Oil that reached islands in southern Japan earlier this month is highly likely to have come from the sunken Iranian tanker Sanchi, the Japan Coast Guard said on Thursday.
The protests in Iran against compulsory veil continues, as more women remove their head-scarfs in public as a sign of defiance.
The United States has criticized Russia over the bombing of Syria's eastern Ghouta, saying Moscow has a "unique responsibility" for more than 400 people being killed in the Damascus suburb this month.
Iran remains in compliance with the 2015 nuclear accord signed with six world powers, the United Nations atomic watchdog says.
Three suspected Bahraini militants wanted on terrorism charges died at sea in unexplained circumstances this month and another is missing.
Iran will withdraw from the landmark 2015 nuclear deal if there is no economic benefit from it and major banks continue to fail to do business with the Islamic Republic, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Thursday.
Russia is opposing a bid by the United States and its allies to include language condemning Iran for allegedly violating an arms embargo imposed on Yemeni rebels in a UN resolution renewing that embargo this month.
Russia is defending a massive assault on a Damascus suburb by Syrian and Russian warplanes that an independent monitor says killed at least 250 civilians in two days.
The US has suspended the export licenses of a Turkish company and three of its subsidiary firms for exporting US-made aircraft parts to an Iranian Airline.
Russia is defending a massive assault on a Damascus suburb by Syrian and Russian warplanes that an independent monitor says has killed at least 250 civilians in the last two days.
The United States says it is "deeply concerned" about a surge in attacks by the Syrian government and its allies on a rebel-held enclave near the capital, Damascus.
The Russian Foreign Ministry says that "several dozen" citizens of Russia and other former Soviet republics who are not members of the military were wounded in a recent battle with U.S.-led forces in Syria.
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