Report: Lukashenko to visit Iran next month
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will reportedly travel to Iran in mid-March for talks with Iranian officials over bilateral ties and regional issues.
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Six killed, hundreds injured as fresh quake hits Turkey-Syria border
Six people were killed and hundreds injured in the fresh earthquake on Turkey-Syria border, authorities confirmed on Tuesday. It comes two weeks after a large tremor killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of home…
Syrian president visits Oman, first since war
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has visited Oman and met with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said on Monday. This is his first official trip to the Persian Gulf country in more than a decade of war at home.
UNSC voices ‘dismay’ over Israeli settlements, says it ‘impedes peace’
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has expressed deep concern and dismay over Israel’s settlement activity in a statement replacing a draft resolution that would have explicitly condemned Tel Aviv. The members have warned that such measures wo…
Germany says no legal grounds to designate IRGC as ‘terrorist organization’
A German diplomat has stated that there is no legal basis for blacklisting Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a “terrorist entity”, echoing earlier remarks by the European Union’s foreign policy chief.
Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 363
Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine on February 24 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, Mosc…
EU targets dozens of Iranian individuals, entities over “rights violation”
The European Union Council has agreed to impose further sanctions on a number of Iranian individuals and organizations over alleged human rights violations.
Thousands rally against Israeli PM’s reforms ahead of parl. vote
Thousands of demonstrators have held massive rallies across the occupied territories in protest against the judicial reforms plan proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition cabinet, as Israeli lawmakers prepare to vote on the …
Russia says language of threat not working with Iran
The language of threat doesn’t work with the Iranian government, the Russian Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna said in reaction to EU’s Foreign Policy Chief Joseph Borrell’s anti-Tehran remarks.
Turkey halts most rescue efforts for quake survivors as death toll tops 41k
Turkey has announced a halt to rescue operations in all but two hardest quake-hit provinces, a fortnight after the catastrophic earthquake ripped through southern parts of the country. The quake has so far killed at least 41,000 people in country.