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The head of Iran's atomic energy organisation, Mohammad Eslami, has arrived in Moscow for talks, Russia's state-run RIA news agency quoted the Iranian embassy as saying on Monday.

At the United Nations, France enjoys an enviable status. Its permanent seat on the Security Council gives it the illusion of being one of the world’s great powers. 

Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), re-elected Özgür Özel as its leader on Sunday during an extraordinary congress in Ankara, as the party faces mounting legal challenges and waves of arrests targeting its members.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Sunday sharply criticized the growing wave of Western recognition of a Palestinian state, warning that it undermines peace efforts and strengthens extremist groups. 

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro offered to engage in direct talks with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump days after the first U.S. strike on a boat from the South American country that Trump says was carrying drug traffickers.

The recent decision by several countries to recognize the State of Palestine has sparked controversy, largely because none of the conditions for credibility—set out just months ago by French President Emmanuel Macron—have been fulfilled.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday there has been progress on a security deal with Syria but an agreement was not imminent.

Syria will hold its first parliamentary elections under the new administration on October 5, the state news agency SANA announced on Sunday.

In a coordinated announcement on Sunday, Britain, Canada, and Australia formally recognized a Palestinian state, citing frustration with the ongoing Gaza war and the need to revive prospects for a two-state solution. 

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa departed for the United States on Sunday to attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, according to a statement broadcast by Syrian state television.

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty traveled to New York on Sunday to take part in the High-Level Meetings of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 80). 

Britain's deputy prime minister said on Sunday that recognising a Palestinian state would not bring one into existence "overnight", stressing that recognition must be part of a broader peace process.