TEHRAN (defapress)- There "no point" in EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier coming to London on Monday for planned Brexit talks, Downing Street announced, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said negotiations were over unless Brussels adopted a "fundamental change of approach.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) told constituents that President Donald Trump's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and alienation of voters could result in a "Republican blood bath" within the Senate in November.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden attracted more viewers than President Donald Trump to their heavily anticipated dueling town halls Thursday.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Reasoning behind the EU’s decisions on introducing anti-Russian sanctions over the incident with blogger Alexey Navalny borders on the absurd, while the decisions themselves infringe on the UN functions, the statement of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Union made public on Friday said.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Kyrgyzstan’s President Sooronbay Jeenbekov has declared his resignation, the presidential press service said on Thursday.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Restrictions on weapons supplies to Iran were not linked with the settlement of the situation around Iran’s nuclear program, of which all the parties to the talks were aware from the very beginning, Maria Zakharova said.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Kremlin regrets the European Union's decision to impose sanctions against several Russian officials over the case of the country's opposition figure Alexey Navalny, something that indicates "lack of logic," Russian President's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

TEHRAN (defapress)- The High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, started to self-isolate on Tuesday after one of his entourage tested positive for COVID-19, he announced on Twitter.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Karabakh conflict will not bear any fruit but human and economic loss, an Armenian lawmaker in Iran’s Parliament Aara Shahverdian said, adding that Washington and Tel Aviv are the hands behind the conflict and the only ones to benefit from escalation of tension in the region.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov described as inadmissible Washington’s proposal to freeze Russian and US nuclear arsenals at the current level in exchange for extending the Russian-US New START treaty on further reduction of strategic offensive weapons.

TEHRAN (defapress)- President Donald Trump's campaign is running an online political ad that uses an image of his vice president, his Pentagon chief and his most senior military adviser watching the raid on Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi from the Situation Room in late October 2019.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Chinese government’s top diplomat, State Councilor Wang Yi, said on Tuesday that Beijing and members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) should work together to remove “external disruption” in the South China Sea.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Tensions between Anthony Fauci and US President Donald Trump are increasing after the country’s top infectious disease expert asked the Trump campaign to take down a new ad that features comments of his that he says were taken out of context.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Imomali Rakhmon has secured his fifth term as the President of Tajikistan by gaining above 90% of votes.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Twitter just added a warning label to a tweet from President Donald Trump that claimed, without evidence, he is immune to coronavirus after his physician cleared him to resume public activities.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Turkey continues to undertake steps aimed at destabilization of situation around Nagorno-Karabakh and disruption of agreements, Armenia’s Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday.

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Greece's Foreign Ministry condemned Turkey's decision to send a research ship to the Eastern Mediterranean sea as a "direct threat to regional peace and security", according to an official statement cited by AFP.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez appealed for unity on Saturday after the far-right Vox party said it would take legal action against a partial lockdown imposed on Madrid to contain one of Europe’s worst coronavirus outbreaks.

TEHRAN (defapress)- North Korea unveiled a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at a military parade during which leader Kim Jung-un vowed to preemptively mobilize his strongest military power in the face of any foreign threat.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Tens of thousands of Israelis once again demonstrated to demand Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s resignation, saying he is unfit to rule while on trial for corruption charges and accusing him of mismanaging the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Tajikistan's presidential election begun on Sunday, with five candidates, including incumbent President Emomali Rahmon, running for the post.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying condemned Washington’s recent sanctions on Iran, saying the bans pose a direct threat to ordinary people’s life and health due to the continued spread of the COVID-19.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Saturday “the only way” he could lose to US President Donald Donald Trump was through “chicanery,” before clarifying that he will accept the election result.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi underscored the need to preserve the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, calling on the remaining signatories to the JCPOA to join a regional multilateral dialogue to salvage the multilateral accord.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Kyrgyzstan’s President Sooronbai Jeenbekov declared a state of emergency in the capital, Bishkek, and ordered the deployment of troops to the streets amid clashes between the supporters of rival political groups.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The organizer of the US presidential debates says the second meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden, scheduled for next week, is cancelled.

TEHRAN (defapress) – A ceasefire agreement in Nagorno-Karabakh starting on 12:00 Moscow time on October 10 has been reached after trilateral consultations in Moscow between foreign ministers of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Democrats in the US Congress have announced a plan to create a commission to review whether President Donald Trump is capable of carrying out his presidential duties or should face removal from office.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Bashar al-Ja’afari, has denounced economic sanctions imposed by the United States on his war-ravaged country as one of the daunting challenges the Damascus government faces on the path of reconstructing the country and bringing the Syrians’ life back to normal.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took a somewhat-rare shot at President Donald Trump and his White House on Thursday, saying he has not been to the now-coronavirus hotspot since August because he was worried about how the president and his team were handling the pandemic.

