Egypt slammed as “regrettable” EU’s decision to cancel a meeting with the Arab League over Syria’s readmission to the bloc.

Tourism sector workers in Portugal and Spain have gone on strike over low wages and high inflation, forcing airlines to cancel more than a hundred flights during the peak holiday season.

A nationwide strike in Belgium over the cost of living forces Brussels Airport to cancel all departing flights.

Britain has vowed to pursue its controversial policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda after the European human rights court issued last-minute injunctions to stop the deportation of the first group of migrants.

Iran’s Khandouzi was due to attend the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington next week.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called off a planned meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in a move that will further escalate the rising tensions over Ukraine and make an immediate diplomatic solution to the crisis become less likely.

The Iranian government halts plans to sell its shares in largest petchem company PGPIC.