The government of Lebanon held crisis talks Friday after the country's currency plumbed record lows on the black market.

Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said the OPEC cannot solely handle the current market issues.

US aero parts maker Triumph Group Inc (TGI.N) said it was furloughing about 2,300 employees for two weeks amid coronavirus.

Construction of a gas pipeline between Iran and Pakistan is considered only as a panacea to the energy crisis grappling Pakistan. Last week, Imran Khan was sworn in as the new premier of Pakistan. In his first televised address to the nation, the cricketer-turned-politician outlined his vision for Pakistan and vowed to build the foundation […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that a ‘great progress’ was made in the efforts to find a solution to the crisis in Syria. “Efforts by our countries and the participation of other countries concerned (in particular, I am referring to Iran and our cooperation with the United Nations, the European countries and the United States) […]

Iran and US need to maintain a communication link even during critical situations in order to prevent the escalation of crisis, said Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament on Tuesday. Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh made the remark in an interview with Islamic Consultative Assembly News Agency (ICANA), following US President Donald Trump’s […]

Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shukri, has reaffirmed Egypt’s support for the political solution to the crisis in Syria, which preserves the unity of the Syrian state and its institutions and meets aspirations of the Syrian people. Egypt’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Ahmed Abu Zeid, said: “ Shukri, during his meeting with UN Special Envoy to Syria, […]

TEHRAN– Deputy Iranian foreign minister, who is on an official visit to Moscow, met and talked several Russian officials including deputy defense minister as well as Putin’s special envoy on Syria. On Tuesday evening in Moscow, Head of Iranian delegation at Astana talks Hossein Jaberi Ansari discussed issues related to the Syrian crisis at a […]

Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court has ruled that no region or province could secede from the homeland after an unconstitutional Kurdish referendum that ended in failure but brought the country to the brink of a new crisis.  The court said it took the decision on Monday in response to a government request to put an end […]

TEHRAN – A former Iranian ambassador highlighted China’s push to avert an escalation of tensions between the US and North Korea considering its extensive trade ties with Washington, but predicted that Beijing would stand by Pyongyang in case of flare-up of tensions.  Iran’s former ambassador to Beijing Mahdi Safari said China is strongly opposed to […]