Iran's President Hassan Rouhani left Turkmenistan for Azerbaijan on Wednesday to talk with the Azeri high-ranking officials.

Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Nasser Khan Janjua says Iran and Pakistan jointly can connect Asia with other regions and the world which is where the vision of their relationship resides.

China will soon announce a list of retaliatory tariffs on United States exports to China to counter an expected announcement from the United States of proposed new tariffs on Chinese imports, the Global Times said Wednesday.

The first phase of railway project connecting Iran's Astara to Azerbaijan's Astara and its terminal was inaugurated on Tuesday in the presence of senior officials of both countries.

Iran and Azerbaijan have discussed the terms of a draft agreement on cooperation in developing some oil blocks located in the Caspian Sea, a senior official told Trend.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Ashgabat Tuesday to open a new chapter in Iran-Turkmenistan ties especially in the economic field.

Uzbekistan threw open its doors Tuesday for a multilateral meeting on Afghanistan aiming to lay the ground for direct talks between Kabul and the Taliban.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani who is on his way to Turkmenistan and Republic of Azerbaijan, said one of his visits' goals is enhancing relations between Iran and the two neighboring countries.

Japan’s first lady, Akie Abe, once known mainly for embracing progressive causes that put her at odds with her conservative spouse, is now in the hot seat as doubts revive about a murky land sale to a nationalist school to which she had ties. The daughter of a confectionary magnate, Abe has tried to carve out a U.S.-style public “first lady” role in a land where political wives typically stay in the shadows. But that approach comes with risks, acquaintances and experts say.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani left Tehran for Ashgabat on Tuesday morning upon official invitations from his Turkmen counterpart.