Chinese President Xi Jinping's June 2026 visit to North Korea was far more than a symbolic diplomatic event.

Gunmen have abducted 39 people in northwest Nigeria who were meeting with the family of a bandit leader, the police said Monday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in Pyongyang in June 2026 for a summit that marked Xi's first visit to North Korea in seven years.

For Chinese leader Xi Jinping, North Korea is the neighbour China can neither control nor afford to lose.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that India’s cooperation with the United States does not create obstacles to the development of Russia-India relations. According to him, Moscow regards New Delhi as a reliable partner and intends to continue expanding bilateral cooperation.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 2,000 convicts ahead of Eid al-Ghadir, one of the most important holidays in the Islamic calendar, the judiciary has announced.

 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would be open to meeting with Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei if the two sides reach a peace deal.

A military court in Guinea-Bissau has ordered opposition leader Domingos Simões Pereira to remain under house arrest after he was questioned again over allegations that he was involved in attempts to overthrow the country's military government.

Sudanese security agents arrested the leader of the opposition Communist Party on Wednesday after it organised a protest in the capital Khartoum against rising bread prices, its spokesman said.

Funeral ceremonies for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was reportedly killed in a U.S.-Israeli strike on February 28, are set to take place in Tehran, Qom, and Mashhad, according to a senior municipal official.