Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey is open to “constructive” dialog with Greece in a dispute over energy exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

An energy expert says Israelis are benefitting from US sanctions to delay payments to Iran over an oil dispute .

Turkey accuses Greece of shunning dialog and lying after Athens denied it had agreed to NATO-brokered talks aimed at de-escalating tensions in disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean.

India’s Ministry of Home Affairs reportedly orders the immediate withdrawal of at least 10,000 paramilitary forces from the disputed Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir.

Turkey has urged France to refrain from escalating tensions in the eastern Mediterranean following the country’s plan to increase its military presence in the disputed area.

China says it has the right to conduct law enforcement activities in the Diaoyu Islands, which Japan disputes.

Mali's opposition rejects concessions by president aimed at resolving an escalating political crisis that has sparked deadly protests.

China says its relations with the United states are facing the most serious challenge since their establishment, urging the two countries to send out more “positive energy.”

The EU foreign policy chief says he received a letter from Iran that demands triggering the dispute resolution mechanism of the 2015 nuclear deal over the failure of the three European signatories to the accord to honor their commitments.

The Lebanese president warns Israel against its “extremely dangerous” bid to explore oil and gas on Lebanon’s maritime border.