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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia, India and China make a substantial contribution to forming indivisible security architecture on the continent, APA reports citing TASS. He was speaking at a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held on the sidelines of the G20 summit. “Russia, India …

The surface area of the Urmia Lake in north-west Iran has increased by 829 square kilometers, Agil Agdasi, an official with Reagional Water Company of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, told IRNA, Trend reports. He noted that the lake’s water surface has reached 3,231 square kilometers. Currently, water volume of the lake is …

Iran has no plans to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries despite being treated like an enemy by some fellow members, Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said in an interview published on Saturday, APA reports citing Reuters. “Iran has no plans to leave OPEC…and regrets that some members of OPEC have …

Celebrations of Turkey’s 41st Children’s Day began on Sunday in the Black Sea province of Samsun with the participation of children from 40 countries, Anadolu Agency reports. The children will stay in Samsun to take part in activities including folk dancing through April 20, when they will proceed to the …

The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games intends to impose a total smoking ban at Games venues in 2020, including the entirety of both indoor and outdoor areas of each site, according to The Japan News. According to sources, it would be the first time for such …

Saudi Arabia appointed its first female ambassador early Sunday to serve as its top diplomat in the United States. Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud replaces Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud, a son of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia. Princess …

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold its first festival next week. The event will run from February 5-9 in Egypt, under the theme “One Nation, A Diversity of Cultures, Palestine in the Heart,” the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Thursday, according to Arab News. The festival’s opening …

China launched two satellites for Saudi Arabia on a Long March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:12 p.m. Friday, Xinhua reported. Each weighing 425 kg, the two low orbit remote sensing satellites developed by Saudi Arabia have a design life of five years. They …

Salome Zurabishvili has won the runoff presidential election in Georgia with 59.52% of votes, while Grigol Vashadze secured 40.48% of votes, the Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) reported on Thursday, according to TASS.According to the CEC, after counting votes from all 3,705 voting stations, 1,147,627 voters (59.52% of votes) supported …

Uzbekistan and the UN will hold a conference in Tashkent, titled “Central Asia – New Opportunities and Prospects for Regional Cooperation”, in February 2019, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Dilshod Akhatov said Oct. 29. On Oct. 29, the first meeting of the Central Asian Expert Forum opened in …