Author: Steven Sahiounie

Ukraine’s President Vladimir Zelensky looks like a clown, a brute, and a loser when he attacks Pope Francis for urging a negotiated peace with Russia, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said during a television program on Monday. The Latin American leader was rebuking his Ukrainian counterpart’s rejection of the Pope’s call last week for Kiev to consider making concessions for the sake of peace negotiations. Pope Francis is a great man who has high moral authority and Zelensky is in no position to speak poorly about him, Maduro said. The Ukrainian leader’s attitude makes him similar to Juan Guaido, he added,…

The Russian Foreign Ministry has published a list of Baltic politicians “most hostile to Russia,” who have been banned from entering the country. The list includes the prime ministers of Latvia and Estonia Evika Silina and Kaja Kallas, as well as a number of government ministers. The blacklist includes Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian foreign ministers Krisjanis Karins, Gabrielius Landsbergis and Margus Tsahkna, Latvian Defense Minister Andris Spruds, Latvian Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis, Lithuanian Army Commander General Valdemaras Rupsis and former national leaders: former Latvian presidents Vaira Vike-Freiberga and Egils Levits and former Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid. Earlier, the Russian Foreign…

The US will fail to attain the aim of containing China by providing assistance to Ukraine, Wang Wen, the executive dean of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at the Renmin University of China, has told TASS. Wang was commenting on a statement by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns on assistance to Ukraine. “This statement reveals the true purpose of the US in Ukraine. The US is not protecting Ukraine and its people. It has other strategic goals. For the US to deceive Ukraine is a very shameful policy, especially since it will not be possible…

Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko on Tuesday said the violence by extremist Israeli settlers, is ‘absolutely unacceptable’.“Japan is deeply concerned over the violence by settlers in the West bank,” Kamikawa stated in a press conference. “On various occasions, Japan has explained our position that Israeli settlement activities are in violation of international law and undermine the viability of a two-state solution. Based upon this position we have been strongly urging the Israeli government to completely freeze settlement activities.”Kamikawa cited a March 8 press statement by Foreign Ministry Press Secretary Kobayashi Maki that stated, “The Government of Japan remains seriously concerned…

A second Palestinian youth has been shot and killed by Israeli forces, north of Tulkarm, medical sources confirmed. The sources said that Tawfiq Aed Fawaz Hussein, 25, was killed after he was shot by Israeli forces last night. Medical sources said that Hussein was transferred from the Arab Specialized Hospital in Nablus to the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarm. WAFA correspondent said that Hussein is a Jordanian resident, holds a Palestinian identity, and currently resides in the village of Kafirat, west of Jenin. Last night, a young Palestinian man, identified as Mohammad Jaafar Mustafa Jabr, was shot dead by undercover…

Iran’s Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Ensiyeh Khazali has called upon the United Nations to remove Israel from the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) over the occupying regime’s decades-old atrocities against Palestinian women and violations of their rights. In her address to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York on Monday, Khazali said Palestinian women are struggling for survival amid an ongoing and well-documented genocide in Gaza, noting that more than 22,000 women and children have lost their lives as a result, while nearly 3,000 others have become widowed. She cited a UN Women…

A ship taking almost 200 tons of food to Gaza left a port in Cyprus early on Tuesday in a pilot project to open a new sea route for aid to a population on the brink of famine.The charity ship Open Arms was seen sailing out of Larnaca port in Cyprus, towing a barge containing flour, rice and protein.The journey to Gaza takes about 15 hours but a heavy tow barge could make the trip considerably longer, possibly up to 2 days. Cyprus is just over 200 miles (322 km) north-west of Gaza.The mission, mostly funded by the United Arab…

Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Fujairah, to prioritise creating and leveraging opportunities for a brighter and more prosperous future

Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) is a major contributor to the growing trade between India and the UAE. There’s been a significant increase in Indian businesses setting up there, with 28% more new companies in 2023 compared to the previous year. This resulted in over 190 new Indian businesses and a total of more than 1,500 Indian companies in Jafza. This growth follows trade events held in India to connect with potential businesses.

Starting from March 10, this mandate applies to private sector establishments employing three or more individuals