Author: Steven Sahiounie

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…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meet at the sidelines of the 60th Munich Security Conference and discuss several files. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held “candid and constructive” talks with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on Friday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. Blinken and Wang’s meeting came after an extremely fraught period between the two world giants over issues such as tensions over Taiwan and trade. Blinken underlined the “importance of continuing to implement the progress made” by a November summit between Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping,…

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Friday met David Cameron, the UK’s foreign secretary, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. The parties reviewed bilateral relations and ways to strengthen them, the Kingdom’s Foreign Ministry said. They also discussed the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and its surrounding areas, and the international efforts being made to end the conflict. Prince Faisal also held similar meetings with Melanie Joly and Mariya Gabriel, respective Canadian and Bulgarian foreign ministers. He also met NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to discuss the most prominent international developments. Prince Faisal’s meeting with…

Qatar is expected to conduct a second round of UN meetings regarding the situation in Afghanistan between February 17 and 18, to be presided over by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Regional organizations’ special envoys on Afghanistan will also be in attendance at the event, centered on stabilizing the situation in the country with the help of the global community, supplying aid to the Afghanis, and discussing the international approach needed towards the Taliban rule which is now under UN sanctions. However, it remains unknown whether the Taliban will be attending, though it still desires to be acknowledged among the international…