Top Iraqi leader Muqtada al-Sadr says Iran neither interfered in the internal political affairs of his country, nor put pressure on any Shia party in the Arab country.

A teenage Jordanian fencer has refused to face an Israeli opponent at the Cadet and Junior World Championships 2022 in the UAE.

A Kuwaiti fencer withdraws from the World Fencing Championships to avoid facing an Israeli opponent.

Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations has called for the immediately and unconditional withdrawal of all foreign occupation forces, including American troops, from Syria.

Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has blamed the United States for the collapse of his government earlier this year, saying Washington sidelined him during the so-called peace talks with the Taliban.

Russian military forces have staged a military exercise to practice repelling airstrikes by adversaries amid Moscow's worsening standoff with the West.

Russia has officially left the Open Skies arms control treaty following the United States’ unilateral exit from the pact last year.

Saudi Arabia reportedly withdraws thousands of its troops from the strategic island of Socotra off the coast of Yemen.

Iran’s top negotiator Ali Baqeri-Kani says removal of US sanctions against Tehran is the main purpose of its upcoming talks with the remaining signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal in Vienna.

Iran says the United States must accept responsibility for the status quo and remove sanctions against Tehran to gain an official return to the 2015 nuclear deal.