Author: Steven Sahiounie

Egypt’s leaders have warned that the UN Security Council’s repeated failure to adopt a peace resolution and ceasefire in the Gaza Strip was setting “a shameful precedent” for the body. The condemnation from Cairo came after the US’ third veto of a Security Council draft resolution — proposed by Algeria on behalf of the Arab Group — demanding an immediate end to fighting. The resolution was backed by 13 out of the 15 members. But the US vetoed it, while the UK abstained. In a statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that obstructing the passage of a resolution “calling for…

An abandonment of reason is among the symptoms of a nation suffering from a collapse in the prevailing narratives

Nearly half of parents with young children in England have had to incur debt to pay for childcare, a survey has found

The combined market cap of the country’s seven largest companies would make them the second-largest stock exchange in the world, analysts say

The country now ranks fourth in the world in terms of liquefied natural gas sales, according to Aleksandr Novak

The property is officially owned by a Russian-Armenian billionaire but prosecutors suspect that energy giant Gazprom is the true beneficiary

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political comentator Valentine’s Day in the Arab world is called, Eid al Hob, translated into ‘Love Holiday’. When Former Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, returned to Beirut recently, his followers clearly showed their love of him in the hundreds as he prayed at his father’s grave on February 14. Hariri’s father, Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, was assassinated on February 14, 2005 in Beirut. Hairi founded the Future Movement party in 2007, and served as Prime Minister from November 9, 2009 to June 13, 2011. After three years abroad, he returned to Lebanon on August 8, 2014…

The EU has agreed its 13th package of sanctions against Russia, the EU’s Belgian presidency announced on Wednesday on X (formerly Twitter).

British fishermen will be banned from operating in the Barents Sea, one of the world’s largest fisheries for cod and haddock, under new legislation passed by the lower house of Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, on Wednesday.  

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague continued its public hearings on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. Yesterday, South Africa, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, and Chile presented their legal briefings before the court. Ten countries are secluded today to present their legal arguments at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague in relation to South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, underscoring its unlawful occupation of Gaza. The countries are Colombia, Cuba, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the United Arab Emirates,…