*In a recent round of peace talks, Iran has reportedly asked Saudi Arabia to help sell its oil and get rid of the US sanctions in exchange for limiting Houthi attacks on the kingdom’s oil facilities, the Middle East Eye quoted Iraqi officials involved in the negotiations taking place in Baghdad, ...

From March 8 - 12, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov toured the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Qatar to discuss regional and international issues. The tour began with the UAE, where Lavrov met the Crown Prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan; the country's ...

Iran's Supreme Leader said Monday his country "will not back down" on its right to pursue its nuclear program and could enrich uranium up to 60% purity for civilian use. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was addressing a meeting of the Assembly of Experts, a powerful 88-member clerical body, in the Iranian ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara will continue talks with Moscow for the procurement of the second batch of advanced Russian-made S-400 air defense systems, and both sides would discuss details at the end of the current month. Erdogan told reporters on Friday that Turkey is ...

The United States warns India that it would not get a waiver on its planned acquisition of S-400 air defense systems from Russia, implying that New Delhi will face sanctions similar to those imposed on Turkey for buying the advanced equipment. In an exclusive interview with Reuters on Friday, ...

*PANAGYURISHTE, (BM)* – Islamabad is likely to buy Russian S-400 air defense systems already ordered in series production for India. Such an opinion is creeping into the Russian and Asian media in recent days. Journalist Andrei Belinov wrote link about this possibility in the Russian edition of ...

Turkey has reiterated that it will not reverse its purchase of Russian made S-400 missile defence systems and will take reciprocal steps despite the US sanctions. Talking to media in Ankara, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu termed the US sanctions illegal and an attack on the sovereignty ...

US sanctions against Turkey would not affect the latter’s existing defense commitments with Pakistan, the Head of Defence Industries Presidency (SSB), apex Turkish government agency that manages the country’s defense industry, Ismail Demir has said. Ismail Demir’s remarks come a day after ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed that US sanctions link imposed on Turkey over its purchase of Russian defence systems were an attack on Ankara’s sovereign rights aimed at deterring its defence industry. Erdogan says that problems stemming from the sanctions would be ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the imposition of sanctions on Turkey by the United States. In a statement on Wednesday, Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said Pakistan remains opposed to imposition of unilateral coercive measures against any country ...