Military forces in Iraq have managed to retake control of a village in the north of the country from the Takfiri ISIL group.

Mourning ceremonies marking the martyrdom of Imam Hossein (AS) were held in the presence of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday night.

Saudi Arabia has sacked the country's minister of culture and information after he ordered the closure of an extremist Takfiri TV channel.

An official source in the Egyptian foreign ministry has expressed "extreme surprise" over the UN's decision to deduct $30 million in administrative costs from the aid donated for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian newspaper Al-Resalah reported yesterday.

A top Iranian police official says the country’s border guards have managed to seize over two tons of narcotics in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.

A group of former and current European diplomats have called on the P5+1 group of world powers and Iran to intensify their efforts to reach a comprehensive nuclear deal by the November 24 deadline set by the six countries.

A senior Iranian diplomat has praised the resistance of Palestinians in the face of the Israeli occupation, saying the occupied West Bank will soon emerge as an anti-Zionist hub.

Four European countries, namely Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands were among top ten exporters to Iran during the first half of the Current Iranian year (started March 21), Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade announced Wednesday.

The US military has been trying to win sanctions waivers for Iran in a bid to facilitate investment by the Islamic Republic in its neighboring Afghanistan, a report says.

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – Dozens of Jewish settlers on Wednesday stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound to perform their Talmudic rituals under the protection of Israeli police which cordoned off worshippers after firing tear gas and stun grenades.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to visit the Republic of Azerbaijan next week, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi said on Wednesday.

US-based online newspaper al-Monitor wrote in an article that US has proposed a direct banking channel with Iran in the nuclear talks.