Iran has expressed regret over the recent deadly incidents in Indian-controlled Kashmir, urging the opposing sides to exercise restraint.

Malaysia on Monday termed Israel’s deadly attack on defenseless Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip “totally uncalled for and unacceptable”.

Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations has stressed that the Tel Aviv regime's warlike policies are hampering efforts to denuclearize the Middle East.

"Iranians have made the Palestinian cause an ideal of their own, stressing that the Islamic Republic will never compromise on this issue," Iranian Foreign Minister stressed.

Turkey has granted scholarships to 20,000 Syrian students, a senior representative of a Turkish education institution told Anadolu Agency.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the United States is trying to isolate the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in Syria through establishing military facilities there.

The interest expenses due on debt in Egypt increased by 28 per cent annually in the first six months of the current fiscal year 2017-2018.

An Israeli army spokesman is using a fatwa by a Saudi Islamic scholar to urge Palestinians not to take part in protests against the occupation.

Pope Francis, in his Easter address on Sunday, called for peace in the Holy Land two days after 15 Palestinians were killed on the Israeli-Gaza border, saying the conflict there “does not spare the defenceless”, Reuters reports.