The Iranian ambassador to Beirut visited on Tuesday Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, voicing Tehran’s support to the process of forming the new Lebanese government. After the meeting, Mohammad-Jalal Firouznia said: “It was a very good opportunity that brought us together with Premier Hariri. We talked about the bilateral relations ...
Russia on Tuesday blamed Washington for the looming collapse of a key arms control deal after fresh talks to save the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty led nowhere. “Responsibility for this fully and completely rests with the American side,” state news agency RIA Novosti quoted Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov ...