US President Donald Trump held talks with Colombian President Gustavo Petro in the White House on Tuesday, just weeks after the leaders traded insults over drug trafficking and an American military raid in Venezuela.

Qatar says it is continuing high-level political consultations with Iran and other regional actors in an effort to prevent further escalation of tensions amid warmongering by the United States.

The Israeli regime has been pressing US President Donald Trump to authorize a strike on Iran, but Trump has remained reluctant, according to a report citing statements from US officials.

More than 14,000 Iranian university professors have condemned the European Union’s designation of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a so-called terrorist organization, describing the action as unlawful, irresponsible, and inhumane.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has launched a flurry of high-level diplomatic consultations, holding phone talks with his counterparts in Turkey, Qatar, Oman, and Kuwait.

An Iranian Armed Forces’ patrol and surveillance drone has successfully completed its mission in international waters amid reports of United States forces' downing one such aircraft.

The Foreign Ministry says preparations have been completed for holding talks with the United States in the coming days, with consultations continuing on the location of the negotiations.

Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said Tuesday that Iran can defeat the United States and Israeli regime in a potential confrontation.

Hungary has filed a lawsuit with the EU’s top court seeking to annul a ban on Russian energy supplies to the bloc, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has announced.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has arrived in Kiev and opened his visit with a speech at the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement after its summoning of the EU ambassadors in Tehran over the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)'s blacklisting by the bloc's members.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has said that EU blacklisting of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is completely 'illegal and unjustified' move.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has condemned new US threats of military action against Iran, warning that any renewed act of aggression would have grave regional and global consequences.