Author: Steven Sahiounie

Türkiye has been in favor of a “peaceful and equitable” solution to the Russia-Ukraine war from the very beginning, Turkish parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmus said Tuesday. “We know that ending the war between Russia and Ukraine, both of which are our neighbors and with which we have relations, is not only in the interest of both countries but also in the interest of the region, Europe and the whole world,” Kurtulmus told a Muslim fast-breaking or iftar event with ambassadors in the capital Ankara. Kurtulmus said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been in close contact with the leaders of both…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold talks on March 21 with First Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and the country’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a briefing. “Tomorrow, on March 21, his [Russian Foreign Minister’s] talks with his Serbian counterpart are scheduled,” the diplomat said. Last time, the two ministers met in early March on the sidelines of a diplomatic forum in Antalya. source: TASS

Jordan’s armed forces conducted six food aid airdrops across the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Jordan News Agency reported.The operation was carried out by the Royal Jordanian Air Force in conjunction with planes from Egypt, the US, Germany and Singapore.The operation marks Singapore’s first involvement in the airdrops and highlights Jordan’s efforts to broaden international collaboration to provide critical aid to the Strip. In a CNN interview earlier this month, Queen Rania explained the reason for the airdrops in an area where the UN has reported a widespread food crisis. “We found that after trying so hard in vain to persuade…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates slammed the killing of a 43-year-old Palestinian man in the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus by live bullets fired by Israeli colonists. The Ministry said in a statement that the killing of Fakher Jaber is an act of incitement by extremist Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, who brags about distributing weapons to the colonists and protecting them. It said, in a statement, that this crime is an official Israeli disregard for the lives of Palestinian people and the sanctions imposed by a number of countries on Israeli colonists. The…

RIYADH: The path is now clear for the International Monetary Fund to establish its regional headquarters in Riyadh, following the final approval from the Saudi Cabinet. 

RIYADH: UAE Islamic banks saw their asset values rise to 703 billion dirhams ($191.4 billion) by the end of 2023 in what was an 11 percent annual increase, official data showed. 

RIYADH: Jeddah is set to become a significant hub for copper and zinc metals as the London Metal Exchange plans to establish a new warehouse in the city.

BENGALURU: Saudi Arabia’s government plans to create a fund of about $40 billion to invest in artificial intelligence, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing three people briefed on the plans, according to Reuters.

MOSCOW, March 20. /TASS/. The Russian Ministry for Digital Development is looking at the possibility of developing a single platform to detect fake content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies, the ministry’s press service told TASS.

The Russian leader stressed that Russia’s agro-industrial complex is becoming increasingly high-tech and sophisticated, but there are still unresolved challenges