US President Donald Trump has elevated India and Japan to the top of his list of strategic partners in the Indo-Pacific region. At the same time, US efforts to isolate and redirect Iran away from its nuclear weapons programs resulted in another round of sanctions being implemented in early November, Asia Times reports.

The delegation of Turkmenistan takes part in the International Agricultural and Gardening Machinery Exhibition (EIMA), which is held on November 7 - 11 in the Italian Bologna city, the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan (UIET) said in a statement.

Heavy rain and gales devastating parts of Italy have claimed two more lives, taking the overall death toll to at least 17, Reuters reported.

Technological equipment of the Italian company Danieli will be used for the production of cold-rolled steel with protective coatings at the Tashkent Metallurgical Plant (TMP), the Uzbek company told Trend.

Italian ambassador to Tehran and Iranian deputy minister of culture in a meeting stressed strengthening art relations between the two countries, IRNA reports.

President of the Italian Senate Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati has visited the Heydar Aliyev Center.

The state and prospects of the development of Russian-Italian cooperation in various spheres, the situation in Syria and Libya will be in the focus of the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte which is due to be held on October 24 in Moscow, TASS reports.

Italy considers Azerbaijan as one of its most loyal partners, President of the Italian Senate Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati said during her meeting with Speaker of Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis Ogtay Asadov.

The chairman of the Senate of Italy, Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati, arrived in Azerbaijan on an official visit on Oct.17.

Italian investment companies remain active in Iran, despite the US’ unilateral sanctions, said the head of Trade Promotion Section of the Italian Embassy in Iran, IRNA reports.