Author: Steven Sahiounie

Gold prices are expected to rally further in 2024 as lingering uncertainty about the prospects for the global economy spurs safe-haven demand for the metal, Reuters reported this week, citing industry experts.

Russian natural gas production has continued to grow in annual terms for the fourth month in a row in November, reaching nearly 60 billion cubic meters, business daily Kommersant reported this week, citing official data.

Most analysts polled by the newspaper believe the single currency bloc is already in a recession

The sovereign funds have been seized by the West as part of Ukraine-related sanctions

The EU and G7 restrictions apply to direct imports of non-industrial diamonds mined, processed, or produced in the country

Palestine FM Riad al-Malki welcomes the New Year and acknowledges the 59th anniversary of the Palestinian revolution, emphasizing the ongoing suffering of the people in the face of the Israeli war machine’s genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza Strip . Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki sent out a New Year’s message, emphasizing the need for an urgent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli occupation has been committing an ongoing aggression for close to three months. This appeal was conveyed through a post on the official social media account of the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on a specific…

Thousands of Palestinians marked the New Year tonight with a massive rally that took place in the center of the city of Ramallah in solidary with the Gaza Strip and demanding an end to the Israeli war of genocide against the Gaza Strip in its 87th consecutive day that claimed the lives of tens of thousands of Palestinians, mainly children and women. Participants in the rally raised pictures and names of the Palestinians murdered in the relentless Israeli bombardment from the air, land and sea, and chanted slogans denouncing the crimes of the Israeli occupation and its ongoing massacres against the…

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says it recorded 193 violations against its medical teams in the first six months of 2023, or a 310 percent increase compared with the same period last year. The figure even surpasses the total number of Israeli violations that PRCS recorded for the whole of 2022. Since October 7, the organisation recorded 315 “unprecedented violations” among its staff in the occupied West Bank. “We have not been able to count or document the violations against our teams in the Gaza Strip, but the killing of the team members and the targeting of these ambulances…

His comment came after South Africa launched a case on Friday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel

Ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza affecting New Year’s Eve celebrations