TEHRAN (defapress)- Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European commission, warned UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to break international law as her Brexit negotiator said he would seek answers over claims that Downing Street is planning to negate parts of the withdrawal agreement.

TEHRAN (defapress) – China will hold further military exercises from Monday along its northeast and eastern coast, the government said, the latest in a series of unusual back-to-back drills against a backdrop of rising regional tension.

TEHRAN (defapress) – New CBS News/YouGov polls reveal that former US Vice President Joe Biden maintains his grip on the 2020 race for president.

TEHRAN (defapress) – China’s first reusable spacecraft landed Sunday after two days in orbit, a possible step toward lower-cost space flight, the government announced.

TEHRAN (defapress)- A group on Saturday kicked off 60 days of planned protests leading up to the 2020 presidential election.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Berlin, which calls on Moscow to take urgent steps on investigating the situation with Russian blogger Alexei Navalny, is deliberately delaying this process by not responding to Russia’s request, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Sunday.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said that the scientific and tourism relations between Iran and Switzerland should be expanded in the post-coronavirus era.

TEHRAN (defapress) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that there is a risk of famine and widespread food insecurity in four countries affected by conflict — Congo, Yemen, northeast Nigeria and South Sudan — and the lives of millions of people are in danger.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Joe Biden blasted Friday's job numbers as a "K-shaped" recovery, meaning that upper-class people would recoup economically, while millions of others would be left behind.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe told his Indian counterpart, Rajnath Singh, that New Delhi is fully responsible for the escalation of tensions in the border area.

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Venezuelan government condemned on Friday the US move to impose sanctions on National Electoral Council officials, including its president, ahead of National Assembly elections December 6.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden (D) was endorsed Thursday by a group representing almost 100 former Republican lawmakers and officials who have joined an effort to defeat President Donald Trump in November.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Officials from Iran and Russia weighed plans on the joint production of vaccine for the novel coronavirus.

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Chinese Commerce Ministry slammed on Thursday the recent move by the Indian government to ban more Chinese mobile apps, saying that such actions violate the legal interests of investors and service providers.

TEHRAN (defapress)- There is no reason to blame Russia for what happened to blogger Alexei Navalny, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday announced new restrictions on the freedom of movement for Chinese diplomats in the US, the latest salvo in deteriorating Sino-American relations as the administration of President Donald Trump increases pressure on Beijing.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The race between US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden tightened after the two major party conventions concluded, according to a new poll.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The world's top insulin-maker, Novo Nordisk of Denmark, has unveiled a production line of the drug in Iran, the Iranian health minister said.

TEHRAN (defapress) – In a sarcastic tweet on the recent US claim about its participation in the JCPOA, Russian senior diplomat said that the meeting of the Joint Commission on JCPOA with all 'real' participants will start soon.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said that the Joint Commission Meeting should be an opportunity to preserve Iran’s nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

TEHRAN (defapress) – King Salman of Saudi Arabia fired two members of the royal family and referred them, along with four military officers, for investigation into corruption at the defense ministry, according to a royal decree issued early on Tuesday and carried by state news media.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Despite all criticisms, the first-ever commercial flight from occupied lands of Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi took place on Monday, with Israeli regime and US delegations on board.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on France to work with Beijing to safeguard the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

TEHRAN (defapress) – Twenty-nine people were killed and seven seriously injured when a restaurant collapsed in northern China’s Shanxi province, the country’s emergencies ministry media said on Sunday.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Dozens of Kashmiris injured as Indian police cracked down on Muharram processions on Saturday, the ninth day of the Islamic month of Muharram.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s national polling lead over President Donald Trump has shrunk after this week’s Republican National Convention, according to a new Morning Consult survey released Saturday.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Israeli forces demolished 25 Palestinian structures in occupied territories and displaced 32 Palestinians in two weeks, the United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) revealed.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Russian nationals travelling overseas may face the threat of persecution from US intelligence agencies, Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced in a statement following the arrest in the United States of Russian citizen Yegor Kryuchkov.

TEHRAN (defapress)- United Arab Emirates President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a decree allowing financial and commercial deals with Israel to be struck, The Emirates News Agency reported on Saturday.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh referred to the resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, and said that Iran and Japan have friendly and historical relations and Abe Shinzo has contributed a lot to the expansion of relations between the two nations.

