![South Korea, China, Japan to Hold First Summit in 4 Years on May 26-27](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/03/03/140303031049591330132112.jpg)
![South Korea, China, Japan to Hold First Summit in 4 Years on May 26-27](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/03/03/140303031049591330132112.jpg)
![Beijing Launches ‘Punishment’ Drills around Taiwan](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/03/03/1403030310434093430131932.jpg)
Beijing Launches ‘Punishment’ Drills around Taiwan
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has kicked off a series of joint exercises around Taiwan designed to serve as a “punishment” and “warning” to separatist forces seeking independence of the island, it announced in a press release on Thursday.
![Ukraine Wants to Provoke NATO into Clash with Russia: Envoy](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1400/09/27/1400092713492814024296952.jpg)
Ukraine Wants to Provoke NATO into Clash with Russia: Envoy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Kiev government is taking provocative actions aimed at embroiling the United States and other NATO members into a head-on collision with Russia, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said.
![Polish Ex-PM's Role in Pandemic Election May Be Crime, Lawmaker Says](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/04/11/1402041110062389127871022.jpg)
Polish Ex-PM's Role in Pandemic Election May Be Crime, Lawmaker Says
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A Polish parliamentary commission will inform prosecutors that the former prime minister's role in an abortive plan to organize elections by postal vote during the COVID pandemic may constitute a crime, its deputy chairman said on Thursday.
![Putin, King of Bahrain to Hold Talks in Two Sessions: Kremlin](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/03/03/140303031442269230136692.jpg)
Putin, King of Bahrain to Hold Talks in Two Sessions: Kremlin
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russian President Vladimir Putin's talks with Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa will be held today in the Kremlin first with their inner circles and then over an official breakfast, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
![Nine Dead after Political Rally Disaster in Mexico](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/10/18/1398101809560920919355332.jpg)
Nine Dead after Political Rally Disaster in Mexico
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Nine people have been killed and at least 50 injured after part of a stage collapsed at a political rally in Mexico on Wednesday, according to authorities.
![China Rejects US Sanctions for Ties with Russia: Envoy](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/03/02/1403030209595732030119182.jpg)
China Rejects US Sanctions for Ties with Russia: Envoy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Economic ties between China and Russia are consistent with principles of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in the US Liu Pengyu said, adding that Beijing rejects Washington’s unilateral sanctions.
![Democratic US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Bar Foreign Payments to President](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/07/05/1402070509230359028430292.jpg)
Democratic US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Bar Foreign Payments to President
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Democratic US lawmakers introduced legislation that would bar the US president and other top officials from accepting payments from foreign governments while in office, a measure clearly aimed at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
![80,000 Illegal Migrants Voluntarily Deported from Libya since 2015: IOM](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/03/02/1403030214445437630122382.jpg)
80,000 Illegal Migrants Voluntarily Deported from Libya since 2015: IOM
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said 80,000 illegal migrants have been voluntarily deported from Libya to their countries of origin since 2015 under IOM's Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) program.
![West Uneasy about Moscow’s Budding Relations with Beijing: Russian Diplomat](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/01/30/1403013010080394729839692.jpg)
West Uneasy about Moscow’s Budding Relations with Beijing: Russian Diplomat
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The West is concerned about the budding ties between Moscow and Beijing, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told reporters, commenting on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China.
![India, Bangladesh Brace for Year's First Cyclone](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/01/28/1398012816124753117210942.jpg)
India, Bangladesh Brace for Year's First Cyclone
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Bangladesh and India braced for the first cyclone of the year as a storm with wind speeds of up to 120 kmh (75 mph) is set to make landfall late on Sunday, India's weather department said.
![Dozens Killed in Inter-Communal Clashes in DR Congo](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/07/29/139907291557458021475262.jpg)
Dozens Killed in Inter-Communal Clashes in DR Congo
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Dozens of civilians have been killed so far this month in intercommunal clashes over land in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a UN humanitarian agency said.
![New Caledonia Protesters, Police Spar Ahead of Macron Visit](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/03/02/1403030210501217130119462.jpg)
New Caledonia Protesters, Police Spar Ahead of Macron Visit
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Protesters and a thousand French police reinforcements were playing a "game of cat and mouse" in New Caledonia, an independence group said on Wednesday, ahead of the arrival of France's President Emmanuel Macron after the worst riots in 40 years.
![Iowa Tornado Kills People in Small Town Reduced to Rubble](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1395/11/04/139511041042279289775302.jpg)
Iowa Tornado Kills People in Small Town Reduced to Rubble
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - A powerful tornado ripped through a small Iowa town on May 21, killing multiple people and leaving at least a dozen injured, authorities said.
![Russia Says US Subcritical Experiment Does Not Violate Nuclear Test Ban Treaty](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1397/06/12/1397061209473699015241492.jpg)
Russia Says US Subcritical Experiment Does Not Violate Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russia said that a US subcritical experiment aimed at giving data on the behavior of the materials used in nuclear warheads did not violate the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
![SCO Countries See Western Attempts to Take Control of Eurasia: Lavrov](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/12/12/1402121209261435729529872.jpg)
SCO Countries See Western Attempts to Take Control of Eurasia: Lavrov
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries have taken note of the US-led collective West’s attempts to take Eurasia under control, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
![Lightning Strike in Germany Injures 10 People](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1394/03/17/139403171753313765447262.jpg)
Lightning Strike in Germany Injures 10 People
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A lightning strike on Monday evening in the eastern German city of Dresden injured ten people, four of whom sustained severe injuries, reported German news agency (dpa).
![US Rejects ICC’s Legitimacy but Uses It against Enemies: Russian Envoy](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1400/09/27/1400092713492814024296952.jpg)
US Rejects ICC’s Legitimacy but Uses It against Enemies: Russian Envoy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The US denies legitimacy to the International Criminal Court and threatens to subject it to sanctions, but does not hesitate to use the organization against people that Washington considers its enemies, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said.
![China's Foreign Minister Calls Taiwan's New President 'Disgraceful'](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1401/12/01/1401120114423199227097932.jpg)
China's Foreign Minister Calls Taiwan's New President 'Disgraceful'
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called Taiwan's newly-inaugurated President Lai Ching-te "disgraceful" on Tuesday, stepping up Beijing's rhetoric just a day after he took office.
![Nuland Warns against NATO Training Bases in Ukraine](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/10/28/1399102809280661222038982.jpg)