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Climate protests across globe call for UN summit action

Thousands of people across the world joined rallies demanding more action on climate change on Friday, aiming to force political leaders to come up with urgent solutions at a United Nations conference next week.

In bid to repair ties, Japan and South Korea agree to summit next month

Japan and South Korea agreed on Saturday to hold formal talks next month, taking a step toward improving relations strained by decades of bitterness over their wartime past and now exacerbated by a simmering trade dispute.

President Rouhani due in Azerbaijan for NAM Summit

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani plans to visit neighboring Azerbaijan to attend a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) due to be held in the Azeri capital city later this week, according to IRNA.

Zarif’s visit to G7 summit town a ‘political victory’ for Iran: MP

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Turkey-Russia-Iran summit on Syria to be held in August

Turkey will host a trilateral summit with the participation of Russia and Iran in August to discuss situation in Syria, Turkey’s presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said.

G20 summit lays bare growing climate change division

Four years after the landmark Paris deal, international consensus on strong action to tackle climate change risks crumbling, with the issue among the biggest sticking points at this week's G20 summit.

Japan, a big plastic user, fights waste ahead of the G20 summit

Japan has a plastic problem. In a country where cleanliness and neat packaging have long been considered good service, almost everything, from single bananas to individual pieces of vegetables, pastries, pens and cosmetics is sold plastic-wrapped.

North Korea's Kim to Putin: US acting in 'bad faith'

Kim Jong-un has accused the US of acting in "bad faith" in talks on its nuclear arsenal, North Korean state media said Friday as he left Russia following his first summit with President Vladimir Putin.

North Korean leader says open to third Trump summit with conditions

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said he is open to a third summit with US President Donald Trump, but set the year's end as a deadline for Washington to offer mutually acceptable terms for an agreement to salvage the high-stakes nuclear diplomacy, the North's state-run media said Saturday.

Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan to hold trilateral summit in August

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said the presidents of his country, Iran, and Russia plan to hold another round of talks in Russia in August.

North Korea, US meeting breaks up without a joint statement

The second meeting between North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump broke up in disarray in Vietnam’s capital on Thursday, without even a joint statement.

Israel summit cancelled over Netanyahu’s Poland remarks

A planned summit between a group of four Central European countries, known as the Visegrad Four (V4), and Israel has been cancelled after Poland pulled out over a Holocaust row with the Tel Aviv regime.

Polish deputy FM meets Iranian officials over dispute on anti-Iran summit

Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Maciej Lang held a meeting with his Iranian counterpart after Tehran denounced a decision by the European country to host an anti-Iran summit organized by the United States, according to IRNA.

North Korea's Kim visits China ahead of expected Trump summit

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived Tuesday on an unannounced visit to Beijing for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as preparations ramp up for an expected second summit with US President Donald Trump.

Moscow: Syria summit to be held in Russia in 2019

The leaders of the Astana trio (Russia, Turkey and Iran) will meet in Russia at the beginning of 2019, Russian Special Presidential Envoy for the Middle East and Africa and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told reporters on Friday.