Author: Steven Sahiounie

Canada’s Minister of International Development announced that his country will resume funding to UNRWA because of the dire humanitarian situation on the ground. Canada announced on Friday it will resume funding for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA, more than a month after suspending it in line with about 15 other countries. Canada was among the countries that suspended funding to the agency following unverified Israeli claims about a dozen UNRWA employees allegedly taking part in the Palestinian Resistance’s operation on October 7. “I’m announcing that Canada’s funding for UNRWA will resume,” Minister of International Development Ahmed Hussen told reporters.…

About 83% of the polled Russians give a positive assessment of the work of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a survey conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM). According to the survey, 83% of the respondents said that they evaluate Putin’s endeavors positively. The level of Russians’ trust in Putin is about 82%. In addition, 55% of those polled approved of the Russian government’s work, while 61% approved of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s work. The United Russia tops the rating, as 53% of the respondents would cast their ballots for this party. The FOMnibus weekly poll was conducted among…

US President Joe Biden acknowledged Friday that it would be “tough” to secure a ceasefire between the Palestinian Resistance in the Gaza Strip and “Israel” by the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. “It’s looking tough,” Biden told reporters when asked if a deal to halt the five-month-old war could be achieved by Ramadan, which is due to start as early as Sunday depending on the sighting of the moon. The US President added that “I sure am” worried about the possibility of violence in occupied al-Quds as Ramadan approaches, adding to a similar warning earlier this week of a “very, very…

Scores of civilians sustained various injuries today in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a residential tower in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. Medical sources reported that occupation fighter jets targeted the Al-Masry residential tower, in the center of Rafah, wounding a number of citizens. Furthermore, Israeli warplanes also carried out intense airstrikes that targeted the eastern and western areas of the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, causing injuries among civilians. The occupation aircraft also launched multiple raids on the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, resulting in casualties and severe injuries to several Palestinian citizens. The…

Russia has requested a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine for March 22, Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky said. “It would have been nice if NATO’s representatives in the [UN] Security Council explained to us the alliance’s devious logic,” Polyansky said speaking at the UN Security Council’s session. “Its leaders initially told us that NATO should expand into Ukraine because Russia would never attack a NATO member state. However, we hear today that Russia cannot be allowed to win in Ukraine, because after that it will move further and attack NATO.” “Is there any…

The parties also discussed the prospects for cooperation, including human capital development

“The Bank of Russia maintains restrictions on cash currency in connection with the sanctions in force against our country,” the regulator said

The minister pointed out that Turkey needs to have 20 Gigawatts of power generation in 30 years

According to the minister Yusuf Tuggar, Nigeria also reaffirmed commitment to strengthening diplomatic and economic relations with Russia

According to EC executive vice president Valdis Dombrovskis, since the launch of the special military operation, the EU member states collectively provided 28 billion euros in military aid