Chinese President Xi Jinping in a meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday said that no matter how the international and regional situation changes, China will unswervingly maintain its friendship and cooperation with Iran and advance China-Iran comprehensive strategic partnership, IRNA reports. In a meeting with President Raisi, Xi Jinping stressed that China…
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Special Representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry for the normalization of Azerbaijan-Armenia relations Igor Khovayev. The discussions at the meeting also focused on the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the process of negotiation toward a peace treaty. Igor Khovayev highlighted his visit to the region…
The death toll from the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria passed 38,000 as only a handful of survivors were pulled from the rubble more than a week after the disasters that devastated swaths of both countries. Turkey’s disaster agency said around 32,000 had been recorded killed in the country. Rebel-held northwest Syria: More…
Turkey’s worst earthquake in almost a century has left a trail of destruction that could cost Ankara up to $84.1 billion, a business group said, while a government official put the figure at more than $50 billion, Reuters reports. The combined death toll in Turkey and Syria from last Monday’s 7.8 magnitude quake approached 36,000…
