Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the US was "militarizing" Southeast Asia in a bid to contain Moscow's and Beijing’s interests.

US president conditions meeting his Russian counterpart at the upcoming G20 summit on not discussing Ukraine.

Britain says Russian President Vladimir Putin has “no moral right” to attend the Group of 20 leaders’ summit in Indonesia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are planning to attend the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Bali in November this year, according to Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

Germany’ Social Democratic Party (SPD) is set to expel former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder from the party over the conflict in Ukraine and his alleged ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the direction of US-China relations is in danger of being further led “astray.”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov slams Western leaders after they criticized Moscow harshly.

Here is the latest top stories from Press TV on October 2, 2021.

A two-day meeting of the G20 Leaders of the world's twenty major economies wrapped up in the Italian capital on Sunday. A final communique issued at the end of the summit contains a weak compromise commitment on climate change and COVID 19 vaccine sharing which has drawn wide criticism from some politicians, activists and public.

Several hundred protesters marched through Brussels towards the European Parliament, calling for decisive action on climate change from world leaders as they prepare to gather in Scotland for the COP26.