TEHRAN (defapress)- A Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson on Friday urged the United States "not to make an issue out of China in its election".

TEHRAN (defapress)- French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday expressed the need for the US to play a different role on the world stage than it has under the administration of President Donald Trump.

TEHRAN (defapress) – A second wave of the coronavirus pandemic could hit France in November, a government adviser told local media on Wednesday, as the city of Marseille tightened restrictions to fight the outbreak.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Russian citizen Egor Kriuchkov has been arrested in Los Angeles, California for alleged conspiracy to commit a cyber crime, the US Justice Department said in a statement Tuesday.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said that US letter to reinstate Iran’s sanctions is not considered an official statement.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The president of the UN Security Council, Indonesia, said on it was “not in the position to take further action” on a US bid to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on Iran because there is no consensus in the 15-member body.

TEHRAN (defapress) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for prevention efforts against the novel coronavirus and a typhoon, state news agency KCNA said on Wednesday.

TEHRAN (defapress) – An Amman summit between Jordan, Iraq and Egypt will go ahead Tuesday, officials said, with extra precautions after Iraq’s telecommunications minister tested positive for COVID-19.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Pointing to the danger of US recourse to 'snapback' mechanism, Russian senior diplomat said Washington did its best to compel Iran to suspend some of its nuclear deal commitments.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Republican Party on Monday formally nominated Donald Trump for a second term in the White House.

TEHRAN (defapress) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for the recovery of tourism from COVID-19 in a sustainable way.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Russia is likely to sign a contract for the delivery of an additional batch of its S-400 missile systems to Turkey next year, a report said.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro thanked Iran for helping the South American country overcome US sanctions on its oil industry.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Russian Defense Ministry is planning to sign 39 contracts worth a total of 1.2 trillion rubles ($15.5 billion) at the Army-2020 military forum, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Monday.

TEHRAN (defapress) – US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he would follow public health advisers’ advice if they called for a national shutdown should he take office and the coronavirus had not abated.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Kelleyane Conway, the longtime adviser to US President Donald Trump, has submitted her resignation.

TEHRAN (defapress) – EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell, who is the coordinator of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), said the bloc will work to preserve the international agreement.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called the purchase of missiles from Iran a “good idea", instructing defense minister to follow up the issue.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The US attempt to restore sanctions on Iran might trigger a serious scandal at the UN Security Council and eventually undermine its authority, said the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov described the US request to 'snapback' sanctions against Iran negative, saying that US claims go against elementary common sense.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The World Health Organization said Friday that a vaccine will be a “vital tool” in the global fight against the coronavirus, but it won’t end the COVID-19 pandemic on its own and there’s no guarantee scientists will find one.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Russian Foreign Ministry on Saturday said that the United States has chosen the wrong and erroneous track for settling difference with the Islamic Republic of Iran over its nuclear program.

TEHRAN (defapress) – US Assistant Secretary of State Clarke Cooper reiterated Washington's dismay over India's military procurement from Russia.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said the US is in no position to demand the return of all UN sanctions against Tehran through the so-called snapback provision in the 2015 nuclear deal.

TEHRAN (defapress) - Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations underlined the need for the remaining signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world power to exercise prudence in the face of Washington’s push to invoke the sanctions “snapback” process.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Saudi-led coalition has reportedly launched a large-scale missile and artillery attack on Al Hudaydah province in Yemen, and violated Al Hudaydah ceasefire 127 times in the past 24 hours.

TEHRAN (defapress) - US Democrats on Tuesday nominated Joe Biden as their 2020 presidential candidate, formally designating the Washington veteran as the party’s challenger to incumbent President Donald Trump in the November election.

TEHRAN (defapress) - Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that it firmly opposed US deliberate smear and suppression of Chinese companies, noting that the US imposed restrictions on Chinese companies without any hard evidence.

TEHRAN (defapress) - Countries putting their own interests ahead of others in trying to ensure supplies of a possible coronavirus vaccine are making the pandemic worse, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (defapress) - Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Belarus with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a telephone conversation initiated by Berlin, the Kremlin press service said in a statement on Tuesday.