Presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Turkey emphasised development of Tehran-Ankara relations in all fields of mutual interest.

One person has been injured in a shooting inside a mosque in Norway, Oslo police said on Saturday, adding that a man had been apprehended.

A number of human rights activists demanded the release of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, leader of the Nigerian Islamic Movement and his wife from prison, in a rally in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday morning. They also explained the great tyranny of the Nigerian government and army by distributing announcements and talking to passersby.

Eight British people arrived in Saudi Arabia, Saturday, on bicycles after a two-month trip to perform the duty of Hajj.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country’s troops will launch an offensive in an area controlled by US-backed Kurdish militants in northern Syria and that Ankara has already notified the United States and Russia of the operation.

A Quran competition for adults was organized at Imam Nawawi School of Quaideen region in Dagestan.

Permanent representative of Russia to the UN Vasily Nebenzya affirmed that western countries at UN Security Council try to preserve the focus of terrorism in Idleb.

A high-ranking Russian military official says American military forces have taken over illegal oil trade in war-torn Syria from the extremists.

Russian opposition leader and a foe of President Vladimir Putin has been hospitalized after suffering an acute allergic reaction which one doctor said may have been the result of him being poisoned with an unknown chemical substance.

The European Commission has announced that more than 2500 persons, who had once left various European countries to join the Daesh terrorist group in Iraq or Syria, are currently unaccounted for.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country will consider turning to others for fighter jets if the United States refuses to sell it F-35 fifth-generation and multirole combat aircraft, stressing that Washington's decision to remove Ankara from the jet production program would not deter his country from meeting its security needs.

US President Donald Trump has vowed “substantial” retaliation against France for a tax targeting American technology companies, threatening to impose tariffs on French wine and blasting French President Emmanuel Macron’s “foolishness.”

Iran's Ambassador to Ireland Masoud Eslami says Iran's existing capabilities and potentials are not known in the world and should be explained.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed a recent wave of terror and bloodshed waged by Israel against the Palestinians, saying Ankara will oppose anyone who supports the Tel Aviv regime.

Russia says tensions with Iran have made the prospect of “large-scale” conflict real, calling on world countries to support a Russian security doctrine of zero extra-regional military presence in the West Asia to prevent such a scenario.