Author: Steven Sahiounie

China’s first domestically manufactured electric airplane successfully completed its maiden flight this week, the country’s media reported on Friday.

More than 55,000 businesses were shut down in France in 2023, marking a record high for company closures since 2017, according to data compiled at the close of December by the Bank of France.

Russia maintained its position as the top oil and gas supplier to Türkiye in 2023, the Hurriyet newspaper reported on Saturday, citing data from Ankara’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority.

The Russian economy will inevitably slow down in 2024 due to tight monetary policies pursued by the central bank, RIA Novosti reported on Saturday, citing a consensus outlook for the Russia’s GDP growth.

The presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh today warned against the continued Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and the intensification of squatter settlements in the occupied West Bank. Abu Rudeineh stressed that while the occupation is escalating its all-out war on the Palestinian people and committing genocide crimes in the Gaza Strip, it is at the same time practicing silent land annexation in the West Bank; by increasing the number of random settlements and the forced displacement of the Palestinians, especially in the Jordan Valley areas. He stressed that this occupation’s policy, which violates all international legitimacy resolutions, most notably…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Turkiye’s leaders Saturday during the first stop of his latest Mideast diplomatic mission as fears grow that Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza may expand into a broader conflict.Blinken’s fourth visit in three months comes as developments in Lebanon, northern Israel, the Red Sea and Iraq have put intense strains on what had been a modestly successful US push to prevent a regional conflagration since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, and as international criticism of Israel’s military operation mounts.Blinken held talks with Turkiye’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and foreign minister, Hakan…

The time and location of reaction to the recent tragic terrorist attack in Iran’s Kerman will be determined by the Iranian Armed Forces, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Friday. Addressing the funeral of 89 people that died in a terrorist attack in the southern city of Kerman on January 3, President Raisi said people constitute the Islamic Republic’s “most important component of power”. The president noted that the enemies have already observed and experienced the magnitude of Iran’s power. Regarding Iran’s revenge for the heinous terrorist attack in Kerman, Raisi gave an assurance that “the Iranian Armed Forces take the initiative…

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says the Gaza Strip must not be occupied. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Friday that “Israel” must make more efforts to protect the civilian population of the Gaza Strip. “In its actions, Israel must do more to protect civilians, because peace cannot be achieved if there is no prospect of a decent life, if after the war the Gaza Strip is uninhabitable,” Baerbock told a news conference with her Luxembourg counterpart Xavier Bettel. She said the Gaza Strip must not be occupied, its population must not be expelled and territories must not be seized…

Facing a Mideast region in crisis and a number of pressing bilateral issues, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Istanbul, with issues before them including the ongoing carnage in Gaza, final steps to complete Türkiye’s ratification of Sweden’s NATO bid, and US approval for the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Türkiye. Blinken is also due to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul. Following his visit to Türkiye, through Jan. 11 Blinken is set to proceed to Greece, Jordan, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the West Bank,…

“The lessons we have learned now will help us fight better on all fronts,” Daniel Hagari said