Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reportedly been caught off guard by recent moves by the White House, according to a report.

The Trump administration is quietly pushing ahead with a bid to create a new security and political alliance with six Persian Gulf Arab states, Egypt and Jordan, to contain Iran’s growing influence in the region, a report said.

Turkish prosecutors issued arrest warrants for at least eight suspected members of Fetullah Organization -- the group behind a defeated coup in 2016 -- for alleged involvement in police exam fraud.

The Palestinians are preparing for the Friday protest entitled "Our Martyrs Children" as part of peaceful return marches that has been in place since March 30 along the border fence of the besieged Gaza Strip.

The Trump administration has failed to meet a court-ordered deadline to reunite immigrant children forcibly separated from their families at the US-Mexico border, as about 700 children still remain in detection.

Russian Foreign Ministry’s official Spokesperson Maria Zakharova commented on the US declaration on refusal to recognize the reunification of Crimea with Russia, noting the instability of US foreign policy.

Venezuela will remove five zeroes from the bolivar currency rather than the three zeroes originally planned, President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday, in an effort to keep up with inflation projected to reach 1 million percent this year.

The claim of Saudi ambassador to the United States against Iranian foreign minister is 'empty and worthless of answering', public relations department of the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement a copy of which IRNA received on Thursday.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned the US and other countries to avoid "egging Iran to go to war".

In reaction to a Saudi delegation's yesterday visit to Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraqi politician Iskander Witwit warned that Saudi Arabia is getting closer to the Iraqi Kurds with the aim of breaking up Iraq.