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Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi of Iran has urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to avoid politicizing its cooperation with the Islamic Republic.

Major General Hossein Salami, the chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), says the elite force is equipped with Artificial Intelligence technologies to better execute complex military operations.

Commander of Iran's elite military force the IRGC says it is planning to use artificial intelligence (AI) in its air defense and naval systems.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has firmly dismissed media speculations about diplomatic exchanges between Tehran and Washington, stating that "no specific messages" have been exchanged between the two sides.

Iran's foreign minister says Tehran has not received any messages from the new US administration regarding the sanctions removal talks.

A senior Iranian military commander says the Islamic Republic's "defensive diplomacy" has foiled the global arrogant powers' plots to isolate the country.

The government's case against the Chinese national nabbed for alleged espionage along with two Filipino accomplices is strong, a ranking National Security Council (NSC) official said Wednesday.

Keel Laying of the seventh ship (BY 529, Machilipatnam) of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) project was undertaken on 29 Jan 25 in the presence of RAdm Upal Kundu, Chief of Staff, Southern Naval Command

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed that his country's nuclear program will continue indefinitely.

North Korea's leader visited a nuclear-material production base and Nuclear Weapons Institute and warned that "confrontation with the most vicious hostile countries is inevitable," and his country must bolster its nuclear forces, the North's state media reported on Wednesday.

China and India should strive for mutual understanding, support and collaboration, rather than fostering suspicion, alienation and consuming each other, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday.

The cooperation between China and Guinea-Bissau "has existed for a very long time and remains strong," said Bissau-Guinean Minister of Social Communication Florentino Fernando Dias in an interview with Chinese media outlets.

Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs, Dominic LeBlanc, met virtually with Canada's premiers to discuss the Canada-U.S. relationship. As a follow-up to last week's call, the Prime Minister reiterated the importance of lifting barriers to trade between provinces and territories and looked forward to the outcomes of the urgent meeting of the Committee on Internal Trade in

The UN Group of Independent Experts on Belarus expresses profound concerns over the re-election of President Aleksandr Lukashenko and its likely impact on the already dire human rights situation in Belarus.

In a democratic society, elections must guarantee the free expression of will of all its members and plurality of views. Respect for the right to freedom of expression, assembly and association is critical to their democratic legitimacy.

A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Monday made remarks on incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko having won the presidential election in Belarus.

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Instances of kidnapping, robbery and murder have grown significantly in cities controlled by Myanmar's ruling junta, residents said Wednesday, due to what they claim is lax enforcement by police.

Four years after the military coup which plunged Myanmar into turmoil, the country is facing an unprecedented "polycrisis," marked by economic collapse, intensifying conflict, complex climate hazards and deepening poverty, according to a new report by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).