meeting with the Iranian ambassador to Damascus Hossein Akbari at the Iranian embassy, Sabbagh, on behalf of the people’s Assembly, expressed the council’s condemnation and disapproval of this treacherous and cowardly terrorist act,extending his deepest condolences and highest blessings to the friendly Iranian leadership, Parliament, government and people for the martyrdom of a group of resistance…

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Three former Supreme Court justices joined more than 600 members of the British legal profession in calling for the UK government to halt arms sales to Israel, saying it could make Britain complicit in genocide in Gaza. Echoing the growing number of opposition politicians who have called for a halt to British arms sales, the three justices joined other barristers, former judges and legal academics in urging Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to change policy. “The provision of military assistance and material to Israel may render the UK complicit in genocide as well as serious breaches of International Humanitarian Law,” the…

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Iran has called on the international community, particularly Muslim countries, to fully support the oppressed Palestinian people on International Quds Day, urging them to confront the “cancerous tumor” of Israel in the region. In a statement released on the eve of International Quds Day, Iran’s Foreign Ministry “vehemently condemned the Zionist regime’s blatant violation of international law and regulations, human rights, and international humanitarian law” in the war-torn Gaza Strip since October 7. “The Government and the noble people of the Islamic Republic of Iran once again remind the international community and world governments, especially of Muslim countries, of their responsibility to provide…

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AMMAN — The Amman Chamber of Industry (ACI) reported on Wednesday a “significant” 15.7 per cent increase in exports during the first quarter of 2024, marking a “remarkable growth” compared with the same period in the previous year.

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Over the past week, Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa has held numerous meetings with international delegations and conducted multiple communications at the international level, aiming to press for an end to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and to halt all Israeli restrictions on movement in the West Bank. Mustafa emphasized during his meetings and communications the necessity to pressure Israel to release the Palestinian tax funds—currently withheld by the former—and to stop all illegal deductions. Additionally, he urged financial support for the government to assist it in fulfilling its obligations, achieving economic stability, and meeting the humanitarian needs of…

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