Author: Steven Sahiounie

Belgium will lose its status as the global diamond trading hub due to Western sanctions on Russian diamonds, Artyom Studennikov, the head of the First European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told RIA Novosti in an interview published on Sunday.

A growing number of manufacturers are relocating operations outside the country, an industry lobby warns

Egypt is threatening to suspend its peace treaty with Israel if Israeli troops are sent into the densely populated Gaza border town of Rafah, and says fighting there could force the closure of the territory’s main aid supply route, two Egyptian officials and a Western diplomat said Sunday.The threat to suspend the Camp David Accords, a cornerstone of regional stability for nearly a half-century, came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said sending troops into Rafah was necessary to win the four-month-old war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas.Over half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million have fled to Rafah to…

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini has warned against a military operation in Rafah, where half of Gaza’s 2.3 million population is estimated to live in displacement. “There is a sense of growing anxiety and growing panic in Rafah. People have absolutely no idea where else to go,” Lazzarini said in a post on X. “Any large-scale military operation among this population can only lead to an additional layer of endless tragedy that’s unfolding in #Gaza.” “A military offensive in the middle of these completely exposed, vulnerable people is a recipe for disaster. I am almost becoming wordless,” he added in a…

Hundreds of activists and supporters of the Palestinian people yesterday broke into the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) building in Manhattan, New York, in protest of what they said the involvement of some board members in the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza. The MoMA museum’s administration closed its doors in response to the takeover of the building by the demonstrators, who expressed their condemnation of the Israeli aggression on Gaza and called for the removal of board members who are linked to arms manufacturing companies supplying the Israeli occupation. Simultaneously, hundreds gathered outside the Brooklyn Museum in New York, advocating…

With unwavering courage, Dr. Amira Al-Assouli, a female Palestinian physician, sprinted through Israeli sniper bullets and drones targeting anything in motion to save an injured individual at the entrance of the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis. Al-Assouli did not hesitate for a moment to risk her life in rescuing a wounded person bleeding near the main entrance of the complex. She swiftly removed her winter coat, rushed towards the injured youth before being joined by another doctor and two other individuals. In the background of a video circulated on social media, a young man ran behind the ambulance stretcher,…

A pro-Palestine professor of anthropology has been fired from the famous German Max Planck Institute for research after he condemned “Israel’s” genocide in Gaza. The Institute confirmed that it severed its affiliation with the “highly acclaimed” academic Lebanese-Australian Ghassan Hage for his series of social media posts that it saw as “incompatible” with its society’s values. It added that “racism, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, discrimination, hatred, and agitation have no place in the Max Planck Society” – but the killing of innocent Palestinians does, apparently. The Melbourne University professor responded by criticizing the Max Planck Institute for its decision, saying that he can live…

Millions of Iranians have poured into the streets across the country to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution spearheaded by the late charismatic leader Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeini. On Sunday, people took part in mass rallies in the capital Tehran and other cities and towns to renew their allegiance to the Islamic establishment. They chanted slogans in support of the Islamic Republic and waved the Iranian national flags. The event was covered by more than 7,300 Iranian and foreign media personnel. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi addressed the crowd at Tehran’s Azadi Square. On the eve of the event, fireworks displays were…

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman congratulated President Ilham Heydar Aliyev of Azerbaijan on the occasion of his re-election for a new term, the Saudi Press Agency reported early on Sunday. In their message, the king Salman and crown prince expressed their sincere congratulations and best wishes to the president and to the brotherly people of Azerbaijan for continued progress and prosperity. The diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan have been going strong for over 30 years. read more: Azeri President re-elected, still in power after Karabakh win Source: Arab News

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported this morning that three patients died in its Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, as a result of the Israeli occupation forces blocking the entry of oxygen into the hospital for nearly a week. In a press statement, the Red Crescent refuted the Israeli occupation’s claim of delivering oxygen cylinders or any other medical equipment to the hospital. It confirmed that Israeli occupation forces destroyed medical devices and equipment during their raid yesterday on the hospital. The occupation forces also assaulted the staff, subjecting them to beatings, abuse, and humiliation, according to the…