Author: Steven Sahiounie

Saudi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed Elkhereiji on Wednesday met UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen in New York on the sidelines of the UN Security Council meeting. The pair discussed the work of the Kingdom and the UN in helping to find a political solution to the Syrian crisis. In separate meetings Elkhereiji met his Kuwaiti counterpart Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Spain’s State Secretary for Foreign and Global Affairs Diego Martinez. Saudi Deputy minister and Syrian UN envoy discussed ways to improve relations to serve their shared interests. Source: Arab News

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi accused Israel on Wednesday of holding up aid deliveries for Gaza at the Rafah border crossing.“This is a form of pressure on the Gaza Strip and its people over the conflict and the release of hostages. They are using this as a pressure tool on the people of the Strip,” El-Sisi told a gathering of military officers and state officials.“We used to send Gaza 600 trucks a day. But for the past two to three days, we are not deliveries more than 200 to 220 trucks (of aid) per day. How are these people (in…

The International Court of Justice will deliver on Friday its decision on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africav. Israel), announced the court in a press release. A public sitting will take place at 1 p.m. at the Peace Palace in The Hague, during which the President of the Court will read the Court’s Order. On 29 December 2023, South Africa filed a case against Israel, accusing it of “genocidal…

During a meeting in Ramallah today, President Mahmoud Abbas briefed the British Foreign Minister, David Cameron, on the latest developments in the occupied Palestinian territory, especially in the Gaza Strip. The President stressed the urgency of immediately stopping the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank, including Jerusalem. He also affirmed the necessity of accelerating the introduction of humanitarian aid into Gaza and enabling shelter centers and hospitals to do their duty of alleviating the suffering of civilians. The president further stressed the need to put an end to the occupation forces and terrorist colonists’ attacks…

Giorgia Meloni has told Italian legislators that she disagrees with Netanyahu’s position opposing the establishment of a Palestinian state. “Italy has always reiterated that the Palestinian people have the right to have a state, an independent, secure state,” Meloni said, as reported by the Associated Press news agency. “It is a just and necessary solution, both in the interests of the Palestinians but also in those of Israel. For this [reason], I don’t share the position expressed by the Israeli prime minister.” Source: AlJazeera

Construction and real estate are among the hardest hit sectors, researchers say The number of UK businesses on the brink of bankruptcy skyrocketed by more than a quarter at the end of last year amid a “debt storm” triggered by a series of interest rate hikes, a report from a group of insolvency specialists revealed on Monday. The latest ‘Red Flag Alert’ released by Begbies Traynor Group found that 47,477 firms in Britain were in “critical” financial distress in the final quarter of last year, as more companies struggled with inflation and borrowing costs. The figure was a 26% increase compared to the…

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