The United States will consider requests from some countries to be exempted from sanctions it will put in effect in November to prevent Iran from exporting oil, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.

Although maintaining a façade of opposition to terrorists, European authorities support terror groups in action and nourish vipers, such as MKO, in their bosoms, which proves their double standard that will eventually affect Europe's security.

Former president of Pakistan and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur have been barred from flying abroad on the orders of Supreme Court of Pakistan.

South Korea has suspended its summertime civil defense drills aimed at preparing against a North Korean attack to keep alive a positive atmosphere for nuclear diplomacy with the North.

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said on Sunday that Washington believes that progress has been made in denuclearization talks with North Korea, but it is too early to ease sanctions against Pyongyang so far.

Turkey announced the dismissal of another 18,632 people from the civil service over suspected links to the movement of Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, referred to as the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) by Ankara and accused of being behind the attempted coup.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas granted Palestinian citizenship to Swedish activist Benjamin Ladraa, who has been walking from Sweden to Palestine to raise awareness on human rights violations.

Donald Trump faces a frosty reception when he arrives in the UK later this week, but people still believe Theresa May is right to engage with him in pursuit of a trade deal, a new poll has revealed.

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Jamie McGoldrick; the Head of West Bank Operations for UNRWA, Scott Anderson; and the Head of the UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, James Heenan, expressed serious concern over Israeli demolitions and related events in vulnerable Palestinian communities in the central West Bank.

A French policeman who shot dead a young black man in western France earlier this week, sparking four nights of rioting, has been charged with manslaughter, his lawyer said as fresh clashes erupted between youths and police early Saturday.