U.S. President Donald Trump has said that "additional major sanctions" will be imposed on North Korea after Pyongyang said it had tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Syrian government negotiators are expected to arrive in Geneva on November 29 for UN-backed talks aimed at ending the civil war.
North Korea claims to have tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the entire U.S. mainland in its latest launch in defiance of UN sanctions.
The White House reported in a brief statement that President Donald Trump and President Emmanuel Macron of France spoke on telephone on November 26, discussing the Syrian peace process and also Iran and North Korea.
The Syrian government has confirmed its delegation will attend peace talks in Geneva this week after indicating it might skip the negotiations, the United Nations says.
A wealthy Turkish-Iranian businessman who was the alleged mastermind in what U.S. prosecutors say was a high-level conspiracy to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions will not stand trial this week as scheduled though the case is proceeding against his co-defendant.
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has threatened to resign unless Iranian ally Hizballah accepts Lebanon's policy of neutrality and stays out of regional conflicts.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has issued a fatwa declaring that women are forbidden to ride bicycles in public, Iran Students News Agency (ISNA) reported on November 26.
There are seven definitive legal verdicts issued against former President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, who is charged with financial violation worth around $3 billion, asserts a former member of the Iranian Parliament.
Ankara has urged Washington to drop federal charges against a Turkish-Iranian gold trader and a banker who are accused of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions.
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