Author: Steven Sahiounie

More than 1 million Palestinians – nearly half of Gaza’s population — crowded into Rafah

Criticism pours in after the Israeli regime attacks a United Nations’ facility in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip, which has endured more than three months and a half of an unrelenting genocidal Israeli war.

In its latest act of aggression in the genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza, the Israeli regime has attacked thousands of Palestinians queuing for food in the devastated Gaza City.

The top Iranian and Russian security officials have called for the expansion of bilateral relations in different fields, among them the fight against terrorism.

Yemen’s Ansarullah leader Abdel-Malik al-Houthi says the targeting of ships linked to Israel will continue until aid reaches the Palestinian people in Gaza.

The European Central Bank is expected to stand pat Thursday and call for patience in the ongoing battle against inflation, pushing back against market hopes of rapid interest rate cuts.

CAIRO  – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told Egyptians on Wednesday they were still able to eat and drink despite soaring prices as he defended mega-projects he said provided millions of jobs.

Russia’s exports of dairy products increased by 18% year-on-year in 2023, the head of the National Union of Dairy Producers, Artyom Belov, said on Monday, as cited by TASS.

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi has called for the reform of the United Nations and other global bodies, lamenting that they have failed to prevent the Israeli genocide in Gaza. He made the call in a joint presser with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which was held following a two-hour meeting between the two at the presidential palace in Ankara on Wednesday. “Those who claim to defend human rights and whose mission is to defend global peace and security have been on the sidelines and are no longer effective,” he said The president called the Palestinian issue the top issue of…

Head of the Syrian delegation to the 21st International Meeting on Syria under Astana format, Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Bassam Sabbagh has stressed the necessity of eliminating all terrorist organizations, ending illegal foreign military presence on Syrian territory, and committing to respecting Syria’s sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity. During a press conference at the conclusion of the meeting, Sabbagh said that the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland is a priority for Syria, and work is being done with the United Nations to provide the necessary facilitations for this return. He underlined the necessity of immediately and unconditionally lifting…