The summit highlights Tehran's growing relationship with Beijing — and Moscow — following its recent conflict with Israel, which was joined by the United States in attacking Iranian nuclear sites. China's support provides Iran with crucial economic and military backing that stands to weaken U.S.-led sanctions and containment efforts.

Russia, Iran and China are behind a growing number of life-threatening operations in Britain including attacks and kidnappings, often deploying criminals and sometimes children as proxies, two senior British police officers said on Tuesday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russia's top diplomat on Tuesday that their countries should "strengthen mutual support", state media said, as foreign ministers gathered in Beijing for Shanghai

It seems that investors in the Moscow exchange were expecting Trump to lay down harsher measures than he did. The deputy speaker of Russia’s upper house, Konstantin Kosachev, concurred. “If this is all Trump had to say about Ukraine today,

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is visiting China for a foreign ministers meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Donald Trump’s remarks on Ukraine on Monday were far from the biggest announcement the US president could have made.

According to Russia’s Foreign Ministry, the two sides discussed relations with the United States and prospects for a settlement of what Moscow calls the “Ukrainian crisis.” “The importance of strengthening close coordination between the two countries on the international stage — including within the UN and its Security Council,

Iran is seeking to deepen economic ties with the China-led bloc amid US sanctions and the aftermath of last month's war with Israel.