US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday introduced a slate of veteran diplomats and policymakers who will make up his national security and foreign policy team.

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President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday tensions with the United States are “very easy to resolve” provided that the next US administration returns to its commitments under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh condemned a deadly terrorist attack in Afghanistan’s city of Bamiyan.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei highlighted the role of Iran’s Basij volunteer force in both defending the country and facilitating its growth, praising it as a “great asset” and the “God-given reserve” for the Iranian nation.

Iran registered on Wednesday a daily record high of 13,843 new coronavirus cases, the Health Ministry said, pushing the national tally to 894,385 in the country.

The top Iranian and Swedish diplomats exchanged views on issues of common interest, including the 2015 nuclear deal and bilateral relations.

The government has privately admitted the UK faces an increased likelihood of “systemic economic crisis” as it completes its exit from the European Union in the middle of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

On November 9, a migrant rescue boat came across a red backpack floating in the Mediterranean alongside other remains from a shipwreck that took place weeks before. The rucksack, covered with sea snails and reeking of petrol, contained two wedding rings, inscribed with the names Ahmed and Doudou.

They were on a mission to count sheep when they found something they had not counted on.