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An Iranian parliamentary delegation is on a visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan to take part in the 14th Plenary Session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA). The Iranian delegation is led by Jalil Rahimi, the member of a parliamentary group that represents Iran in APA, and also includes Abolfazl Amouei, the spokesperson for the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission. The 14th Plenary meeting kicked off in Baku on February 20 and will run until Saturday. Parliamentary delegations from around 40 countries, including 10 speakers, have taken part in the session to discuss plans to strengthen regional…

Russian Foreign Minister is expected to meet with Brazil’s President Lula da Silva in Brasilia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia to meet with the country’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a TASS correspondent reported. Earlier, the top Russian diplomat took part in a G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Rio de Janeiro. source: TASS

Two Hezbollah fighters were killed in an Israeli drone strike on a residential building in south Lebanon on Thursday, a security source said, with the Iran-backed group later announcing retaliatory rocket fire.Hezbollah and its arch-foe Israel have been exchanging near-daily fire across the border since the Israel-Hamas war broke out on October 7.An Israeli drone shot two guided missiles at the building in Kfar Rumman, near the southern city of Nabatiyeh in Lebanon, the security source said, declining to be identified as they were not authorized to brief the media.Kfar Rumman lies around 12 kilometers (seven miles) from the Israeli…

Russian Foreign Minister said that “we will do our best to promote strengthening this structure’s potency and its ties with the Group of Twenty G20” Russia’s BRICS presidency will promote the association’s closer ties with the Group of Twenty, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. “This year, Russia is holding BRICS presidency. This format has been supplemented by a number of new members. We will do our best to promote strengthening this structure’s potency and its ties with the Group of Twenty,” he said during the G20 ministerial meeting. In this context, Russia “hails its Brazilian friends’ initiative to invite…

The US-China tensions escalate as a delegation from the House of Representatives committee, led by Chairman Mike Gallagher, visits Taiwan. China criticized a visit by a US delegation to Taiwan as “interference”, following the arrival of the House of Representatives committee chairman on China and four other lawmakers in the self-ruled island. “China always resolutely opposes any form of official exchange between the United States and Taiwan authorities, and resolutely opposes the United States’ interference in Taiwan affairs in any way or under any pretext,” Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said during a regular press conference. “We urge the United States to recognize the…

A Palestinian citizen was killed and four others were injured tonight in an Israeli airstrike targeting a civilian vehicle in the Jenin refugee camp, north of the occupied West Bank, according to medical reports. Dr. Wisam Bakr, the director of the Jenin Governmental Hospital, told WAFA that one fatality and four individuals injured, including one in critical condition, arrived at the hospital due to the bombing of the vehicle by the Israeli occupation forces. source: WAFA

Earlier, while discussing the situation in international politics, Biden made an insulting remark about the Russian president, saying that, because of him, Washington must constantly worry about a nuclear conflict US President Joe Biden’s insulting, expletive-laden remarks about Russian President Vladimir Putin only bring shame upon the United States itself, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Earlier, while discussing the situation in international politics, Biden made an insulting remark about the Russian president, saying that, because of him, Washington must constantly worry about a nuclear conflict. “Such boorish statements from the mouth of a US leader are hardly capable of hurting…

Hakan Fidan, Sergey Lavrov meet on sidelines of G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Thursday met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Brazil to discuss bilateral ties and regional issues, including the war in Ukraine. On the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Fidan told Lavrov that Türkiye hopes for a diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian war with the participation of all parties. Fidan also said Türkiye supports all initiatives aimed at preserving regional stability and prosperity, according to the Turkish diplomatic sources. During the…

A senior Hamas official says the Operation al-Aqsa Storm launched by Gaza-based resistance groups against Israel has stopped the US plan to shape the region and its future. Osama Hamdan, who is Hamas representative in Lebanon and also a member of the group’s politburo, made the remarks during an interview with Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television network on Wednesday. “The American administration has never been a mediator or neutral, but has always been a partner of Israel, and one of the most important outcomes of the al-Aqsa flood (operation) is that it stopped the US administration’s plans to shape the region and its future according to the…

Anatoly Antonov stressed that “Washington and its satellites should be concerned about providing effective assistance to partners” The administration of US President Joe Biden is engaged in dragging neutral states of the Global South into the Ukrainian conflict, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov told reporters. “Instead of adding ‘fuel to the fire’ of the Ukrainian conflict and dragging neutral states of the Global South into it, Washington and its satellites should be concerned about providing effective assistance to partners. These are the types of topics that should be discussed at the OAS (Organization of American States – TASS),”…