This year saw the centennial anniversary of the end of the World War I, in which some sixteen million Europeans died, two great European countries were destroyed, and other countries were crippled. This year may also be seen by future historians as the last year of the period between the cold wars, when after twenty-nine years of relative quiet, the world’s major powers once again moved into positions of deep and structural mutual hostility.

Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser said that Pakistan attached immense importance to its fraternal relations with Iran and wanted to further cement the existing relations through enhanced parliamentary cooperation between the legislatures of both the countries.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made an apparent threat on Tuesday to disrupt other countries’ oil shipments through the Gulf if Washington presses ahead with efforts to halt Iranian oil exports.

Despite being persistently blamed by rival of pursuing an “expansionist” foreign policy, Iran has always declared that it’s not seeking to harm the interests of other countries. Iran’s supreme leader has once again made it clear that the Islamic Republic does not want to start any war with any country.

South Korea is continuing its efforts to improve relations with North Korea, with its Unification ministry announcing on Monday that the countries are in talks to launch joint railway inspections this week.

“We were a group of 15 combatants returning from a training mission from one of the countries that supports the Palestinian resistance. When we arrived at Cairo airport, we were taken to an underground place. We were blindfolded, handcuffed, and transferred to a number of prisons.” This is a part of a testimony of a Palestinian resistance combatant who was arrested in Egyptian prisons and has been released recently.

The U.S. is warning other countries that allowing Iranian tankers to travel through their waters may be a violation of U.S

With the United States officially re-imposing sanctions against Iran, many countries step up their criticisms of Washington’s unilateral approach in the international arena. Russia, Germany and Turkey are among the countries already stated that they won’t abide by the new US sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

Oil markets were stable on Wednesday, buoyed by falling supplies from Iran ahead of U.S. sanctions but held in check by rising production outside the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.

It’s no surprise to see US politicians in an open confrontation with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Major export centres in China that depend heavily on trade with the United States for economic growth may be about to feel more pain as the countries’ trade war expands.

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said on Tuesday that Washington may grant waivers to the countries that seek relief from strict oil sanctions that the Trump administration intends to impose on Iran from Nov 4.

Britain says it will nearly double the funding it provides to the Western Balkans to help the countries “tackle threats to their progress,” particularly in the fight against organized crime and drug smuggling.

Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar Luaibi said on Tuesday that Baghdad was not considering an increase in oil production in the framework of the OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) and non-OPEC oil output cut deal.

One of the main arguments made in support of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union is that the UK will be able to negotiate better trade deals with other countries – and even with Europe – if it is on its own. According to Brexiteers like British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, because EU member states are too divided and consumed by their own crises to defend the integrity of the European project, “There is only one way to get the change we want – vote to leave the EU.”

As reported by CNN Money, Qatar has ordered retailers to stop selling products from Saudi Arabia and other countries that severed ties with it on June 5 2017, namely Bahrain and Egypt.