In a phone call with his Iranian counterpart, the French leader expressed his ‘disappointment’ over the stalled nuclear talks French President Emmanuel Macron held a lengthy phone conversation with Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday, focusing on efforts to revive a crucial nuclear agreement with Tehran. The call lasted nearly two hours and followed a meeting…

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Saudi Arabia has yet to officially join the BRICS group of economies, the kingdom’s minister of commerce, Majid Al-Kasabi, announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday. Saudi state broadcaster reported earlier this month that the kingdom had officially become a member of BRICS. The reports, however, were later removed from social media.