The Chinese foreign ministry held the inaugural ceremony for the Outstanding Diplomat Medal in Beijing on Monday, honoring foreign diplomatic envoys in China who have made important contributions to promoting friendly relations between China and other countries.
The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has called for strengthening the first-line units in the southern border and turning the border line into an "impregnable fortress," the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Monday.
Iran's Interior Ministry spokesperson Ali Zeinivand said on Saturday that the country has no concerns about supplying essential goods, emphasizing that Iran cannot be blockaded.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday warned that "the clock is ticking" for Iran, threatening again that the country would be left with nothing if its leadership failed to act quickly.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief expressed "grave concern" over the Sunday drone strike which caused a fire near the Barakah nuclear plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), calling for maximum restraint to avoid a nuclear accident.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday discussed the possibility of renewing fighting against Iran over phone, Israel's state-owned Kan TV news reported.
Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Sunday the United States has put forward "maximalist" conditions in response to Tehran's latest peace proposal, refusing to offer any "tangible" concession.
Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni met with his Pakistani counterpart Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday to discuss security, trade and regional peace efforts, according to IRNA.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin each sent congratulatory letters on Sunday to the tenth China-Russia Expo, which opened in Harbin, capital city of Heilongjiang Province in northeast China.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday held a telephone conversation with United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to discuss the crisis situation in the Middle East and around Iran.
The final of the 25th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students in Egypt was held in Cairo, Egypt, on May 15, with the attendance of 14 students majoring in Chinese.
Iran will soon unveil a "professional mechanism" to manage traffic in the Strait of Hormuz along a designated route, a senior Iranian lawmaker said Saturday, without specifying the exact timing of the disclosure.
Kazakhstan on Saturday officially launched the Astana light rail transit (LRT) system, with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attending the inauguration ceremony in the Kazakh capital.
At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a state visit to China from May 19 to 20, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Saturday.
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 45-day extension of their ceasefire that took effect last month, a spokesperson for the U.S. State Department said Friday.
UN relief agencies on Friday called for an urgent scale-up of life-saving assistance to stave off a rapidly intensifying, critical food insecurity emergency in Somalia.