The de-dollarization of Moscow-Beijing trade is practically complete, according to Georgy Zinoviev, the director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s First Asian Department, as cited by RIA Novosti.
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:
Iran considers Saudi Arabia as a strategic partner with a special significance and that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi seeks to push “neighborly ties” with the kingdom after years of frozen ties, the Islamic Republic’s newly-appointed ambassador to Saudi Arabia says.
Issues of the normalization of relations between Baku and Yerevan, as well as the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh were the focus of a telephone call between Azerbaijani and Turkish Presidents, Ilham Aliyev and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the press service of the Azerbaijani leader has announced.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that more than 300,000 people have been affected by the devastating quake that struck Morocco Friday night. The 6.8-magnitude earthquake has claimed 2,122 lives so far— making it the deadliest the country has seen in decades.
Turkey is placing enormous importance on ensuring food security in Africa, but any alternatives to the grain deal excluding Russia are bound to fail, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cautioned on Sunday.
The assertions that Western states presented an ultimatum to Moscow in the G20 meeting declaration are ridiculous, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a press conference after the G20 summit in India.
Methamphetamine trafficking in and around Afghanistan has surged in recent years, even as the Taliban have curbed heroin trafficking since taking power, according to a United Nations report on Sunday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held face-to-face talks with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in India's capital New Delhi on Sunday, following a decade-long rift between Ankara and Cairo.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has signaled that he is ready to hold de-escalation negotiations with neighboring Azerbaijan to defuse rising tensions over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has stated that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will not be detained in Brazil if he attends the Group of 20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro next year.
The embassy of Iran in the French capital is functioning normally in the wake of an attack on its building by a group of anti-Revolution elements, an embassy spokesperson has confirmed.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators have held huge rallies across the occupied Palestinian territories for the 36th straight week in protest against Israeli far-right cabinet's extremist policies, including the judicial overhaul scheme.
Four people were killed as clashes between Palestinian groups returned to a Lebanon refugee camp on Saturday, the official Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) has reported.
Defying all doomsday predictions, leaders of the Group of 20 managed to stitch together a consensus statement on the first day of the two-day summit, even as deep divisions were on display with the watered-down stance on the war in Ukraine, experts say.
Israeli soldiers have fatally shot a Palestinian teenager during a raid on the al-Arroub refugee camp, near the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil, also known as Hebron.
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:
The Iranian foreign minister has extended his sympathy and condolences to the government and people of Morocco over the recent quake that has left hundreds of people dead and many others injured in the country.
The G20 has adopted a consensus declaration on issues facing the bloc, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday during a summit of the group, signaling that negotiators had resolved deep differences over the wording on the war in Ukraine.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani has affirmed Baghdad's unwavering dedication to fully executing the country’s security agreement with Tehran.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has stressed the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin – the Russian mercenary leader whose plane crashed weeks after he led a mutiny against Moscow’s military leadership – shows what happens when people make deals with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
The number of executions conducted by Saudi Arabia this year has surpassed 100, according to the rights group Amnesty International, which raised concerns that the death penalty is being used in the kingdom in violation of international law.
More than 1,000 people have been killed after a powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck and area southwest of tourist hotspot Marrakesh in Morocco on Friday night, according to state TV.