Author: Steven Sahiounie

RIYADH: Transport, tourism and logistics are set to help the Gulf Cooperation Council region secure gross domestic product growth far above the lobal average, economists have told Arab News.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Industrial Production Index recorded a 0.3 percent monthly increase in January, propelled by a marginal rise in mining and quarrying activity, official data showed.  

RIYADH: Saudi Arabian Oil Co. has announced a net income of $121.3 billion in its full-year 2023 financial results, marking the second-highest in its history. 

The number of individuals with brokerage accounts topped 30.7 million last month, according to a press release

Berlin has curbed spending, having limited some funds for businesses that were already struggling with higher energy costs

Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International, the biggest foreign lender in Russia, risks “being cut off from the US financial system” if it is found to have helped fund Russia’s military, according to the US Treasury  Department, as cited by Reuters.

Pope Francis believes that Ukraine should enter into peace talks, thus showing courage and not considering it a disgrace. “He who cares about the people, who has the courage to raise the white flag and start negotiations is really strong,” the Pope said in an interview with the Swiss broadcaster RSI, when asked whether it could be considered a show of courage on the part of Ukraine to “raise the white flag” or if it would be “legitimization of the stronger one.” At the same time, the Pope added that when someone is aware of one’s defeat, that something has…

A spokesman for Gaza’s Civil Defence has criticised the move by several countries to airdrop aid over people in the Gaza Strip, saying it has caused casualties instead. “The method of using the dropping of aid via international relief planes has not limited the famine crisis suffered by our people in the Gaza Strip, but has increased the number of victims looking for a living,” Mahmoud Basal said in a statement. “The continuation of this method of providing relief to citizens has caused a number of victims and injuries among citizens. “Therefore, we affirm the need to search for radical…

Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in the South of Lebanon reported an Israeli raid on the village of Khirbet Selem, killing several civilians and injuring others. The National News Agency announced that the raid killed five martyrs: A father, his two children, his wife, and one individual. Nine civilians, who had previously escaped the recurrent Israeli attacks on Blida and took refuge in Khirbet Selem, were reportedly injured in “Israel’s” attack on the residential complex and transported to the nearby Tibnine Hospital. The town of Khirbet Silm is almost 10 km away from the Blue Line separating Lebanon and occupied Palestine. ‘Israel’ kills paramedics…

By: Steven Sahiounie, Journalist and political commentator Hamas wants an end to the war, but the U.S. is looking only for a 6-week pause, and Israel is willing to allow a pause but resume the genocide afterward. The Hamas delegation left Cairo on Thursday and will resume negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza next week. Time is running out before the Holy month of Ramadan begins. Hamas wants an end to the war, but the U.S. is looking only for a 6-week pause, and Israel is willing to allow a pause but resume the genocide afterward. UN experts, many world leaders, humanitarian…