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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called on “friendly, brotherly and Muslim” countries not to remain indifferent to what he described as illegal and unjust actions carried out by the United States and Israel against Iran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has urged Russia and China to prevent the United States from using the United Nations Security Council to “commit more crimes against Iran and exacerbate tensions in the region”.

Iran’s army air defence units say they have intercepted and shot down a US unmanned aerial vehicle as it flew over the Persian Gulf coastline.

The Iranian army has launched retaliatory drone strikes on Israeli and US air bases in the region where their fighter jets are stationed.

A massive fire destroyed a historic courthouse in Floyd County, Georgia on Monday afternoon.

Senior U.S. military officials are considering deploying a combat brigade from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, along with elements of the division’s headquarters, to support potential operations in Iran, according to defense sources.

For the first time since 2002, Russian authorities are selling physical gold from the Central Bank’s reserves to help cover the federal budget deficit.