Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE have officially been invited to join the BRICS group of emerging economies.

Iran’s representatives have officially taken part for the first time in a meeting of the BRICS group of emerging economies in Russia.

India’s foreign minister is in Tehran on his first official visit since Iran became a member of BRICS group.

De-dollarization would neutralize US sanctions against countries such as Iran and Russia and ease up commercial exchanges among them.

From the earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria to restoration of diplomatic ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia to the Arab League readmitting Syria to Iran’s membership of SCO and BRICS to the Al-Aqsa Storm Operation, the year 2023 was defined by many highs and lows.

Argentina’s new far-right populist president Javier Milei has rejected an invitation from the BRICS group of developing economies to join the bloc.

Though it does not have the same diplomatic clout on the world stage as the United Nations, the countries part of the alliance have enough economic and diplomatic soft power to force significant changes on their own.

The brutal war on Gaza still raging after a month and a half claiming the lives of more than 13,000 people mainly children.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 16:00 GMT on November 21, 2023.

The leaders of the BRICS nations have called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during an extraordinary summit of the bloc.