Clashes erupted between Azerbaijan and Armenia on Sunday over the volatile Nagorno-Karabakh region, reigniting concern about instability in the South Caucasus, a corridor for pipelines transporting oil and gas to world markets.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani hailed the amicable relations with Turkmenistan, expressing confidence that the political, economic and cultural relations between Tehran and Ashgabat would continue to grow.

A highest-ranking military commander warned the United Arab Emirates that it will be held accountable for any harm to Iran’s security caused by Israel as the Arab country has normalized ties with the regime.

Yemen's warring parties agreed to exchange around 1,000 prisoners, including 15 Saudis, as part of trust-building steps aimed at reviving a stalled peace process, the United Nations and sources said on Sunday.

Palestinians held a funeral procession for two Gaza fishermen who were shot dead by Egyptian naval forces.

Hard numbers suggest that the fight over the nomination of the conservative Catholic judge Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court is over before it begins. The 53-47 Republican majority in the Senate is solidly in favor of Donald Trump’s preferred replacement for the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg – and according to the Constitution, it is the Senate, not the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives, that decides. There appears to be little the Democrats can do. But is that true?

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif rejected as a “lie” the US claims that its sanctions are not affecting medical supplies needed in Iran, the worst-hit country from the coronavirus in the West Asia.

At the 75th UN General Assembly, Syria urged all the countries that have come under illegal and unilateral US sanctions to “close ranks” and resist the "suffocating" bans.

Humankind has always been fascinated by the extreme, and Guinness World Records has been documenting incredible achievements since the 1950s.

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced on Saturday that the country is pursuing its scientific programs in the fields of health, agriculture, food, radiopharmaceuticals and stable isotopes in a precise and determined manner.