German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to the United States to meet with President Donald Trump in the coming weeks, the White House says.
The Cannes film festival will open next month with Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's new film Everybody Knows.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said it would be an "unforgivable mistake" to negotiate with Israel, days after Saudi Arabia's crown prince for the first time said Israelis are entitled to live peacefully on their own land.
The 39-year-old woman of Iranian descent who police say opened fire at YouTube’s California headquarters was an animal rights defender and vegan vlogger who was apparently upset with the video-sharing website for demonetizing her videos.
The presidents of Iran, Turkey, and Russia have expressed determination to "speed up their efforts to ensure calm on the ground" in Syria, saying after a summit in Ankara on April 4 that they are committed to achieving a "lasting cease-fire."
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rohani in Ankara on April 4 for talks on Syria's future and ways to bolster their countries' influence in the war-ravaged country. (Reuters)
It's a meeting to chart a future for Syria, featuring the major players involved in the country's brutal seven years of war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, have agreed to speed up the delivery of S-400 air-defense missile systems to Ankara, a purchase that has raised concern among Turkey's NATO partners.
Eight people have been injured by the explosion of a pressurized canister at a Burger King restaurant in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, police said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to make a two-day visit to Turkey this week for talks with his Turkish and Iranian counterparts.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Hassan Rohani, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet on April 4 in Ankara in a summit of the three countries sponsoring a series of Syrian peace talks.
Iran's president just made a two-day visit to Turkmenistan. Hassan Rohani's trip came as the two countries are experiencing a low point in their relationship. But any expectations Hassan Rohani's meetings would lead to a rapprochement seem premature, as there appeared to be little to show for the trip. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
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