Britain's foreign secretary on Sunday defended his predecessor's role a century ago in paving the way for the creation of Israel, saying two sovereign states for Israelis and Palestinians remains the "only viable solution" for peace.

Senior US adviser and son-in-law of President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner made a secret four-day visit to Saudi Arabia before travelling to Israel last week, according to an official source at the White House.

More than 20,000 Tehran residents die annually from air pollution, a member of Tehran city council said on Sunday.

Two former aids in Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, Paul Manafor and Richard Gates have been put under house arrest following their plead of innocence in relation to FBI probes on Russia interference in 2016 presidential election in US.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani turned down a meeting with President Donald Trump during his visit to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly in September, Iran's foreign ministry said on Sunday.

10-year-old ‘undocumented’ girl was arrested right after major surgery in the United States and deported to Mexico in operation of the US President Donald Trump’s policy to crackdown on immigrants to boost national security.

Iranian top envoy for Astana talks on Syria attended the banquet hosted by Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov.

A photo of Algerian students hoping to immigrate to France has raised questions regarding the dissatisfaction Algerian citizens, international observers and several Arab politicians. The photo depicts students queuing up in front of the French Institute in Algeria with the hope of emigrating.

Saudi Arabia plans to extract uranium domestically as part of its nuclear power programme and sees this as a step towards “self-sufficiency” in producing atomic fuel, a senior official said on Monday.

US forces captured a militant who is believed to have played a role in a 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed US Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, the White House said on Monday.

President Donald Trump's top national security aides on Monday urged US lawmakers reviewing congressional war authorisation to avoid imposing geographic or time limits on the military's campaign against Islamic State (IS) group and other militant groups.

"The country will remove its border restrictions with Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in the coming days, lifting curbs imposed after last month’s independence referendum in the region," stressed a senior Iranian commander.

Qatar has agreed to strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation with the United States to crack down on illicit financing of militant groups, a joint Qatari-US statement said on Monday following a visit by US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

Palestinian security forces in Gaza began abandoning their bases and headquarters following the destruction of what Israel claimed was a tunnel being dug across the Gaza Strip border.

The 4th day of Taqrib News Agency's Pavilion at Press Expo in frames

Iranian Judiciary Chief dismissed a report released by a UN rights rapporteur against the Islamic Republic, noting it reflects the views of the country’s enemies.

High ranking Iraqi commander of Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) has rejected the US calls to lay down their weapons stressing to continues struggles to defend the country.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has once again reiterated Iran’s adherence to the 2015 nuclear agreement with the P5+1 group of countries, stressing that UN inspectors are facing no problems in their verification efforts.

The former prime minister of Qatar has admitted there were "maybe" links between his government and al-Qaeda affiliates in Syria.

Iraqi commanders in the battle for Hawija have claimed Kurdish Peshmerga forces helped hundreds of Islamic State (IS) group militants to escape the group’s final stronghold in northern Iraq.