Author: Steven Sahiounie

Former US president Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner in the 2024 presidential race, said on Friday he had firmly protected gun rights while in the White House and vowed if re-elected to undo all restrictions enacted by President Joe Biden. Speaking to thousands of supporters at an event organized by the National Rifle Association (NRA), Trump promised to rescind a rule curbing sales of gun accessories known as pistol braces and other regulations put in place by the Biden administration, Reuters reported. “Every single Biden attack on gun owners and manufacturers will be terminated my very first week back in…

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met with the leaders of several Palestinian Resistance factions during his visit to Lebanon. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held during his visit to the Lebanese capital of Beirut a meeting with a delegation representing Palestinian faction leaders, people familiar with the matter told Al Mayadeen.  The Palestinian delegation included Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Secretary-General Ziyad al-Nakhalah, Hamas top official Osama Hamdan, and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Deputy Secretary-General Jameel Mizhir. The meeting was also attended by Mehdi Shushtari, the Assistant Iranian Foreign Minister for West Asia and North Africa Affairs, and Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Ammani. Sources told Al…

Israeli air strikes pummeled densely crowded Rafah on Saturday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his troops to “prepare to operate” in the southern border city that has become a last refuge for displaced Palestinians.Netanyahu’s planned offensive on Rafah, where an estimated 1.3 million people have fled, has drawn condemnation from rights groups and Washington, while Palestinians have said they have nowhere left to retreat.Witnesses reported new strikes on Rafah early Saturday, after the Israeli military intensified air raids, with fears rising among Palestinians of a coming ground invasion.“We don’t know where to go,” said Mohammad Al-Jarrah, a Palestinian who…

LONDON – Global shares stood their ground on Friday after Wall Street scaled new heights, with looming U.S. inflation data set to help investors update their bets on interest rate cuts and steer the dollar’s direction.

The attacks, targeting a route that accounts for about 15% of the world’s shipping traffic, have pushed several shipping companie

Gold prices were subdued on Friday, hurt by a stronger dollar and higher Treasury yields, while investors looked ahead to next week’s U.S. inflation reading for clues on when the Federal Reserve could begin cutting interest rates.

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.