58 killed, injured in Yemen gas station explosion
58 people were killed and injured in an explosion of a gas station and a gas storage tank in Yemen’s Al-Bayda province, a medical source and a local official said.
According to Reuters, the incident left eight people killed and 50 others injured.
The media released no further details.
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Iran to support Venezuela in face of US coercive measures
The senior Iranian diplomat made the remarks in a post on X social media platform, congratulating Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on his inauguration ceremony.
“Congratulations to President #NicolasMaduro on his inauguration into office as President of the Bolivarian Republic of #Venezuela,” Baghaei wrote.
“We wish him all the success in serving his great people & country and are looking forward to working with the elected government for the good of our nations in furtherance of Iran-Venezuela”s extensive bilateral ties.”
“Iran stands in solidarity with Venezuelan people and government in the face of malign interventions and unilateral coercive measures led by the United States.”
Venezuela’s incumbent President Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in for his third consecutive term in office months after electoral authorities announced him as the winner of the July 2024 presidential election.
President Maduro took the oath of office before parliament on Friday, vowing his third six-year term in office would be a “period of peace”.
He pledged to focus on working towards a stable and prosperous future for all Venezuelans, PressTV reported.
Maduro was declared winner of the country’s presidential election on July 28 by electoral authorities. He secured 51 percent of the votes. Opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia obtained 44.2 percent of the votes.
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Russian Foreign Ministry vows response to new US sanctions
The ministry pointed out that the US Administration’s decision to impose restrictive measures against the Russian energy sector in general and a number of major companies, including personal sanctions against their leadership, as well as Russian Ministry of Energy officials “is an attempt to inflict at least some damage on the Russian economy even at the cost of destabilizing global markets ahead of the end of the inglorious term of President Joe Biden.”
“Of course, Washington’s hostile actions will not be left without response and will be taken into consideration during the calculation of our external economic strategy,” the ministry said, TASS reported.
“We will continue to implement the major projects on oil and gas extraction, as well as import replacement, provision of oil-related services and construction of nuclear power plants in third countries.”
The ministry pointed out that Russia has been and remains a key and reliable actor on the global fuel market, “despite the convulsions in the White House and the machinations of the Russophobic lobby in the West, which seeks to pull the global energy sector into the hybrid war, which the US has initiated against Russia.”
The ministry underscored that, amid the “failure of Washington’s bid on Moscow’s strategic defeat and sanctions pressure, which was supposed to undermine the Russian economy, which has not only survived by continues to develop despite the unprecedented external economic pressure, the efforts of the outgoing White House team aim to complicate or obstruct any bilateral economic ties, including for the American business.”
The ministry added that this process sacrifices interests of US’ European allies, who have to switch to the more expensive and irregular American deliveries, as well as interests of its own people, currently suffering from the massive wildfires in California, whose opinion regarding the fuel price hike, which remained relevant ahead of the elections, now can be completely ignored.
“Therefore, the upcoming president, who is unable to withdraw the abovementioned sanctions without the Congress’ approval, will inherit scorched earth – both literally and figuratively,” the ministry added.
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US medical staff rally in support of people in Gaza
Hundreds of medical and healthcare staff, activists, and Palestine supporters once again took to the streets in various US cities to defend the oppressed Palestinian people in Gaza and condemn the heinous crimes committed by the Zionist regime’s forces against Palestinians.
Protesters demanded the immediate release of all Palestinian healthcare workers who are being held captive in the prisons of the criminal Zionist regime.
Hundreds of people took part in a demonstration on the streets of Washington to urge the administration of US President Joe Biden to take immediate action and pressure Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to release doctors and medical staff detained in the Gaza Strip.
The occupying regime of Israel has arrested dozens of doctors and medical staff in the Gaza Strip.
Source: Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem