Bahrain has sent a message through Russia for normalization of relations with Tehran after eight years of cut-off ties, an Iranian government official says.

Iran and Djibouti agreed to restore diplomatic ties late Thursday during a meeting between Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and his Djiboutian counterpart, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, on the sidelines of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

It was mentioned that Japanese Prime Minister was ready to hold a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un without any preconditions

Riyadh re-appoints an ambassador to Beirut in an apparent sign of thawing relations.