Author: Steven Sahiounie

Ambassador Dr. Saud Al-Sati, the Saudi deputy minister for political affairs, received  Russian Ambassador to the Kingdom Sergey Kozlov in Riyadh on Sunday. The parties discussed bilateral relations and looked at regional and international developments of common concern, it was reported on X. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the Kingdom Ahmed Farooq met Saleh Al-Khabti, Saudi deputy minister of investment transactions, the embassy reported on X. source: Arab News

Russian Ambassador to Japan Nikolay Nozdrev can see no prospects for improvement in the bilateral relationship between Moscow and Tokyo any time soon, with military activity by Japan and its NATO allies being observed near Russia’s borders. “The negative situation persists overall, and, to be honest, no prospects for the situation improving soon can be seen,” the Russian diplomat told Rossiya-24 television, commenting on the Russia-Japan relationship. According to him, Russia has reported “a substantial increase in military activity,” involving Japan, the United States and other NATO member countries, near Russia’s Far Eastern border. “The agreements actually reached through political effort, including…

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says Muslim countries should sever all political and economic relations with Israel to force the regime to stop its crimes against the people of Palestine. In a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday, Raeisi said the US administration continues to provide Israel with extensive unqualified financial and military support. “One of the most effective ways to force the Zionists to stop crimes in Gaza is to cut off all political and economic relations with this regime.” The president said people in the besieged Gaza Strip are suffering terribly from Israel’s crimes, notwithstanding…

A leaked audio has revealed that the British government received legal advice on actual Israeli breaches of international law. The British government received legal advice from its lawyers who said that “Israel” is breaking international law, according to a leaked recording. “Israel” breached international humanitarian law in the Gaza Strip, lawyers told the government, however, UK authorities failed to make the statement public. The recording was obtained by The Observer, a sister newspaper of The Guardian. The Chair of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Alicia Kearns, stated at a Conservative Party fundraiser on March 13 that if…

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan spoke over the phone on Sunday and discussed bilateral relations between their countries and regional developments. The latest situation in Gaza and steps that the Gaza Contact Group can take in the future were also discussed, according to Turkish diplomatic sources. Last fall, a contact group was formed by the regional countries along with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League to push for a cease-fire in Gaza and the establishment of a state of Palestine along the pre-1967 borders with its capital in East…

The vote count in Türkiye’s local elections remains underway after the voting ended at 5.00 p.m. local time on Sunday. Candidates from a total of 34 political parties competed in the elections, with over 206,000 polling stations set up across the country. Voters in Türkiye’s larger cities cast their votes for metropolitan municipality mayor, municipality mayor, city council members, as well as mukhtars and elder councils. Those cities include the capital Ankara, Istanbul, and Izmir — the nation’s three largest cities by population — as well as Adana, Antalya, Aydin, Balikesir, Bursa, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaras, Kayseri,…

The Committee to Protect Journalist reports that the Israeli war on Gaza is the deadliest for journalists since the organization started collecting data in 1992. The Government Media Office in Gaza stated that the number of journalist killed since the beginning of the genocidal war on the Strip has risen to 137 after an Israeli strike targeted the home of journalist Abdul Wahab Aouni Abu Aoun in the al-Maghazi refugee camp on Sunday, leading to his martyrdom. Journalists in Gaza are facing terrible dangers, brought forth by “Israel’s” mass indiscriminate bombing of the Strip, communication and electricity outages, and supply shortages. The…

The nineteenth new Palestinian government, headed by Dr. Mohammed Mustafa, was sworn in tonight before the President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas, at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah. Mustafa pledged that his new government would serve all Palestinians, stressing that the government’s political reference is the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and its political program and international commitments, as mandated by the letter of assignment outlined by President Mahmoud Abbas to the new government. Mustafa reviewed the outlines of his new government’s program during the swearing-in ceremony. Following the ceremony, President Abbas chaired a meeting of the new government,…

Pope Francis has made renewed calls on Easter for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all captives held in Gaza in a peace-focused address. Francis presided over Mass in a packed St Peter’s Square, and then delivered his “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world) blessing and message from the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica. “I appeal once again that access to humanitarian aid be ensured to Gaza, and call once more for the prompt release of the hostages seized on last October 7 and for an immediate ceasefire in the Strip,” he said.…

The Israeli occupation’s opposition leader, Yair Lapid, criticizes the government for failing to reach a new captives-prisoner deal and for attacking the families of the Israeli captives. As “Israel” grapples with significant casualties among its soldiers in Gaza, the existing deep-seated divisions among its top officials are widening further. The Israeli occupation’s opposition leader, Yair Lapid, criticized the government for failing to reach a new captive deal and for attacking the families of the Israeli captives. “One after the other, the ministers of the government go on air this morning and attack the families of the hostages,” Lapid said in a post…