French Government faces new challenge as Socialist Party threatens no-confidence motion
The French Socialist Party which holds a swing position in the hung parliament has threatened to trigger a no-confidence motion on Monday....
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has expressed his country’s agreement with Tehran’s plans to host the summit meeting of the Caspian Sea littoral states in 2026.
“The date coincides the International Caspian Sea Day,” official IRNA news agency quoted Lavrov saying at a joint press conference with his Kazakh counterpart in Moscow on Thursday.
The International Caspian Sea Day is an occasion observed every 12th of August by the five littoral states Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan.
On this day, the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Caspian Sea and the Environment from Pollution was signed in Tehran and came into force.
As the largest inland body of water which accounts for about 44 percent of the total lake waters of the world, the Caspian Sea is facing environmental challenges including shrinking water levels, industrial pollution due to increasing oil exploration and endangered wildlife species.
To overcome these challenges, the five littoral states have been required to protect the sea’s ecosystem in this geo-politically and geo-economically strategic transit route of Eurasia.
In the latest development, Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali was quoted saying that the first ever conference of governor generals of the Caspian Sea littoral provinces will convene in the northern Gilan Province on Nov. 18-19, 2025.
“We are in contact with Caspian Sea states to secure their agreements to convention of the summit in Iran,” he said on the sidelines of the Provincial Diplomacy Conference in the northeastern city of Mashhad.
According to Jalali, Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to participate in the Caspian summit next year in Tehran.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
A shooting in Nice, southeastern France, left two people dead and five injured on Friday, authorities said.
Snapchat will start charging users who store more than 5GB of photos and videos in its Memories feature, prompting backlash from long-time users.
Azerbaijan has proposed creating a joint Start-up and Innovation cooperation platform to strengthen regional collaboration and accelerate technological development across member countries.
President Emeritus of the European Council Charles Michel tells AnewZ TV he is “confident” in the Armenia–Azerbaijan peace process, as experts point to rare alignment between the two sides on regional connectivity and future cooperation.
On October 23, Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ararat Mirzoyan, met with Gérard Larcher, President of the French Senate, in Paris.
The Palestinian government has condemned an Israeli bill to apply domestic law to parts of the occupied West Bank, calling the move illegal under international law and a threat to Palestinian sovereignty.
Israel and the United States have prevented Türkiye from joining planned international stabilization forces (ISF) for the Gaza Strip, according to a White House broadcast.
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