Egypt is set to hold a presidential vote in December, the elections body has announced. Incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is widely expected to win despite the dire economic situation facing the country.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has stressed the need for "active communication" between Yerevan and Tehran under the existing difficult regional conditions.
Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:
Moscow told Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday that he had only to blame himself for Baku's victory over Nagorno-Karabakh because he had insisted on flirting with the West rather than working with Russia and Azerbaijan for peace.
Senior US officials have arrived in Armenia after neighboring Azerbaijan launched a full-scale military operation last week in the mountainous Nagorno-Karabakh region and forced the evacuation of thousands of ethnic Armenians.
Baku was forced to conduct its counterterrorism operation in Nagorno-Karabakh, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated on Monday after talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, in Nakhchivan.
Saudi Arabia announced on Monday it has decided to end light-touch checks of its nuclear activities by the United Nations atomic watchdog and switch to full-blown safeguards, a change the nuclear agency has been demanding for years.
Trade between Russia and China has maintained its brisk momentum since reaching record levels in 2022, with exports and imports experiencing robust growth since the start of 2023, the Russian Customs Service has reported.
Two decades on, Washington has failed to provide redress or compensation to Iraqi victims of its military’s torture and abuse at Abu Ghraib and other prisons, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported.
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly deplored the desecration of the Holy Quran in the Netherlands, urging Amsterdam to stop the provocative Islamophobic acts.
Ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh started a mass exodus by car toward Armenia after Azerbaijan “defeated the breakaway region's fighters” in a conflict dating from the Soviet era.
The expansion of BRICS is very important especially for energy sector, as after the inclusion of new members the bloc will account for over 80% of global oil reserves and production, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil told Sputnik on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week in New York.
Iraq’s central bank will restrict all internal commercial transactions to the Iraqi dinar starting next year, the bank has announced in a statement, citing governor Ali Al-Allaq.
Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations has dismissed as “baseless” claims by the United Arab Emirates over the three Persian Gulf islands, stressing such unfounded statements are a “flagrant violation of international law and the UN Charter.”
Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:
Two Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli military raid on a refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem, health officials have confirmed.
No one wants more nuclear powers to emerge in the world and Moscow believes that since Tehran will not have nuclear weapons, Saudi Arabia won’t be tempted to obtain them, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Protesters against the Israeli Prime Minister’s judicial overhaul rallied across the occupied territories for the 38th consecutive week, condemning the policies of Israel's far-right cabinet.
The foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey - Sergey Lavrov, Hossein Amirabdollahian and Hakan Fidan - reaffirmed their determination to continue efforts to help resolve the situation in Syria at a meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session, Moscow has announced.
Security and stability in the Middle East requires a fair and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian problem, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has stated.
The first convoy of humanitarian aid entered Nagorno-Karabakh days after a Russian-brokered ceasefire deal ended Azerbaijan’s military operation against Armenian residents of the breakaway region. Armenian separatists have reportedly begun laying down their weapons.
Lebanon’s Army has announced it has fired tear gas at Israeli troops over the border in response to smoke bombs fired at its forces, though Israel has claimed Lebanon started the confrontation.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has confirmed that he will visit Pyongyang next month to continue talks with his North Korean counterpart following recent agreements made by Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Moscow, Reuters reported.
