There are "indirect indications" that NATO is moving closer to re-deploying intermediate-range nuclear forces, the Russian official said.

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has warned of a potential face-off if the US and NATO fail to give Moscow security guarantees regarding its eastern expansion.

Suicide rates in the US are among the highest in the world, having increased by one third since 1999, becoming the 10th leading cause of death in “the land of the brave and the free”.

The sanctions have less to do with human rights situation in the South Asian country and more to do with the changing regional dynamics and China’s growing influence in the Indian Ocean, believe experts.

India's external affairs minister S Jaishankar says Iran’s Chabahar port has emerged as a commercial transit hub for the region.

Thousands of protesters take part in the rally in Istanbul, Turkey's most populous city as well as its cultural and financial hub, to protest government's failed economic policies amid rising inflation and depreciating currency.

Iraq's electricity ministry says the Arab country still needs to import natural gas from Iran because its plan to locally provide fuel for its power plants has not been completed yet.

Libya's interim government declares its readiness to hold presidential election as planned on December 24 despite uncertainties that the key vote will go ahead on time.

The development comes on the heels of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s warning over a “tidal wave” of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, which he said cannot be contained by two vaccine doses.

More than two-thirds of Americans say they disapprove of how US President Joe Biden is handling inflation.