Here are Press TV's latest top stories, 0200 GMT on August 24, 2022.

The United States has earned the dubious distinction of being the first country in the world to surpass one million COVID-19 deaths, more than two years after the country confirmed its first cases of viral infection.

Iran and Pakistan are moving towards bolstering their bilateral trade ties and the removal of US sanctions based hurdles which stand in the way via the multiple trade agreements penned.

As the world slowly recovers from the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, just before winter sets in, demand for fuel is surging and so are the prices of oil and its byproducts.

The hearings in Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s extradition case conclude in a Canadian court after nearly 1,000 days of legal conflict.

The US government statistics and court documents show the US has sold about 2 million barrels of Iranian crude, after seizing an oil tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates.

Despite having previously agreed to lift the nuclear sanctions on Iran it reneged by imposing further sanctions, under the guise of alleged support for terrorism, barring American citizens and companies from investment or trade with Tehran.

The latest round of talks on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA, ended with no tangible result in Vienna.

The current, outgoing, US administration has ignored its commitment to international law but with a new US president waiting in the wings, to take over from outgoing President Trump, the country may return to honoring deals it’s made.

The projected winner of the 2020 disputed US election, Joe Biden, says he remains committed to the principles of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.