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Iranian officials welcomed the reestablishment of relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia after seven years of diplomatic estrangement. Official Iranian media reported on Friday that the agreement between the two countries came after talks that began on Monday in Beijing at the initiative of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan welcomed on Saturday an agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran to restore diplomatic relations as an "important step towards stability and prosperity" in the region. Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed on Friday to reestablish relations. The deal was reached at an…

China brokering a deal between longtime Gulf rivals is ‘a broader sign of a changing global order’, analysts say.

Analysts said the China-sponsored agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran to restore relations must lead to stability, cooperation and peace in the region. The agreement, however, demands a different type of Iranian commitment, they told Asharq Al-Awsat. China’s role of guarantor will be fundamental in determining how serious Iran will…

China supremo Xi Jinping has further cemented his grip on power with the elevation of close ally Li Qiang as the next premier

China on Saturday named Li Qiang, a close confidant of top leader Xi Jinping, as the country’s next premier nominally in charge of the world’s second-largest economy now facing some of its worst prospects in years. Li was nominated by Xi and appointed to the position at Saturday morning’s session…

The organisers of a yearly vigil to mark China’s brutal 1989 crackdown were sentenced to four and a half months in jail.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies. "Good neighborly relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia are essential for the stability of the Gulf region," UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on Friday. "The Secretary-General reiterates…

Prosecutors said Chow Hang-Tung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong were under foreign influence but refused to say who it was

Li Qiang, a close confidant of top leader Xi Jinping, will nominally be in charge of the world's second-largest economy now facing some of its worst prospects in years.

Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigil in remembrance of victims of China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests have been jailed for four and a half months for failing to provide authorities with information on the group in accordance with a national security law