An estimated 85,000 children under five may have died from extreme hunger or disease since Saudi Arabia and its allies started a war on Yemen in 2015, according to new analysis by Save the Children.

Bahrain’s pro-democracy activists have now called on all parties to rally behind Sheikh Abdullah Saleh’s (Deputy Secretary-General of the Islamic Action Society) demands to establish a constituent assembly, so that a national constitution could at last be formulated by way of a popular petition.

Several activists imprisoned in Saudi Arabia since May, including a number of women who campaigned for the right to drive, have been beaten and tortured during interrogation, Amnesty International said.

Bushehr police commander announced that 500kg of narcotics were confiscated in three planned operations in southwestern Iran.

Special Assistant to Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari discussed Syria's latest developments with UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura and some of the representatives of Syrian opposition groups.

Iran’s foreign minister described US President Donald Trump’s pledge of support for Riyadh despite the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as “shameful”, deploring Trump’s picking on Iran instead and joking that Tehran might even have been responsible for recent California fires.

S President Donald Trump declared his strong support for Saudi Arabia, effectively ignoring the CIA’s conclusion that Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman ordered the brutal killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and asserting that relations with a critical ally should not be derailed.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi on Tuesday condemned terrorist attack in Kabul which killed and wounded dozens of people, scholars and clerics.

The High Council for Human Rights has issued a statement which condemns the recent human rights resolution against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Kazem Gharibabadi called on IAEA countries to determine mechanisms and approaches to boost their measures against corruption.