China's state media said on Saturday the government's retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion of US goods showed rational restraint and accused the United States of blackmail.

A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to restart a program that protects young undocumented immigrants from deportation, the second ruling blocking the administration from ending the DACA program.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Russia, China and other countries on Saturday against any violation of international sanctions on North Korea that could reduce pressure on the North to abandon its nuclear weapons.

India said on Saturday that delayed higher tariffs against some goods imported from the United States will go into force on September 18.

Russia is allowing thousands of fresh North Korean laborers into the country and granting new work permits in potential violation of UN sanctions.

The British Navy’s amphibious assault carrier HMS Albion arrived in Tokyo on Friday extending Britain’s naval presence in waters around Japan to four months.

The US has been unable to persuade China to cut Iranian oil imports, according to two officials familiar with the negotiations, dealing a blow to US President Donald Trump’s efforts to isolate the Islamic Republic after his withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear accord.

Pakistan's former ambassador to India and senior analyst strongly believes that if the US wants to improve its ties with Iran it should first join the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as a confidence building measure.

Iranian foreign minister on Friday conferred with the Singapore president and foreign minister on bilateral and regional issues.

Head of the Center for Refugee Reception, Distribution and Accommodation Major General Alexei Tsygankov stated that more than 4,100 refugees have returned to Syria from Lebanon since July 18, most of them crossing through Zemrani border crossing point.