Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message in French language said assassination of the Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh indicates the warmongering nature of its perpetrators.

The Head of the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights Ali Baqeri-Kani said the purpose of the assassination of the Iranian elites and sanctions against Iranians is to prevent the Iranian people from progress.

Villagers in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state on Sunday buried 43 farmers killed in an attack by suspected terrorists while security forces searched for dozens of people who are still missing.

The US state of Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court dismissed another legal challenge to the election by supporters of President Donald Trump on Saturday, further reducing his already near-impossible odds of overturning the results.

Montenegro and Serbia expelled each other’s ambassadors, both countries’ foreign ministries said, in a move likely further to strain already tense relations between two former Yugoslav republics.

Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad al-Busaidi on Sunday in a phone call to his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned the assassination of a top Iranian scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, noting that terrorism is an unacceptable and heinous act in any form.

The Ethiopian government launched a manhunt on Sunday for leaders of a rebellious faction in the northern region of Tigray after announcing federal troops had taken over the regional capital and military operations were complete.

A car bombing in the Afghanistan’s central province of Ghazni killed at least 30 Afghan security force members on Sunday, officials said, and casualties could increase given the intensity and location of the blast.

National Desk