Asia to form world's biggest trade bloc, a China-backed group excluding U.S.

Fifteen Asia-Pacific economies were set to form the world's largest free trade bloc on Sunday, a China-backed deal that excludes the United States, which had left a rival Asia-Pacific grouping under President Donald Trump.

By Mehdi Sepahvand

ASEAN Day: Zarif calls on neighbors to ‘emulate successful experience’

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on neighboring countries to put aside their differences and form a coalition like the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).