
CHINA said today that it is to host high-level talks with Russia and Iran this week to address Tehran’s nuclear programme.
The Beijing meeting was announced as the three nations held joint naval drills in the Middle East.
China said Foreign Vice-Minister Ma Zhaoxu would chair the trilateral meeting on Friday, joined by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi.

ROGER McKENZIE expounds on the motivation that drove him to write a book that anticipates a dawn of a new, fully liberated Africa – the land of his ancestors

While much attention is focused on Israel’s aggression, we cannot ignore the conflicts in Africa, stoked by Western imperialism and greed for natural resources, if we’re to understand the full picture of geopolitics today, argues ROGER McKENZIE