Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the occupation committed 8 massacres in 24 hours, killing 84 and injuring 106. This brings the total numbers of Palestinians killed in the Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7 to 32,226, in addition to 74,518 injuries. It is noteworthy that numerous victims remain trapped under the rubble, presumed dead, as “Israel” prevents ambulance and civil defense crews from reaching them. Concurrently, the Palestinian Red Crescent reported that the Israeli occupation besieged Al-Amal and al-Nasr hospitals in Gaza. The PRCS reported heavy gunfire and intense shelling around the two hospitals, stressing that the Israeli…

The dollar-to-ruble rate went up by 0.63% to 92.69 rubles, while the euro-to-ruble rate rose by 0.015% to 100.10 rubles

The UN has altered its statement on Friday’s concert venue terrorist attack in Moscow after the Russian Foreign Ministry questioned the wording of the original message. In a post on Telegram early on Saturday, ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova thanked the office of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for the “timely correction and formulation of a clear position.” In a revised version of the statement, Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the UN chief, wrote that Guterres “condemns in the strongest possible terms today’s terrorist attack at a concert hall outside Moscow.” The official also extended “deep condolences to the bereaved families and the people and…

At least three Palestinians were killed this morning in Israeli airstrikes targeting residential homes in the cities of Khan Yunis and Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. Media sources reported that two civilians were killed in an Israeli shelling on a house in the vicinity of Rabaa School in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Local sources also reported that 5 injuries, including children, arrived at Abu Yousef al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah as a result of the Israeli shelling of the Barkat family’s house in the Salam neighborhood of the city. Simultaneously, Israeli warplanes launched…

Elvira Nabiullina noted that during the meeting on the key rate, different opinions were voiced regarding inflation

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said that if he does not “get elected in the November presidential elections, “it’s going to be a bloodbath” in the United States. Trump made the remarks on Saturday at the campaign rally in Ohio. The rally was held to get out the vote for Trump-endorsed Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno ahead of the state’s primary on Tuesday. Trump raised the possibility of an increasing trade war with China over auto manufacturing. “If you’re listening, President Xi [Jinping]— and you and I are friends — but he understands the way I deal. Those big monster…

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has extended his congratulations to the government of Pakistan on the country’s National Day. In a post on his X account on Saturday, Amir-Abdollahian felicitated Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar and all the people of Pakistan on this auspicious day. In a phone call with the Pakistani prime minister earlier in March, Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi said Tehran is prepared to expand all-out relations with Islamabad. Over two months ago, Iran-Pakistan relations soured following an escalation of cross-border tensions over counter-terrorism operations. Soon afterwards, however, the…

UN Woman Executive Director Sima Bahous on Sunday highlighted the difficulties experienced by women in Gaza, stressing the urgent need for a cease-fire in the region. “Women in Gaza give birth without water. They have no food, no tents, no toilets. They are living the unimaginable,” Bahous said on X. “What woman in Gaza need right now is a ceasefire and relief,” she added. Since Oct. 7, 2023, more than 9,000 women have lost their lives, and over 23,000 women have been injured in the ongoing attacks by the Israeli army on the Gaza Strip. The fate of over 2,000…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday lit a candle in memory of those killed in the atrocious terror attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall music venue in a church located in the territory of the presidential residence inn Novo-Ogaryovo, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. A video released by the Kremlin press service features the president lighting a candle before the crucifix and crossing himself three times. On the evening of March 22, a terrorist attack targeted the Crocus City Hall music venue in the city of Krasnogorsk near Moscow. According to the latest data, the death toll is 137,…

The head of the United Nations has praised Egypt for its efforts to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and its commitment to keeping the Rafah border crossing open since the start of the conflict. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was received by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo on Sunday. The pair discussed a range of international and regional issues, with an emphasis on developments in the Gaza Strip. They agreed that a two-state solution was the only path to achieving justice, security and stability and highlighted the need to create conditions conducive to its implementation, a presidential…