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Saad Ibrahim Almadi, a Saudi-US dual citizen was released from prison in a surprise decision from Saudi Arabian courts. Saad Ibrahim Almadi, a 72-year-old US citizen of Saudi origin, was released from prison after being arrested in 2021 and sentenced for 19 years for criticizing the rules of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. His son, Ibrahim, told AFP that the Twitter posts which triggered the Saudi decision were on various topics such as the war on Yemen and the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The release, which was announced on Tuesday, came as a surprise to the family after the court had ordered an…

More protesters are detained for standing against Macron’s pension reforms. Seventy people were reportedly detained in Paris on Monday evening during protests against the adoption of pension reform by France’s National Assembly, local TV reported, citing a police source. Police and protesters clashed in Paris after two votes of no confidence in the government over pension reform. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced on March 16th that the government had adopted the legislation raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 years by invoking Article 49.3 of the constitution, which enabled the bill to be passed without the approval of…

According to the German leader, the West should continue to support Kiev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz does not rule out that the conflict in Ukraine may be a prolonged one. “We have to be prepared for the fact that it can take a long time,” DPA quoted Scholz as saying in Dusseldorf on Monday. According to the German leader, the West should continue to support Kiev. “Ukraine must be able to defend its integrity and independence,” Scholz added. The German chancellor said he did not expect the war in Ukraine to end any time soon in an interview with Handelsblatt on March…

The United States does not think that by such actions they are adding fuel and provoking the expansion of the geography of the Ukrainian crisis, Anatoly Antonov said The United States has been causing the geography of the Ukrainian crisis to expand and it turns a blind eye to the corrupt Kiev regime, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said on Monday. Commenting on a new $350 million package of US military aid for Ukraine, he said, “Washington is obsessed with the idea of inflicting a strategic defeat on our country. With its steps, the [US] administration is only…

The issue of children “brought to Russia forcefully” is totally overblown, Vasily Nebenzya said Russia intends to return children who have been evacuated from the conflict zone to Ukraine when the conditions there are safe enough for that, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said at a news conference on Monday. “We wanted to spare them of the danger that military activities may” pose. “That is it. The issue of children `brought to Russia forcefully’ is totally” overblown, Nebenzya said. “We want to show it at the [UN Security Council] Arria formula meeting (scheduled for early April -…

Former Iranian Foreign Minister and Head of Iran Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, in a meeting with the Minister of Awqaf (Religious Endowments), said: “We must prevent western conspiracy to divide Islamic countries.” Kamal Kharrazi, former Iran Foreign Minister and Head of Iran Strategic Council on Foreign Relations arrived in Damascus on Sunday for a three-day visit to meet with senior Syrian officials. Abbas Araghchi, the secretary of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations accompanies him on the trip. During his stay in Damascus, Kamal Kharrazi met Syria’s Minister of Awqaf (Religious Endowments) Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed. In the meeting, the parties discussed countering the spread…

The situation in the Zaporozhye region has sharply escalated recently. A major offensive of the Ukrainian military in the area aimed at smashing the Russian grouping in the Donbass and advancing towards the Sea of Azov is expected to begin in the coming weeks. On March 19, Ukrainian forces launched the combat reconnaissance operation to the South of Orekhov. They attacked Russian positions near Novodanilovka with up to two battalions fully equipped by NATO. The Ukrainian column was quickly detected by Russian drones. It was shelled by artillery and struck with ATGMs. The shooting battle broke out in the area.…

It is the United States, not China, that is providing weapons to the Ukrainian battlefield, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Monday. “China has always upheld an objective and fair position on the Ukraine issue. All that China has done is to promote talks for peace,” spokesperson Wang Wenbin told a news briefing in response to a relevant query. China always stands on the side of peace and dialogue, and on the right side of history. China will continue to play a constructive role in the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis, he said. “It is the United States, not…

The Committee recalled that on March 22, ICC prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan lodged a motion with the ICC Pre-Trial Division for issuing a warrant for the arrest of Russian citizens and the judges returned illegal verdicts on the arrest of the Russian president and children’s rights ombudswoman Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Monday it has opened a criminal case against the prosecutor and judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) who issued a warrant for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “The Russian Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case against prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Ahmad Khan,…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said last Friday that Ankara was ready to ratify Finland’s application for NATO membership Ankara may approve Sweden’s application for NATO membership in time for the alliance’s summit in Vilnius in July, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday. “Last Friday, I spoke with the Swedish foreign minister. I told him about the decision on Finland, so that he learned about it from us first. <…> He expressed hope that the NATO accession process would be completed by the alliance’s summit, to which I replied, ‘It all depends on you,’” Cavusoglu said. Finland and…