Author: Steven Sahiounie

Iran and Algeria signed six cooperation agreements during Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s official visit to Algiers. After a meeting of high-ranking delegations in Algiers on Sunday, co-chaired by the presidents of the two nations, six agreements were signed to promote cooperation in the oil and gas industries, scientific and technological activities, knowledge-based economy, tourism industry, sports, and the media sector. Speaking at a joint press conference with his Algerian counterpart, Raisi hailed Algeria for hosting the 7th summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). “The relations between Iran and Algeria are beyond political relations and stem from deep religious,…

The three Palestinian citizens of Israel have met King Abdullah amid concerns that Israeli authorities will further tighten restrictions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan nears. Ayman Odeh, the head of the predominantly Arab Hadash-Ta’al alliance; party chairperson Ahmad Tibi; and MK Youssef Atauna travelled to Amman and asked the Jordanian monarch to intervene to ensure freedom of worship at the compound. “His majesty says Jordan will continue to push for an end to the war on Gaza and the provision of humanitarian relief and medical aid by land and air to the strip,”…

Dennis Francis, also Trinidad and Tobago’s UN ambassador, says the situation in the besieged coastal enclave is “unconscionable and shameful”. “I am shocked and horrified at the reported killing and injury of hundreds of people during disbursement of food supplies west of Gaza City last week,” he said while addressing the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. Francis warns that an Israeli invasion of Rafah would leave an already fragile humanitarian operation at death’s door. “I, therefore, urgently call for maximum restraint to prevail in order to save innocent civilian lives.” “Let me close with a reminder that this…

President Mahmoud Abbas arrived today in the Republic of Turkey, on an official visit that will last for three days.President was received at the airport by a number of Turkish officials, Arab ambassadors accredited to Turkey, and the staff of the Embassy of the State of Palestine. During his visit, the President is scheduled to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish leadership. The president is accompanied by Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Hussein al-Sheikh, Advisor to President for Diplomatic Affairs, Majdi Al-Khalidi, Yasser Abbas, and the Palestinian Ambassador to Turkey, Faed Mustafa. source:…

Several activists have documented their movements in videos posted on social media in condemnation of these supermarkets selling Israeli-produced dates. French activists have been pushing supermarkets to boycott all Israeli occupation products or add a clear sign to label the source of production as Israeli. Several activists have documented their movements in videos posted on social media in condemnation of these supermarkets selling Israeli-produced dates in the Ramadan food aisles. Carrefour One of the activists posted a video on social media in which he verbally clashed with one of the employees working at Carrefour after finding Israeli-produced dates in the Ramadan…

Spain’s foreign affairs minister announced on Monday that Spain will impose unilateral sanctions on about 12 Israeli colonists involved in terrorist attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank. In a speech before the Joint Committee of the Spanish House of Representatives, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albarez said that the government began imposing sanctions on “a first group of 12 violent colonists.” On the other hand, he said EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell accepted Spain’s petition for the bloc to review its association agreement with Israel on the basis of potential violations of international humanitarian law. He called for supporting…

Ukraine certainly is Russia, regardless of what Ukrainian politicians say, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said. “One of the former Ukrainian leaders said once that Ukraine was not Russia. This concept must disappear forever. Ukraine certainly is Russia,” he pointed out in a lecture at the Knowledge First educational marathon. Medvedev noted that there must be no more attempts to ignore Russian public opinion. “It rightfully regards Ukraine and its population as part of our all-Russian civilization. Had Ukraine escaped the stupidest trap set by the United States and its allies in order to counter our country with…

Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman has congratulated Mohammed Shahbaz Sharif, on the occasion of being sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan. The Crown Prince sent a cable to Sharif on Monday expressing “his sincere congratulations and best wishes for success and prosperity for his country, and for the brotherly people of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, further progress and prosperity,” the Saudi Press Agency reported. Pakistan’s newly elected lower house of parliament on Sunday elected Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister for a second time, putting him back in a role he had stepped down from ahead of general elections on…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone conversation with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday. “During the call, President Erdogan congratulated Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis on his birthday,” Türkiye’s Communications Directorate posted on X. The directorate shared no further information regarding the talks. read more: Turkish foreign minister to attend OIC summit source: Anadolu agency

France is not planning to send its troops to Ukraine in the near future, French President Emmanuel Macron said. When asked to comment on the international response to his statements during last week’s conference on Ukraine in Paris, the French leader said, “Answering a question about sending troops, I said that nothing is ruled out.” “It doesn’t mean that we are planning to deploy French forces to Ukraine in the near future. It means that we are opening a discussion and are mulling over everything that can be done to support Ukraine, first of all, Ukraine’s territory,” Macron said in…