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Tehran says diplomacy continues but no deal yet with US

Tehran says diplomacy continues but no deal yet with US

Pakistan's army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir visited Tehran on Friday and held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on ongoing diplomatic efforts aimed at preventing further escalation and ending the conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel. According to Iranian state

IMF urges EU reform, joint debt

IMF urges EU reform, joint debt

European Union countries will face large bills for defence, energy and pensions ‌in the next 15 years, the International Monetary Fund told EU finance ministers on Saturday, suggesting a mix of reforms, consolidation and joint borrowing as a way to manage that. "If left unchecked, public debt

France readies UN resolution on Hormuz

France readies UN resolution on Hormuz

France has drafted a UN Security Council resolution on setting up ​an international mission to restore movement in the Strait of Hormuz and could ‌submit it if conditions are right, the foreign ministry said on Friday, as Washington struggles to bring to a vote a text Russia and China may say

Death toll jumps to 90 in China coal mine blast

Death toll jumps to 90 in China coal mine blast

The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal ​mine in northern China's Shanxi province has jumped to ‌90, state media CCTV reported on Saturday. The gas explosion occurred late on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, ​with 247 workers on duty underground, state media Xinhua ​

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