Author: Steven Sahiounie

RIYADH — The General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) approved the selection of Saudi Permanent Representative to the WTO Ambassador Saqer Al-Moqbel as the chair of its Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) for the year 2024-2025. The council meeting held on March 22 took the unanimous decision.

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Iran President Ebrahim Raisi has strongly denounced the ongoing Israeli atrocities against the people of Gaza, emphasizing the need for immediate international intervention to address the humanitarian crisis. “The sorrow of ignoring the cries of children and the oppressed lives in the hearts of all people around the world,” he said on Monday morning, adding that the blood of Palestinian martyrs will brings about a transformation in the unjust order that rules the world. Since October 7, 2023, at least 32,333 Palestinians have been killed and 74,694 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza, with the latest figures showing 107 people…

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France is ready to work with with Russia to fight terrorism, French President Emmanuel Macron said, commenting on Friday’s terror attack on Crocus City Hall near Moscow. “We are in talks at all levels, both technical and ministerial, to possibly offer our cooperation based on the information that we have at our disposal and that could be of use to the Russian side,” the French leader said upon arriving in French Guiana, according to a video of his meeting with the press posted on the French presidency’s page on X. While initial exchanges will be made at this level, “any…

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The international community must unite to find the masterminds of the terrorist attack late last week on a crowded concert at Crocus City Hall in suburban Moscow, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said. “It is very important for the entire world community to unite today to find the masterminds and hold them accountable to the fullest extent,” Moskalkova said at a makeshift memorial near the site of the attack. The ombudswoman also expressed condolences to the families and loved ones of the deceased, wished a speedy recovery to those who were affected by this “monstrous, bloody terrorist attack.” “Of…

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The UN chief says that the Security Council just approved a long-awaited resolution on Gaza, demanding an immediate ceasefire, and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. “This resolution must be implemented. Failure would be unforgivable,” he said in a post on X. source: AlJazeera

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Israeli artillery stationed east of the Shuja’iya neighborhood in Gaza City today fired a barrage of airstrikes towards a group of civilians waiting for humanitarian aid. Medical sources reported that Israeli fighter jets intensively fired several missiles towards Palestinian civilians who had gathered in the Shuja’iya neighborhood in Gaza City to obtain humanitarian aid after a number of parachutes carrying aid packages fell. Occupation deliberately targets civilians searching for relief aid with the aim of killing them, added sources. Amid conditions of famine created by Israel’s government, the Israeli army continues to deliberately commit massacres against civilians while they attempt to obtain humanitarian aid. Several Palestinian civilians…

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