"Despite all efforts made by enemies, Iran is one of noted powers in the world today with an undeniable status in the international scene," said Justice Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi.

Senior commanders of the Navy, Ground and Air forces of the Iranian Army paid tribute on Thursday to the late Father of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini on the eve of the National Army Day (April 18).

A U.S. drone strike killed the top cleric from the al-Qaida branch in Yemen, the group announced Tuesday.

A former ally of Ukraine’s deposed President Viktor Yanukovych has been found shot to death at his home in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.

A white police officer in the US state of Michigan who was videotaped viciously beating an African-American motorist during a traffic stop has been fired.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) has warned of serious food insecurity in Yemen as Saudi Arabia continues its illegal military campaign against its impoverished neighbor.

Tornadoes tore through parts of Iowa, Illinois and Ohio. An entire town was torn apart by a tornado in Illinois. It was just one of several severe storms that caused destruction as far south as Texas.

Amid a series of attacks in Europe, another mosque was burnt in Germany on Tuesday morning, adding to the increasing number of Islamophobic attacks on Muslims and Islamic centres in recent months.

An Egyptian court has jailed a top aide to former president, Mohamed Morsi, further intensifying the crackdown on members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood party.

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have come up with a series of “solutions” over outstanding issues in the country’s nuclear program, says the Iranian ambassador to the IAEA.

Police have arrested dozens of protesters in a demonstration against US police brutality.

Amnesty International (AI) has slammed the Bahraini regime for the “rampant” human rights abuses against opposition activists and anti-government protesters.

President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday hailed the performance of Iranian negotiators in nuclear talks with the six world powers – known as the P5+1.

The Iranian parliament's Nuclear Committee on Wednesday released a factsheet to declare the revisions needed to be made in the Lausanne statement that was issued by Tehran and the world powers as a framework understanding at the end of their nuclear talks in Switzerland earlier this month.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says US President Barack Obama will be held “accountable” for respecting a final agreement on Iran's nuclear program.