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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.

Speaking on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, ambassador and deputy permanent representative of Iran to the United Nations (UN) has stated that this movement wants the nations that have imposed unilateral sanctions against the other countries to end the sanctions immediately.

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

Beijing intends to promote negotiations on the restoration of the Iranian nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), through joint efforts with Moscow, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday.

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.

A Russian diplomat says Washington’s maximum pressure on Tehran resulted in an “enormous advancement of the Iranian nuclear program”.

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.

Iran Greco-Roman team has finished in second place at the 2021 under 23-year World Wrestling Championships held in Serbia.

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.

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.

Analysts are raising the alarm over failure to revive the Iran nuclear deal, saying in that case there would be ‘no Plan B’ for US President Joe Biden.

The 11th cargo of Iran’s humanitarian aid for the Afghan people has arrived in Herat and was handed over to the local Taliban officials.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has expressed hope to visit Iran ‘soon’ for ‘high-level talks’ with the Iranian officials.

Saudi Arabia is dictating impossible terms by asking Beirut to reduce the role of Hezbollah in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday.