The Syrian government protested to the United Nations about an airstrike by the US-led coalition that killed 26 civilians in Hajin in the eastern Deir ez-Zor region.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described his American counterpart's threat to starve Iranians as a “crime against humanity”, stressing that the Iranian nation will survive despite Washington’s sanctions.

Amnesty International has accused Manchester City’s Abu Dhabi owners of brazenly trying to “sportswash” their country’s “deeply tarnished image” by pouring money into the Premier League club.

According to a new study by Brown University on the cost in lives of America’s Post-9/11 Wars, in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, between 480,000 and 507,000 people were killed in the course of the three conflicts.

Outraged by the “unconscionable toll” caused by the escalation of hostilities in Yemen, the UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, on Saturday, urged the warring parties and those supplying them with weapons, to take immediate steps to end the suffering of civilians.

Some 10 legal Arab and Turkish institutes in a statement on Saturday called for handing over 18 people accused of killing Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Turkish courts and UN investigation into the case

On Monday, the UK announced it was urging UN Security Council to act over the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, saying there now "appears to be a window" for a peace deal.

Israeli settlers dumped their sewage on a Palestinian school in the northern occupied West Bank district of Qalqilia yesterday.

Rouhani administration has approved granting Iranian citizenship to children born of foreign fathers and Iranian mothers.

Iranian foreign ministry on Sun. hosted Norwegian, Sweden and Danish envoys to clarify Iran’s position on the recent attack on a military parade in Ahvaz carried out by terrorists with links to these European countries.