Here are Press TV's top latest news stories at 16:00 GMT, May 24, 2023.

China’s envoy to Korean peninsula says the US is manipulating local tensions to prop up an anti-Beijing alliance in the region.

China launches a three-day military exercise around Taiwan in what it described as a "stern warning" to the self-ruled island.

China has deployed warships and aircraft near Taiwan for a second day, Taiwanese officials said on Friday, as tensions mount between Beijing and the self-ruled island over a meeting between President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Asia is poised to turn into the hub for the global economy and Iran will be playing an important part in that hub, says Iran’s deputy foreign minister for economic affairs Mehdi Safaree.

A new global economic order is rapidly taking shape, centered in Asia.

Foreign minister says Iran attaches great significance to further expansion of its economic cooperation with Asian partners.

Chinese President Xi Jinping says Beijing firmly supports Palestinian people's just cause of restoring their legitimate national rights.

A roadside bomb kills at least seven petroleum company employees aboard a bus in Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh.

Thai riot police on Friday fired rubber bullets and tear gas to foil a protest rally against the country's hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok.