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Iran and Turkey on Monday started a joint military operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group on Turkey's eastern border, the Turkish interior minister said.

Iraq's armed forces chief of staff on Monday expressed hope that the country's border crossing with Syria would be opened in the coming days after meeting his Syrian and Iranian counterparts in Damascus.

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi hailed the country’s progress in peaceful nuclear technology and said the Islamic Republic is doing great in its atomic activities.

Once again, President Donald Trump is having a tough time calling out far right-wing white nationalism.

Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani slammed some Western media outlets for their double-standard approach to recent “horrible” terrorist attack on two mosques in New Zealand that killed and injured dozens of Muslims.

A senior political commentator based in London highlighted reasons behind recent covert acts by Saudi Arabia to pursue a closer relationship with Israel, saying Riyadh is seeking “not only to deter Iran but also to bring the Shiites to their knees”.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he expects North Korea's leader will live up to his commitment not to resume nuclear and missile tests.

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said the 28-member bloc would continue to make sure that Iran will reap the benefits of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers as the issue of sanctions relief was an integral part of the deal.

US President Donald Trump's former campaign chief Paul Manafort has been jailed for 43 more months on charges stemming from the Russia investigation.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has signalled his backing for a cross-party consensus over Brexit, despite the PM still appearing to support her own deal.