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Israeli troops have killed a 13-year-old Palestinian boy during weekly rallies against the expansion of the illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

The FBI has released hundreds of pages of newly declassified documents about its long effort to explore connections between Riyadh and the September 11th attacks.

Iran's permanent representative to the United Nations says the Islamic Republic's proposed resolution on nuclear disarmament is a test for UN member states.

The White Helmets are planning to mount yet another false-flag chemical attack against civilians in the Syrian province of Idleb in order to incriminate the Damascus government, Russia warns.

A high-ranking Iranian lawmaker says the situation is not ripe to hold official normalization talks with Saudi Arabia.

Former top US nuclear negotiator and current Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman, has announced Washington supports restarting the nuclear talks, and invited Tehran to serious negotiations. Iran says it is serious in resuming the talks provided that they would lead to the lifting of US sanctions.

Spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has rejected remarks by American defense officials claiming US forces involved in the recent tanker incident in the Sea of Oman were present at the scene only to monitor the situation.

The US State Department has approved its first major arms sale to Riyadh under President Joe Biden with the sale of air-to-air missiles valued at $650 million, according to the Pentagon.

The terrorist and drug threats continue to come from Afghanistan after the Taliban came to power in the war-ravaged country, Moscow warns.

US Republicans say if they retake the congress, any nuclear deal inked by the administration of President Joe Biden will be killed. The party's foreign policy leaders told The Washington Free Beacon the US president has no power to permanently unwind sanctions.

Iran has been voicing positive messages in relation to the Azerbaijan Republic in recent weeks, which Baku highly appreciates, Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said on Thursday. The top diplomat added Baku, as before, aims to develop ties with Tehran.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati says he is after resolving the ongoing tensions with Saudi Arabia and a few other Arab countries. He urged Information Minister George Kordahi, who has recently criticized Saudi-led war on Yemen, to make national interests a “priority”.

A Taliban delegation will visit Iran to discuss increasing scientific cooperation, the group’s acting minister for higher education has announced.

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan says the situation in South Caucasus is still unstable due to Azerbaijani authorities’ quote non-constructive measures.

Saudi-led coalition has banned a ship carrying 29,545 tons of diesel from docking at the Red Sea port of Hudaydah in Yemen. The ship had the necessary clearances from a UN body. Hudaydah is a major lifeline for nearly two-thirds of the besieged country.

Hanoi has been in talks with Tehran over the seizure of a Vietnamese oil tanker off the Iranian coast, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday.

Turkey has launched an investigation into social media rumors claiming Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has passed away.

A Pentagon review has concluded that the US drone attack that killed Afghan civilians, including several children, in the final days of the American troops withdrawal from the war-torn country was not caused by misconduct or negligence, and doesn’t recommend any disciplinary action.

An Israeli spyware company has been added to the United States trade blacklist. The NSO Group has created software traced to the phones of government officials, journalists and human rights activists around the world.

The United States believes it is still possible to quickly reach and implement an understanding on a mutual return to compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the Iran Nuclear Deal.

A US official has confirmed that the administration of President Joe Biden does not intend to end the US military presence in the Middle East.

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says the “powerless” president of the United States is not ready to give any assurances that Washington will abide by the nuclear deal, JCPOA, after returning to the agreement.

A hacker group called Moses Staff says it has successfully conducted a cyberattack on three Israeli engineering companies. It comes less than two weeks after the same group leaked files saying to have obtained them in an attack on the Defense Ministry.

The use of foreign currencies has been completely banned in Afghanistan, the Taliban announced, citing national interests and current economic conditions as reasons for the move.

The Russian Embassy in Tehran has refuted the recent reports over Iran's restriction for extracting gas resources in the Caspian Sea.