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The Pentagon has removed a massive collection of Afghanistan War footage totaling 124,000 photos and 17,000 videos from its official visual record.

Two hundred American Republican lawmakers sent a letter to US President Joe Biden on Monday, urging him not to re-open Washington Consulate in East Jerusalem.

Turkish President President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the United States not ‘to support terrorist organizations’.

The United States may continue attempts to deploy its military infrastructure on the soil of Afghanistan neighbors, Russia warns.

Washington should be held accountable for the existing problems over the Iran nuclear deal because US President Joe Biden could return to the agreement to avoid the current dilemma, a former British diplomat believes.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has said Tehran has had enough of words from the US regarding the Iran nuclear deal and it’s waiting for action from Washington.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated the United States believe diplomacy is the best path forward to resolve the Iran’s nuclear issue.

US President Joe Biden has stated the United States is "continuing to suffer" from former President Donald Trump's decision to pull Washington out of the Iran nuclear deal.

US president Joe Biden has "reaffirmed" Washington's defense partnership with Ankara, and Turkey's "importance as a NATO ally", but also voiced "US concerns over Ankara's possession of the Russian S-400 missile system".

Top Iranian nuclear negotiator says Tehran seeks the removal of the US sanctions in talks with the 4+1 group of countries.

Moscow says it is glad that Washington demonstrates the willingness and seriousness to return to the Iran nuclear deal after it withdrew from the agreement in 2018, a Russian official says.

A source familiar with discussions about Iran nuclear deal tells CNN that US President Joe Biden will discuss potential options ‘of imposing higher costs on Iran’ during his G20 meetings with allies and that those costs could be imposed even as the Iran talks are underway.

The head of the United Nations (UN) nuclear watchdog says he wishes to meet with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi soon to build a relation of "mutual trust and confidence".

Beijing has called on Washington to “thoroughly correct its wrong policy of maximum pressure” against Tehran in order to bring the 2015 landmark agreement back on the right track. China has also welcomed Iran’s announcement of its return to the nuclear negotiations before the end of November.

US President Jo Biden will hold talks with European leaders over Iran nuclear programme on Saturday on the sidelines of the G20 (Group of 20) summit in Italy, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Thursday.

The United States should either deliver the F-35s or return the money Turkey has paid for the military aircraft, Ankara says. Turkey has also announced it could purchase Russian-made SUs instead.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned about the possibility of an arms race between world powers in Asia after the US exit from Cold War-era nuclear weapons deal.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has said the groundwork has not yet been laid for the United States to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Bagheri rejected a report by Reuters claiming nuclear talks with six world powers will resume in November’s end.

The United States believes it is still possible to quickly reach and implement an understanding on return to mutual full compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the Iran Nuclear Deal. Earlier, Tehran has said it will resume talks with world powers in November on reviving the nuclear deal.

The negotiations on reviving Iran’s nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), will resume in late November, according to Russia’s top negotiator.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri is holding closed-door talks with the European Union’s Deputy Foreign Policy Chief Enrique Mora, who is also the EU coordinator for the nuclear deal, in Brussels.

The American intelligence community has assessed that terrorists in Afghanistan could attack the United States in six months if left unchecked, a senior Pentagon official says. He adds they have the intention to carry out such an assault.

The administration of US President Joe Biden “strongly opposes” plans by Israel to expand settlements in the West Bank, State Department spokesperson Ned Price says. The US is known as Israel’s staunch supporter.

North Korea has denounced France and Canada for sending patrol aircraft near the Korean Peninsula. Pyongyang has called the move "military provocation" endangering the security situation in the region.

Tens of millions of dirty and soiled medical gloves, some even blood-stained, have reached the United States from Thailand during the COVID pandemic, a CNN report reveals.