Author: Steven Sahiounie

The deputy emir inaugurated the direct road linking the city of Jeddah to part of Makkah with a length of 24 km

The customs authorities claim that a part found in the vehicles was made using forced labor in China

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Zone of Interest is a film directed by Jonathan Glazer, who has said, “This is not about the past, it’s about now”. The film’s story mirrors the current story in Gaza, even though the film is set next door to the gas chambers at Auschwitz in the WW2 era. A German family with children live in a lovely home and garden right on the walls of Auschwitz. The father of the family is a Nazi officer, and the wife and children live a seemingly normal life while ignoring the deaths of thousands of…

Disruptions in the Red Sea have also increased delivery times on some routes by up to 15 days, Paolo Gentiloni has said

The seizure of the country’s reserves would jeopardize the “immunity” of national assets worldwide, Elvira Nabiullina warns

Former US President Donald Trump was found liable for unlawfully inflating his wealth and manipulating the value of properties. A New York judge ordered Friday former US President Donald Trump to pay $355 million over fraud allegations and banned him from running companies in the state for three years. Trump — almost certain to be the Republican presidential nominee this November — was found liable for unlawfully inflating his wealth and manipulating the value of properties to obtain favorable bank loans or insurance terms. He accused President Joe Biden of driving the case, calling it “weaponization against a political opponent…

Israel carried out covert attacks on two major gas pipelines inside Iran this week, according to a report by The New York Times. Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji said on Wednesday that a “terrorist sabotage” attack had targeted two main gas pipelines in the country’s southwestern province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari as well as the southern province of Fars, causing a massive explosion and a subsequent fire. The attacks disrupted the flow of heat and cooking gas to provinces with millions of people. The New York Times citing two Western officials and a military strategist reported on Friday that the attacks had been carried…

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has warned Israeli leaders to abide by international law as its military bombs the Gaza Strip and plans a ground attack on the overcrowded city of Rafah. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Scholz reaffirmed Germany’s support for Israel’s “security”, but also underscored that Berlin expects the Netanyahu government to respect humanitarian law and rules of war. “Israel has the right to defend their own country, and this is what the United States, and what Germany, and many others are just stating,” Scholz said. “We are also very clear on the things that are important to…

Yemen says its naval units have targeted with missiles a British oil tanker in the Red Sea in retaliation for the recent US-UK aggression against the Arab country. Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a video statement on Saturday that the retaliatory strikes hit British oil ship Pollux in the Red Sea. He said the attack, which was carried out “with a large number of appropriate naval missiles” in the strategic waterway, was “accurate and direct.” Praising the attack as a “triumph” for Palestinians, Saree underscored the continuation of military operations in the Red and Arabian Seas against Israeli shipping…

The Chairman of the Committee on National Defense of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Hulusi Akar, met Thursday with the head of the Qatar-Türkiye Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group, Ahmed bin Hitmi Al Hitmi, and his accompanying delegation in Ankara. During the meeting, Akar said that relations between Türkiye and Qatar continue to be extensive and multidimensional, expressing the hope for a further strengthening of relations through such high-level visits. Emphasizing that serious efforts are being made not only in defense and security relations but also in areas such as economy, education, health and tourism, he said “although the figures in our…