The United States and Iran had their first round of negotiations in Pakistan's Islamabad on Saturday and early Sunday to ease tension in the Middle East. The talks, which failed to produce an ...

UNITED NATIONS, April 17 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday welcomed Iran's announcement that the Strait of Hormuz is completely open for all commercial vessels during the ...

WASHINGTON, April 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Friday that Iran has "agreed to everything" for a peace deal including working with Washington to remove its enriched uranium ...

BEIRUT, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Loud bursts of gunfire echoed across Beirut and its southern suburbs after midnight, as residents took to the streets -- many on motorbikes -- to celebrate the start of a ...

TEHRAN, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Iran will not transfer its enriched uranium to a foreign country, and sending it to the United States has never been under consideration, Iranian Foreign Ministry ...

BEIRUT, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Friday that Lebanon has entered a new phase focused on negotiating permanent agreements to safeguard the rights of its people, the ...

WARSAW, April 17 (Xinhua) -- A celebration marking the 2026 International Chinese Language Day was held on Friday at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, attracting nearly ...

ANTALYA, Türkiye, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said here Friday that Ukraine is ready to produce strategic drones and unmanned products in cooperation with Germany.

ROME, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The 4th China-Italy Friendship Cities Cooperation Dialogue was held in Rome on Wednesday and the 2026 China-Italy Historical and Cultural Cities Dialogue were held in ...

UNITED NATIONS, April 17 (Xinhua) -- UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher on Friday warned of famine in South Sudan.

DUSHANBE, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Tajikistan's State Committee for National Security said Friday that it had foiled an attempt to smuggle a large consignment of narcotics across the state border, killing ...