A Syrian war monitor says Israeli strikes on suspected military positions in Syria this week killed 42 people.
Iraqis started voting on May 12 in the country's first parliamentary elections since Baghdad declared victory over the Islamic State (IS) and routed the extremist group from most Iraqi territory last year.
The chief of inspections at the U.N. nuclear watchdog has resigned suddenly, the agency said on Friday without giving a reason.
A prominent Iranian cleric on Friday threatened two Israeli cities with destruction if the Jewish state "acts foolishly" and retaliates against it again, while thousands of protesters demonstrated against President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal with world powers.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on May 11 that the U.S. decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal undermines confidence in the global order.
Iran has strongly condemned Israel’s missile strikes on Iranian targets inside Syria.
The White House wants UN inspections of Iran's nuclear sites to continue despite President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the 2015 agreement that authorized those inspections, U.S. officials have said.
The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on three entities and six Iranian individuals linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps two days after President Donald Trump announced he was pulling out of a landmark 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
China has said that it remains committed to Iran's nuclear deal with world powers and assured Tehran that it will continue buying nearly one-third of Iranian oil exports.
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has reiterated Moscow's support for the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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