Author: Forelines
Oil prices play a significant role in Russian budget and the Russia’s economy overall, but Russia’s national interests be prioritized all above else, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday. Dmitry Peskov was replying on remarks by United States President Donald Trump, who recommended that President Vladimir Putin may be more likely to resolve the war in Ukraine after the current drop in oil prices. “Oil prices cannot be a factor that can influence Russia’s attitude towards its national interests,” Dmitry Peskov stated. “Russia’s national interests are above all else, above any oil prices.” Russia, Dmitry Peskov stated was…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday an expanded offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas would be “intensive” after his security cabinet approved plans that may include seizing the Gaza Strip and controlling aid. However an Israeli defence official said the operation would not be launched before U.S. President Donald Trump concludes his visit next week to the Middle East. The decision, after weeks of faltering efforts to agree a ceasefire with Hamas, underlines the threat that a war heaping international pressure on Israel amid dwindling public support at home could continue with no end in sight. A report…
The Israel’s military stated it launched airstrikes against Yemen’s Hodeidah Port on Monday, a day following the Iran-backed Houthis launched a missile that hit close to main airport of Israel, according to Reuters. The military stated in a release that it striked what it urged Houthi “terrorist” targets in Hodeidah and its vicinity. “The attack was carried out in response to repeated attacks carried out by the Houthi terrorist regime against the State of Israel in which surface-to-surface missiles and unmanned aircraft were launched at the territory of the state and its citizens,” it stated, as per Reuters report. Over…
Mining in Pataz northern district of Peru will be halted for 30 days, President Dina Boluarte stated on Monday, following 13 gold mine workers in the region were kidnapped and killed by illegitimate miners. Government of Peru further plans to build a military base and impose a curfew beginning from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the district. (Forelines)
Six attacks targeted Yemen’s Hodeidah port, according to the Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV report on Monday, blaming the attacks on Israel and the U.S. a day following the Iran-backed Houthis fired a missile that hit close to main airport of Israel. There was no instant official comment from Israel or the United States Axios reporter Barak Ravid quoted a senior United States official as mentioning Israel had striked Yemen in cooperation with U.S. Israel’s media consisting of channel 12 further quoted a senior Israel’s official who they stated affirmed Israel was striking Yemen. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday…
The United States is pressing Congo and Rwanda to sign a peace deal at the White House in about two months, along with bilateral mineral deals that would bring billions of dollars of Western investment to the area, U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior advisor for Africa said Reuters on Thursday. “When we sign the peace agreement … the minerals deal with the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) will be signed on that day, and then a similar package, but of a different size, will be signed on that day with Rwanda,” Massad Boulos stated in an interview in the Qatar’s…
On Thursday, the United States Treasury Department enforced sanctions on two entities and three Mexican citizens it stated are engaged in a drug trafficking and oil smuggling network connected to the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion gang. U.S. officials mention that CJNG is one of the two key Mexican drug gangs, along with the Sinaloa Cartel, accountable for pushing fentanyl onto United States streets over the last few years. The U.S. Treasury enforced sanctions on toxic materials transportation companies Servicios Logisticos Ambientales and Grupo Jala Logistica, stating that they have transferred fuel and crude oil between Mexico and the U.S. on…
United States President Donald Trump stated all buyings of Iranian oil or petrochemical items must stop and any nation or person purchase any from the nation would be instantly subject to secondary sanctions, as per Reuters. “They will not be allowed to do business with the United States of America in any way, shape, or form,” Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday. Donald Trump’s comments follow the postponement of the current United States discussions with Iran over its nuclear program, which had been due to occur in Rome on Saturday. A chief Iranian authority said Reuters a new…
Lee Ju-ho, South Korea’s new acting president, stated in the early morning of Friday that he would do his best to run the government smoothly, as per to local media. Lee Ju-ho, the education minister, was appointed the third acting president from the martial law decree in December. (Forelines)
Ukraine and the U.S. on Wednesday signed a deal heavily promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump that will give the United States preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals deals and fund investment in Ukraine’s reconstruction. The two countries signed the accord in Washington after months of sometimes fraught negotiations, with uncertainty persisting until the last moment with word of an eleventh-hour snag. The accord establishes a joint investment fund for Ukraine’s reconstruction as Trump tries to secure a peace settlement in Russia’s three-year-old war in Ukraine. The agreement is central to Kyiv’s efforts to mend ties with Trump and the…