TEHRAN (defapress)- The European Parliament strongly urged the European Union to skip an upcoming Saudi-hosted virtual summit of the Group of 20 countries in light of Riyadh’s human rights abuses.

TEHRAN (defapress)- President Donald Trump on Thursday attacked Sen. Kamala Harris as "a monster" the day after the vice presidential debate.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday Britain would take back "full control of our money, our borders and our laws" on January 1 when a status-quo transition arrangement with the European Union ends.

TEHRAN (defapress) – US President Donald Trump's claims about the upcoming reduction in US military presence in Afghanistan are likely mere pre-election rhetoric, Zamir Kabulov, Russia's special presidential adviser and the head of the Foreign Ministry's Second Asian Department said.

TEHRAN (defapress) – European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell reiterated his resolve to preserve the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers, saying the deal “continues to deliver” and emphasizing that all sanctions lifting commitments under the deal persist.

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Thursday that the second meeting between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will be virtual “to protect the health and safety of all involved", but the American leader and his campaign immediately cast doubt on his participation.

TEHRAN (defapress) – China said on Wednesday that the United States should stop its unprovoked attacks and accusations against China, accusing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of maliciously creating political confrontation and smearing Beijing.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Former US Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday he and President Donald Trump should not go ahead with next week's presidential debate if Trump still has COVID-19.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Protestors to election results in Kyrgyzstan have reportedly seized government’s and parliament’s buildings in Bishkek.

TEHRAN (defapress) – US President Donald Trump faced a fresh backlash on Tuesday for removing his mask when he returned to the White House and urging Americans not to fear the COVID-19 disease that has killed more than 209,000 people in the country and put him in hospital.

TEHRAN (defapress) – China and 25 other nations countries on Monday called for the immediate lifting of sanctions by the United States and other Western countries to ensure an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV) has won the first round of appeals against a ruling by the High Court of England and Wales, a lawyer revealed.

TEHRAN (defapress) – US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said in a town hall on Monday that he should not have called President Donald Trump a clown in the first presidential debate last week.

TEHRAN (defapress)- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated she has placed herself in isolation after being in contact with a person infected with the coronavirus.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told his Armenian counterpart, Armen Sarkissian that Belarus has supplied weapons neither to Azerbaijan nor to Armenia in the recent six months, BelTA agency reported on Monday after their telephone conversation.

TEHRAN (defapress) – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said since the US government is no more a party to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, it has no right to trigger a snapback mechanism to invoke the UN sanctions against Tehran.

TEHRAN (defapress) – US President Donald Trump posted a video Saturday from the hospital where he is battling COVID-19, saying he was improving and would be "back soon" -- but acknowledged that the crucial coming days would be "the real test."

TEHRAN (defapress) – Russia’s ambassador to Iran said Moscow is open to the delivery of S-400 air defense missile system to Tehran.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian citizens for the delivery of the first batch of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to the Latin American country.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 7 percentage points nationwide in a new Hill-HarrisX poll conduced after first presidential debate but before Trump announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus early Friday.

TEHRAN (defapress)- President Donald Trump said he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus.

TEHRAN (defapress)- 300 Syrian militants have been sent to Baku via the Turkish city of Gaziantep to fight in Karabakh, French President Emmanuel Macron said at the EU summit on Friday.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Democratic nominee Joe Biden opened up a 13-point lead over President Donald Trump following the first presidential debate, according to a new CNBC-Change Research survey released on Thursday.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Ankara must prove its readiness for constructive cooperation with the European Union, otherwise, the bloc will act in a more decisive manner, European Council President Charles Michel announced at a press conference following the summit.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Russia is concerned by clearly anti-Russian US plans to boost its military presence in the Eastern Mediterranean region, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Thursday.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Presidents of Russia, France, and the United States have issued a joint statement, demanding a ceasefire and the start of negotiations over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Russia considers German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visiting Russian opposition blogger Alexey Navalny as an attempt to politicize the situation, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (defapress)- European stocks are expected to open in negative territory Wednesday as investors react to the US presidential debate, and gauge the investment landscape amid the coronavirus crisis.

TEHRAN (defapress)- North Korea has a “reliable and effective war deterrent for self-defence” and was now focusing on developing its sanctions-hit economy, Kim Song, North Korea’s United Nations ambassador said on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (defapress)- The European Union warned regional powers not to interfere in the ongoing military clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) urges the two Caucasus republics to protect civilian lives.