Commitments made to 100 developing nations by China's two main trade banks have fallen every year since 2016 after Beijing stopped funding large oil projects, US study finds

Currency slumped to a record low against the US dollar, selling for 447,000 rials on the unofficial market on Saturday

Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Russia, Cuba and a range of other countries are all expected to see group tours from China, starting early next month

Guterres called on Monday for "massive investments" to help Pakistan rebuild after historic floods last year that devastated a large chunk of the country

The US has added dozens of firms to its trade blacklist in a bid to curb China's military, human rights abuses, and block suppliers of the Russian military

Online retailer Ozon Holdings said on Monday it was opening an office in Shenzhen in China to boost cross-border sales to Russian shoppers on its platform

Another 13 companies in China, Hong Kong and the UAE have been hit with US sanctions for helping to sell "hundreds of millions of dollars" of Iranian oil and oil products to buyers in East Asia

Chinese leader promises to help its troubled neighbour, but calls for progress on the bilateral economic corridor and Gwadar port

US Treasury has imposed sanctions on an Indian petrochemical firm and groups in the UAE and Hong Kong for secret deals that funded the shipping of Iranian oil products to South and East Asia

Pakistan could also forgo loan repayments to invest in climate-change resilient infrastructure instead, the UNDP said

Apart from exploring a possible rupee-riyal trade mechanism, the nations also discussed trade diversification and expansion, removal of trade barriers, and marketing of Indian pharma products

This month US President President Joe Biden landed in the region, while India's Adani Ports and Israeli partner Gadot agreed to buy Haifa port for 4.1 billion shekels ($1.18 billion).