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The European Union confirmed on Monday that it had reinstated sanctions against Iran, following a similar move against Iran by the United Nations.

Afghanistan's ruling Taliban released another U.S. citizen from custody on Sunday after a visit by Washington's hostage envoy Adam Boehler, the U.S. government said.  

U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters on Sunday that he has received a "very good response" to his proposal for ending the war in Gaza and is optimistic about getting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to back it when the two meet on Monday.

Moldova's ruling party pulled ahead of the pro-Russian opposition as votes cast in a key parliamentary election were counted on Sunday, but it looked set to fall short of the majority it wants in order to push for membership of the European Union.

The Israel-Premier Tech cycling team has been barred from competing in next week’s Giro dell’Emilia due to public safety concerns, race organisers confirmed on Sunday.

Iran’s clerical rulers face one of their gravest crises since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, caught between growing discontent at home and a stalled nuclear deal that together have left the country more isolated and divided.

Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine early on Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, in one of the most sustained attacks on the capital since the full-scale war began.

The United Nations has reinstated an arms embargo and other sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme following a process triggered by European powers that Tehran has warned will be met with a harsh response.

On 27 September, the President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, expressed their commitment to renewed talks on the Cyprus issue following a trilateral meeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

Egypt’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Badr Ahmed Mohamed Abdelatty “categorically” rejected "any scenarios to forcibly displace the Palestinian people", stressing “this would be a crime of ethnic cleansing,” and Egypt “will never, never be a partner in a new Nakba.”

The Gaza crisis may see a breakthrough as early as next week, with a ceasefire and reconstruction plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump and endorsed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 

Crude oil from Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region flowed to Turkey on Saturday for the first time in 2-1/2 years, following an interim deal between Baghdad, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), and foreign producers, Iraq’s oil ministry said.