Middle East

The current stockpile puts Iran within reach of the amount needed to produce a nuclear weapon, report suggests.

Any Muslim that does not show enmity to the Jews is a heretic, says preacher in public sermon.

Meanwhile, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opens his borders to allow flood of migrants into Europe. "It's done, the gates are open now. You will have your share of this burden now," he tells European leaders. Soon "the number of people going to the border will be expressed in millions."

Meanwhile, at least eight Hezbollah fighters are killed in northwest Syria in skirmishes with insurgents and airstrikes by Turkey's air force.

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar says the overnight attacks on more than 200 Syrian military targets was in response to a Syrian army attack that killed at least 33 Turkish soldiers, which marked the most Turkish soldiers killed in a single day since Turkey first intervened in Syria in 2016.

Syrian Response Coordination Group relief organization slams calls “silence by the international community” an “open invitation” for Russian-backed government forces to continue their assault.

In a possible sign of widespread dissatisfaction with Iran's clerical rulers and the state of the economy, voter turnout in last week's parliamentary elections stood at 42.57 percent. In comparison, turnout was nearly 62% in the 2016 elections.

Amid low turnout in parliamentary election, regime lashes out at Iran's enemies. "This negative propaganda about the virus began a couple of months ago and grew larger ahead of the election," Khamenei says.