Author: Steven Sahiounie

RIYADH — Saudi non-oil exports to the African continent surpassed SR128 billion over the last five years (2019-2023), marking a significant milestone in the Kingdom’s trade expansion, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

This came in statements on the occasion of the adoption of a new logo for the National In-Country Value (ICV) Programme through collaboration between MoIAT and strategic partners in both the public and private sectors

S&P Global Ratings also noted that some UAE banks achieved record profits in 2023 due to strong credit growth in a rising interest rate environment

CAIRO – Egypt’s annual urban consumer price inflation dropped to 29.8% in January from 33.7% in December, the state statistics agency said on Thursday, coming in well below analysts’ expectations.

Financial institutions are wary of Washington’s penalties for dealing with Moscow, according to MSP Bank  

Charities controlled by members of the Rockefeller family and billionaire donors were behind a successful campaign to pressure US President Joe Biden into suspending new approvals of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, the Wall Street Journal reported this week, citing its sources.

Kiev hopes to unlock money from the Washington-based institution even if the Senate aid package remains stalled

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator On February 6, the Houthis of Yemen fired missiles on two civilian ships in the Red Sea. The group are attacking ships as they pass by Yemen as a protest to the US-supported Israeli genocide ongoing in Gaza. The Houthis are one group among many resistance groups calling for the end of the occupation of Palestine, and demanding an end to the US-supported attack on Gaza by Israel. The US and their allies have attacked 36 sites in Yemen claiming that was in retaliation for a strike by a resistance group in Iraq on…

The official results of Wednesday’s Azerbaijani elections revealed the win of President Ilham Aliyev for a fifth term, an expected outcome following Azerbaijan winning the Nagorno-Karabakh region after its yearslong disputes with Armenia last year. “The Azerbaijani people have elected Ilham Aliyev as the country’s president,” Central Election Commission chief Mazahir Panahov announced during a presser. Panahov said that based on the tabulation of ballots from 93% of polling stations, Aliyev had secured the lead with 92.05% of the votes. Following his win, Aliyev was paraded to his recaptured hometown, while his supporters cheered him as the “liberator of Karabakh” and held signs…

Military forces from the US and the UK have conducted fresh aerial aggression on Yemeni territories, specifically targeting several areas within Hudaydah Province. The strikes, carried out on Friday morning, hit Al-Jabana, Al-Taif, and Al-Kathib regions in the western province, as reported by Yemen’s al-Masirah TV. The full extent of the damage resulting from these airstrikes is not yet determined. This aggression follows a series of strikes by the US on Yemeni forces’ positions, claiming to have been aimed at safeguarding navigation freedom in the Red Sea, confirmed by US officials on the preceding day. Yemenis have expressed solidarity with…