Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on the UN Security Council to stop Israel’s aggressions, particularly the war on Gaza.

The Wall Street Journal daily has reported that the administration of US President Joe Biden is considering more than $1bn in a new weapons deal with Israel which would include "tank ammunition, military vehicles and mortar rounds".

CIA Director Bill Burns has warned Ukraine could lose the war by the end of 2024 without more funding from the US, delivering his most specific comments yet on a possible defeat as Kyiv struggles against a much larger Russian army.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has urged the United Nations Security Council to force the Zionist regime to stop any further military action against Iran or face the Islamic Republic's harsh response to any assault.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed on Friday that the nuclear installations in Isfahan were not damaged following explosions in the central Iranian city earlier in the day.

The United States vetoed a widely supported resolution at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that would have paved the way for the state of Palestine to gain full membership at the UN.

Locals and eye witnesses have reported that the Iranian cities of Tabriz and Isfahan are ‘completely calm’ after several explosions were heard earlier on Friday.

The Iranian foreign minister says, the inaction by the UN Security Council to condemn Israel’s attack on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital, prompted the Islamic Republic to launch retaliatory attack against Israel.

A senior commander with Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in charge of the country’s nuclear security said on Thursday that the threats by the Israeli regime increase the likelihood for Iran to review its nuclear doctrine. 

Washington and London in a coordinated move have imposed new sanctions on Iran’s drone and missile programs after Tehran's recent retaliatory attack against Israel.

The head of the UN's main relief agency in Gaza (UNRWA) has warned that an “insidious campaign” is underway to end the operations of the UN body, warning of "serious implications for international peace and security".

President Ebrahim Raisi said  that Iran displayed its military capabilities in a recent operation against the Israeli regime.

A survey by Hebrew University in Jerusalem has shown that 74% of those polled would oppose a retaliatory attack against Iran “if it undermines Israel’s security alliance with its allies".

Ukraine wants security guarantees from its Western backers similar to the level of protection that the US provides Israel with, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, has stated.

Israel has accelerated its settlement expansion across East al-Quds since Tel Aviv launched its military campaign in the besieged Gaza Strip in early October 2023, according to a report by the Guardian.

Iranian economist and former first vice president Parviz Davoodi died earlier on Thursday at the age of 72.

People in the southeastern Iran have been warned to be careful of mugger crocodiles following the massive floods that engulfed the region.

More than 13,800 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war in early October 2023, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Catherine Russell has stated.

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi took a trip to the central province of Semnan on Thursday as part of his provincial tours to inspect the development plans in the region.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says Tehran informed Washington it was going to launch a retaliatory operation against the Israeli regime and sent a new message afterwards following the regime’s deadly attack on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital.

Israel planned to retaliate against Iran immediately after Tehran’s drone and missile strike on Saturday, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to hold off after speaking with US President Joe Biden, according to reports.

Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has expressed concerns over the current state of international mediation efforts led by Doha to help reach an agreement on the release of hostages and a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has rejected an anti-Tehran ruling by Argentina’s federal court over the AMIA case, the deadly attack against a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in 1994, stressing that the ruling was aimed at political purposes.

The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for an attack on a military facility in northern Israel that wounded at least 14 soldiers. The group has stated the raid was carried out in retaliation for Israeli strikes that killed Hezbollah members.

Ukraine’s backers should prioritize donating weapons to Kiev over their own defense capabilities, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has stated.