The G7 consists of the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the United States, and Italy, the hosting country.

The bloc will discuss expansion at its summit in Johannesburg, with 23 countries eager to join, the British paper reports

The US and its allies are manipulating their data on nuclear weapons in an attempt to score political points, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has claimed

Beijing has accused the US-led bloc of trying to impose its will on others

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the West is trying to divide the different ethnical and national groups in Russia in order to disintegrate the country into dozens of pieces.

Iran has slammed the recent anti-Iran statement issued by the Group of Seven industrialized countries as “baseless” and “unjust.”