New York, US. 24 April 2019 (AlJazeera) Iran will continue to find international buyers for its oil and use the Strait of Hormuz to transport it, the country's foreign minister said, warning that if the United States tries to stop Tehran it should "be prepared for the consequences". Speaking in New York City on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif cautioned...

Beijing, 24 April 2019 (Xinhua)   The second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation is to be held on April 25-27  at Yanqi Lake International Convention & Exhibition Center in Beijing,  Xi Jinping, Chinese President  will inaugurate the meeting on Apr.26 with a speech, which will be followed by a round table with the...

Bejing, 24 April 2019 (Xinhua) The Belt and Road Studies Network (BRSN), co-initiated by Xinhua Institute and 15 other think tanks, was inaugurated in Beijing Wednesday. The BRSN is an open mechanism of academic exchanges and cooperation, which is established to serve international think tanks, international and regional organizations and researchers of various countries, and...

Colombo, 22 April 2019 (news.Ik) The Government Analyst’s Department has confirmed that the attack on the three churches and the hotels in Colombo had been carried out by suicide bombers.A total of eight explosions occurred across the country since morning of Sunday, in which 207 were killed and over 450 sustained injuries. Explosions were reported...

Tehran, 22 April 2019 (IRNA) Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran said on Monday that no third country can affect 'brotherly and friendly relations' between Tehran and Islamabad. 'Iran and Pakistan are fully determined to develop bilateral relations,' he added. Imran Khan arrived in the Iranian capital Tehran on Monday morning on the last day of his...

Doha, 22 April 2019 Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary General, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) visited Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) to witness the sporting organisation’s renowned global facilities and get a closer look at the vital role its member organizations - Aspire Academy, Aspetar, and Aspire Logistics – play in supporting the sports sector and professional athletes in...

Doha, 22 April 2019 Qatar Petroleum today issued an ‘invitation to tender’ for the reservation of ship construction capacity required for the LNG carrier fleet for its North Field Expansion (NFE) Project, which will increase Qatar’s LNG production capacity from 77 million tons per annum (mta) to 110 mta starting in 2024. In addition to...

Doha, 21 April 2019 Qatar Petroleum, for and on behalf of Qatar Petroleum for the Sale of Petroleum Products Company (QPSPP), has concluded a 10-year sales agreement to supply Thailand’s SCG Chemicals with a total of 3 million metric tons of Light Naphtha starting from April 2019. This long-term supply agreement is the first QPSPP...

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday said that Pakistan expected both Iran and Afghanistan to take action against the terrorist groups behind the Ormara Massacre. While addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Qureshi said that the whole country was "angry and upset" over the incident and wanted to know why this incident had taken...

Seoul, 20 April 2019 (Yonhap) North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui, one of the country's top nuclear negotiators with Washington, on Saturday condemned U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton for his comments in a recent interview, Pyongyang's state media reported. In an interview with Bloomberg News on Wednesday (local time), Bolton said that...