A top Iraqi lawmaker says negotiations are underway between Baghdad and Moscow over the purchase of Russian-built S-300 missile air defense systems.

China says it opposes the articles of the US defense draft bill for 2020 that target Chinese firms.

In a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, South Korean President Moon has expressed concern over stalled denuclearization talks on the Korean Peninsula.

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations says US sanctions against his country are aimed at collectively punishing ordinary Iranians.

Visiting Seoul, the US representative for North Korea urges Pyongyang to return to the negotiating table, while rejecting Kim’s deadline for Washington to stop hostilities and work to revive the stalled talks.

At least one person is dead and about 100 others injured in bomb blasts and ensuing clashes after an attack on the United States' largest military base in Afghanistan.

South Korea and the United States have once again failed to achieve tangible results in the latest round of military cost-sharing talks.

President Rouhani says Iran has been left with no choice other than to resist the sanctions, but that the country has left an opening for negotiation.

North Korea has warned that Washington will be held responsible if diplomatic talks over the Korean Peninsula fail.

North Korea rebuffs a recent offer by the United States to resume bilateral talks.