Sohrab Sarwari

Police have thwarted a third assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump at a rally in California, a media report said on Monday.

The dead bodies of seven Afghans, who were killed in an armed attack on a coalmine in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province last week, have been handed over to their families.

Afghanistan is still an important issue at the regional level, says the Iranian ambassador and special representative.

Acting Minister for Public Works Mullah Mohammad Issa Sani has asked contracting firms to complete reconstruction work on the Salang highway before winter.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has invited his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian to pay an official visit to Moscow, a media report said on Saturday.

Leaders of nine European countries have renewed their call for immediate ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, a media report said on Saturday.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi convened in Riyadh on Wednesday to discuss pressing regional developments.

No prisoner in any part of the country was tortured and nobody would be allowed to do this act, an official said on Sunday.

Amid heightened tensions in the Middle East, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Damascus, the capital of Syria.

The Iranian government has executed at least eight convicts, including two Afghans, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights announced on Saturday.

Iran said on Wednesday it desired stability and security in the region, but would act strongly in case of any aggression, from Israel.

At least 23 people, including children, were killed after a school bus caught fire in Thailand, a media report said on Wednesday.