Author: Steven Sahiounie

The US and Jordan carried out a new airdrop of humanitarian aid to Gaza’s Palestinians on Sunday, parachuting in more than 11,500 meals, the US military said. The Israeli offensive in Gaza, which is supported by the US, has displaced most of the enclave’s 2.3 million people and led to critical shortages of food, water and medicine. The US military’s Central Command said that the latest airdrop took place over northern Gaza and included rice, flour, pasta, and canned food. The US has dropped about 135,000 meals in airdrops this month, according to Pentagon data. US President Joe Biden has…

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami was awarded the ‘Medal of Fath (Conquest)’ under a decree issued by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei. In remarks at the conclusion of a conference on compulsory military service, held in Tehran on Sunday, Major General Salami said he held a meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei today and received the Medal of Fath. The general described it as an honor and a clear indication of the Leader’s satisfaction with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ endeavors. In comments in August 2023, Ayatollah Khamenei, the commander-in-chief of…

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said that there is no sense for NATO to deny the presence of its forces in Ukraine. “No point in denying it any longer,” she told the Izvestia newspaper, commenting on Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski’s statement. Earlier, Sikorski told a conference on the 25th anniversary of Poland’s NATO membership that the NATO military are already in Ukraine. He did not say however which country these troops are from. After a conference on Ukraine in Paris on February 26, Macron said that the participants had considered sending ground troops to Ukraine. Although no…

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has congratulated Asif Ali Zardari on his election as the new president of Pakistan. In a message on Sunday, Raeisi expressed hope that the two countries will further develop mutual relations during Zardari’s presidency given mutual historical, cultural and religious bonds. “The Islamic Republic of Iran, as always and especially in the new tenure, announces its readiness to develop relations with the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,” he said. Zardari, the widower of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, on Sunday was sworn in after winning a second non-consecutive term. He previously served as president from 2008 until…

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman called on the international community to assume its responsibilities and stop brutal Israeli crimes against Palestinians on Sunday. In a speech delivered on his behalf by the Minister of Media Salman Al-Dosari ahead of Ramadan, King Salman said the suffering of the Palestinians pained him, stressing the need for safe humanitarian corridors. The king thanked God for blessing the Kingdom with the Two Holy Mosques and allowing it to take care of the holy sites, expand them, and serve visitors and pilgrims who flock to them. He thanked Saudi soldiers stationed at the borders, all military…

On the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, the President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas expressed his hopes for the Palestinian people to achieve their hopes for freedom and independence, the establishment of an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital, and the return of refugees, and for the aggression, killing, displacement and starvation against Palestinian people and their Islamic and Christian sanctities to stop. “We ask God Almighty to grant security and peace to Palestine and the entire world, wishing from the Almighty mercy for the martyrs, healing for the wounded, and freedom for our heroic prisoners,” the President…

The US Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into the midair blowout of a Boeing 737 Max fuselage panel on an Alaska Airlines flight in January.

Egypt’s annual urban consumer price inflation jumped to 35.7 percent in February from 29.8 percent in January, driven mainly by a rise in food and beverage prices, data from statistics agency CAPMAS showed on Sunday.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s non-oil activities demonstrated a significant growth of 4.4 percent in 2023 compared to the previous year, official data showed.  

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday that with tens of billions of dollars in new financing from the UAE and the International Monetary Fund, moving to a flexible exchange rate would be possible.