Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ceyhun Bayramov, discussed "problems and misunderstandings" between the two countries in two phone calls, Iranian state media reported on April 8.
Saudi officials have arrived in Iran to discuss procedures for reopening Riyadh's embassy in Tehran and consulate in Mashhad after China brokered a deal to restore relations between the two regional powers, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said on April 8.
Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on April 8 that he had canceled his trip to Washington for the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on the orders of the prime minister due to the political situation in the country.
In a further attempt to rein in increasing numbers of women defying the compulsory dress code, Iranian authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalize unveiled women.
Fast-tracking Moldova's accession to the European Union could be possible, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on April 6, as Chisinau seeks to join the bloc amid fears it could be drawn into the conflict in neighboring Ukraine.
A state actor's involvement in the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream pipelines under the Baltic Sea last year is the "absolute main scenario," although confirming identity will prove difficult, the Swedish prosecutor investigating the attack said on April 6.
Bilateral relations between Sweden and Hungary are at a low point, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, told a media briefing on April 6, calling on Stockholm to take steps to boost confidence.
The U.S. State Department has blocked four Georgian judicial officials from entering the country due to their involvement in "significant corruption," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, told a UN Security Council meeting on April 5 that Moscow is coordinating with international organizations to return Ukrainian children to their families.
Russia's announcement that it will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus shows that a Russia-China joint statement days earlier amounted to "empty promises," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said.
French President Emmanuel Macron told China's President Xi Jinping on April 6 that he knows he can count on China to reason with Russia and bring everyone back to the negotiating table.
Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska was cleared of contempt of court by London’s High Court in a long-running legal battle with his former business partner.
The United Nations Human Rights Council overwhelmingly voted in favor on April 4 of extending and expanding the mandate of an investigative body probing possible war crimes committed since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
A Ukrainian soldier has pleaded "partly guilty" at Russia's first trial for war crimes in connection with its military campaign in Ukraine.
Finland formally joined the NATO military alliance on April 4 in a historic policy shift brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, drawing a threat from Moscow of "countermeasures."
A Russian businessman who fled house arrest in Italy, where he was facing extradition to the United States, has told the Russian state-run RIA Novosti news agency he is back in Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has given his consent to transfer 94.8 billion rubles ($1.21 billion) to Shell for its stake in the Far East Sakhalin-2 gas project.
Pakistan's Supreme Court said on April 4 that a decision to delay snap polls in two provinces was "illegal" and ordered that the elections be held between April 30 and May 15.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Ukraine on April 3 to underscore his support for Kyiv and said he would work toward Washington supplying F-16 fighter jets and long-range missiles for the country's war against Russia.
Azerbaijan has arrested four people in connection with the attempted assassination of a member of parliament who was shot and wounded last week, an Interior Ministry spokesman said on April 3.
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