Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 0018 GMT, on June 19, 2022.

Iran and Kazakhstan launch a rail transit corridor that will handle nearly 5 million mt of cargo per year.

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has paid a visit to Iran to cement ties with the Islamic Republic.

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the West is using the issue of Ukraine to further expand the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says the presence of foreigners will fail to bring security to the West Asia region.

Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, at the head of a high-ranking delegation, has arrived in the Iranian capital of Tehran to hold talks with his counterpart on the expansion of bilateral ties.

Iran's Peykan has reached the Asian Club Volleyball Championship final after beating Taraz VC of Kazakhstan 3-1. 

US President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday, slapping an immediate ban on Russian oil and other energy imports over Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine.

Journalist and geopolitical analyst Leonid Savin says foreign interference was behind the violent unrest in Kazakhstan, which left at least 225 people dead across the Central Asian country.

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