US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called off a planned meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in a move that will further escalate the rising tensions over Ukraine and make an immediate diplomatic solution to the crisis become less likely.

The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force (IRIADF) expresses readiness to start training the Iraqi Army’s servicemen.

An advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution says a pending roadmap for strategic partnership between Iran and China is to help bypass illegal and unilateral US sanctions.