Russia censures as “a provocation” a contentious visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the Israeli-occupied side of Syria’s Golan Heights.

Russia criticizes German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s recent move to visit Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny at the hospital where he was being treated.

China condemns a recent senior US official's visit to Taiwan as a “political provocation."

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is to host his Swiss counterpart next Monday, during a two-day visit by the latter.

A businessman says Swiss foreign minister is due in Tehran to discuss an expansion on SHTA.

China warns the United States against any official ties with Taiwan, as a high-level US official visits the self-ruled island.

The United States says Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar will travel to Taiwan in the coming days, marking the highest-level visit to the self-ruled island in decades, amid escalatory posturing toward China.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pays a flying visit to Hagia Sofia in Istanbul after ordering its reconversion into a mosque.

China says the United States holds the key to breaking the stalemate in negotiations with North Korea, amid renewed tensions on the Korean Peninsula due to stalled demilitarization talks.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underscores the need for complete implementation of the memoranda of understanding that were signed during President Hassan Rouhani’s historic visit to Iraq last year.