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Boris Johnson meets Zaghari-Ratcliffe family

The UK Foreign Secretary is to meet the husband of a British-Iranian woman who is in jail in Iran.

Iran

Hariri must return home from Saudi 'to prove he is free'

Iran

Iran calls off hunt for quake survivors

Iranian officials have called off rescue operations following the earthquake in western Iran on Sunday , but locals continue to search for signs of life.

Iran

Iran: from rescue to recovery

Tehran says rescue operations have been ended in areas hit by a powerful earthquake at the weekend that killed at least 450 people and injured thousands.

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Iran

Rescuers continue search for surviors of Iran-Iraq earthquake

Officials in Iran say the deathtoll in the country's deadliest earthquake in more than decade will rise as rescuers continue to search for people trapped under rubble.

United Kingdom

UK government apologises to detained Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Boris Johnson offers apology to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and family, as her husband expresses concern for her well-being in detention in Iran.

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Cracks in the road and gutted houses in quake-hit eastern Iraq

The quake was felt as far south as Baghdad, some 300 km away.

Iran

Deadly quake rocks Iran-Iraq border

The death toll rises following powerful earthquake in Iran-Iraq border region.

Iraq

Magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits eastern Iraq

Deaths are reported in Iran after an earthquake in Iraq sparks panic.

Lebanon

Lebanon's prime minister speaks out for the first time about his resignation

Lebanon's prime minister, Saad al-Hariri has spoken out for the first time since his resignation a week ago, saying he would return to his country within days.

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson under fire over jailed UK-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Iran says comments by the UK foreign secretary, since corrected, are a 'confession' that the jailed woman was acting illegally.

World News

Saudi Arabia's proxy war with Iran intensifies

Lebanon

Lebanon faces political crisis after Hariri resignation

The Lebanese PM quit, saying he believed that there is an assassination plot against him

Lebanon

"Fearing for his life", Lebanon's prime minister resigns

Saad al-Hariri, prime minister of Lebanon, has resigned, attacking Iran and Hezbollah and saying his "life is in danger".

Iran

Putin makes visit to Iran

The visit is designed to underpin closer ties between two countries at loggerheads with the US

World

Undocumented Afghan refugees get a chance at school in Iran

A milestone decree sees Iran open its schools to all refugee children, even the undocumented ones

Iran

Iranian reaction to Trump threats

Iranians have been reacting with dismay at Donald Trump's new stance towards to country

Europe News

EU rallies behind Iran nuclear deal

France

Macron gives first live TV interview

French President Emmanuel Macron has dismissed opponents' criticisms that he is a 'president of the rich' and urged his countrymen to take a more positive attitude towards success.

USA

Trump threatens to cancel Iran nuclear deal if sanctions are not reimposed

US president vows the Isalmic republic will never acquire a nuclear weapon. World leaders react.