#Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe has scrapped a plan to visit #Iran later this month in light of US President #Trump’s push to isolate Tehran.
The trip, which would have been the first for a Japanese leader in 40 years, was part of a scheduled tour through the #MiddleEast: Kyodo News
After a visit to the #Iraq|i city of #Mosul a year after the announcement of its liberation from #ISIS, #US Senator Elizabeth Warren, a #Massachusetts Democrat, said in a tweet on Wednesday that “much of the city is still in ruins”.
#Iran’s foreign ministry summons #French ambassador to Tehran over an Iranian opposition gathering held in Paris earlier this week, state-run IRNA news agency reported
#Iraq|Defense Ministry on Wednesday announced the launch of a joint military operation with the participation of #Peshmerga forces to secure the main road that links eastern Diyala and northern #Kirkuk governorates and to clear areas in the two governorates
Reuters: #Palestinian protests broke out on Wednesday at the Bedouin village of al-Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied #WestBank facing Israeli demolition in what rights groups have condemned as a bid to expand #Jewish settlement.
#SaudiArabia’s Ministerial Council says the kingdom is ready to use its spare production capacity when needed to deal with any variables in #oil market
AFP: #Austria asked Tehran Tuesday to lift the immunity of an Iranian diplomat at #Iran’s embassy in Vienna suspected of involvement in an alleged plot to bomb a rally by an exiled Iranian opposition group in #France.
#US State Department Director of Policy Planning Brian Hook: The first part of our sanctions will snap back on August 4 and will include targeting #Iran's automotive sector, trade in gold and other key metals.
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