Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian’s trip to Mali has ended and he is now in Tanzania as part of his tour to the black continent.

Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada Sadr has called on his supporters to continue a sit-in inside the parliament until his demands are met, days after they breached Baghdad's heavily fortified "green zone" and occupied the country's legislature.

Venezuela has rejected calls for dialog with the US-backed opposition as hypocritical as long as Washington maintains pressure on Caracas, including in the form of foreign asset freezes.

The United States’ departure from the 2015 deal has taken away the only reason that used to justify Iran’s negotiation with Washington.

Iran says a long-anticipated free deal with Pakistan is expected to come into effect in three months.

Senior negotiators from the Afghan government and the Taliban meet for fresh peace talks in the Qatari capital of Doha as Taliban insurgents escalated attacks on cities and villages and took over a vast swath of territory.

The US special envoy has said that he would meet with North Korean representatives “anytime, anywhere and without preconditions,” but has apparently failed to offer anything that would ease the current standoff.