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U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Iran's Larak island on Sunday, a U.S. official said, marking the first known American strikes on Iran since late July.

Iraq sentenced to seven years in prison a senior oil sector official targeted by US sanctions and arrested as part of an anti-corruption crackdown, Iraq's anti-corruption body announced Sunday.

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei urged Muslim countries, particularly those in the Gulf, to unite against what he called their "real enemy" and said divisions among Muslims served the interests of their adversaries.

Top officials from Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will gather in Istanbul on Monday for a first committee meeting under the joint defence accord that they signed this month, a Turkish foreign ministry source said.

Icelanders voted to stay out of the European Union, referendum results showed on Sunday, as they rejected a government push to reopen membership talks and sided with those who said Iceland's fishing waters were too important to risk.

At least seven people died and 23 were missing after a ferry carrying around 270 passengers and crew capsized off North Cyprus on Sunday, leaving survivors clinging to its overturned hull.

Representatives of Libya's rival political parties on Sunday signed an agreement on holding long-delayed national elections within two years to resolve contentious issues over electoral laws and reform the national elections body.

The UAE Central Bank announced Saturday an inspection of Egyptian state-owned Banque Misr's UAE branches, targeted a day earlier by US sanctions over alleged involvement in financial transactions with Iran.

One person died and six others were rescued after a storm and rough seas caused three boats to hit rocks and sink off Cyprus on Saturday, local media reported.

With the October 27 vote just two months away, the mood surrounding Israel's upcoming elections seems far from enthusiastic. 

Turkey summoned Ukraine's ambassador in Ankara after this week's attacks on a Turkish ship and a second vessel sent to tow it in the Black Sea, Turkey's foreign ministry announced Saturday.

Lebanon's Civil Defence issued a statement Saturday warning against "the risks associated with swimming and all types of water activities and sports along the coastline, from Abdeh (Akkar, far north) to Naqoura in the south, today and tomorrow Sunday."