TEHRAN, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Iran plans to establish a "defense council" as part of the country's new governance arrangement, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Friday.

BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) -- A State Council executive meeting on Thursday called for consolidating and boosting the momentum of economic recovery in the second half of the year.

UNITED NATIONS, July 29 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday adopted a resolution to extend for a year, until July 31, 2026, the sanctions against armed groups operating in the ...

Moscow, July 16 (UNI) Russian Security Council Secretary, Sergey Shoigu, has called NATO one of Moscow’s biggest ‘national security’ threats, citing the international alliance’s decision to increase i ...