US President Donald Trump described asylum seekers as "tough cookies" resembling professional mixed martial artists.

Some 70 people have been killed in 13 Iranian provinces either in the recent floods in the country or in accidents connected to the floods, according to the head of Iran’s Coroner’s Office.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei described the presence of US troops in the region as “detrimental”, calling on the Iraqi government to take all necessary measures to make American forces withdraw from the Arab country as soon as possible.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Saturday strongly criticized the United States for hindering relief aid from the International Red Cross to Iran's Red Crescent Society.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei pardoned or commuted the sentences of 1,117 of Iranian convicts on the occasion of Eid al-Mab’ath, and the Islamic Republic Day.

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers in a letter to US President Donald Trump urged him to sign a joint resolution supported by Congress to end the United States' involvement in the war in Yemen.

The Israeli-Syrian agreement on the disengagement of Syrian and Israeli forces in the Golan Heights is under threat due to the US decision to recognize the region’s annexation by Israel, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated.

The United Nations spokesman called on the US officials to remain committed to their obligations under a UN agreement on issuing visa for an international court prosecutor.

The UN Security Council urged the Libyan National Army (LNA) to avoid military confrontation, according to a statement read out after an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Friday.

Police have used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse refugees and migrants during a second day of scuffles outside a camp in northern Greece.