Iran on Saturday warned the US against the "mistake" of taking military action against the Islamic republic, saying any attack will draw Tehran's "crushing response" that will cost Washington dearly and blow up a powder keg in the region. ....

US President Donald Trump on Saturday said the US would impose major additional sanctions against Iran on Monday. ....

US President Donald Trump on Friday said the US military was "cocked and loaded to retaliate" against Iran, but he changed his mind 10 minutes before planned strikes. ....

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday arrived in North Korea, becoming the first Chinese head of state to visit Pyongyang in 14 years and the fifth since the two nations established diplomatic relations in 1949. ....

At least 12 people were killed and 125 others injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit China's Sichuan province, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Tuesday. ....

Iran on Friday "categorically" rejected the US' accusations linking Tehran to the attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. ....

Two oil tankers were damaged in a suspected attack off the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, prompting the rescue of dozens of crew members, the media reported. ....

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that Iran is responsible for the attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. Whereas, Tehran called the incident "suspicious". ....

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the two countries should not pose a threat to each other and step up cooperation in various fields, including the construction of the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor. ....

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised Indian Prime Minister as a "new kind of leader for the world's most populous democracy", and quoted Narendra Modi's election slogan in Hindi, "Modi hai to mumkin hai" ("Modi makes it possible"), at a summit here. ....